Conversations for Yoga Teachers

What does believing in yourself mean, when it comes to being a yoga teacher? In today’s episode, you’ll explore that theme and I’ll help you along by sharing a unique acronym I created ( no AI was used in the generation of this!) to help you remember the themes that are most important to believing in yourself.

Over the years, I’ve developed a teaching method that helps teachers build their confidence and skill. To help teachers learn how to do this by learning anatomy and how to apply it to their cues and sequences, I’ve created a list of terms that define the different teaching techniques. 

 

In today’s episode, I’ll walk you through some of the fundamental concepts in the Bare Bones Yoga Teaching Method so you can see what resonates with you. 

 

At the end, I share more about the Yoga Anatomy Accelerator Program. You can check it out here:

 

https://barebonesyoga.thinkific.com/courses/Yoga-Anatomy-Accelerator

 

I’m also hosting a live event for yoga teachers on 12/11/25 at 7 pm EST:

 

https://barebonesyoga.lpages.co/yoga-teacher-reset/

 

Ever think about what you believe and how you came up with those beliefs? Many people don’t consider the beliefs they have, the things that run their life, aren’t even things they decided to believe but are more things they just picked up from someone else. 

 

In the yoga world, there are lots of beliefs that teachers think are facts but are just someone’s opinion. The idea, for instance, that if you taught a Signature Sequence, your students would get bored. This is just a belief but many teachers tell me this as if it’s a fact. Then they work with me in my program, we talk about how they can experiment with a Signature Sequence, they try it in their classes and nothing happens! They find that no one gets bored, no one walks out and in fact, the only thing that changes is that they get better at teaching the sequence!

 

In today’s episode, I share much more about beliefs and relate it to yoga teaching. I share from Jim Murphy’s book, “Inner Excellence.”

 

I also share an invitation to my free online event on December 11, 2025, “The Yoga Teacher Reset.” Get your spot in this exciting, inspiring event here:

 

 

https://barebonesyoga.lpages.co/yoga-teacher-reset/

 

If you’ve graduated from your teacher training and haven’t started teaching yet because you’re afraid, this episode is for you. We’ll talk about the fears that teachers have, how to move past them and different ways to reframe the fear so you’re more in control. I’ll also give you some easy ways you can get started.

At the end of the show, I share more about my program, The Yoga Anatomy Accelerator. If you’re ready to feel confident teaching your classes, get your spot here:

https://barebonesyoga.thinkific.com/courses/Yoga-Anatomy-Accelerator

This episode is a chance to bring your fears to the surface and discover easy ways to re-frame them, move past them and move forward so you can teach and feel confident and empowered. We cover a number of fears that are common but often not discussed so teachers live for years with these fears and just accept them as part of teaching. Nothing could be further from the truth! When you listen, you’ll find ways to dispel these fears and the beliefs that prop them up.

 

I mention a few links in the episode and you’ll find them here:

 

The Yoga Anatomy Accelerator Program

 

https://barebonesyoga.thinkific.com/courses/Yoga-Anatomy-Accelerator

 

My new e book, “From the Interview Chair”

 

https://barebonesyoga.lpages.co/from-the-interview-chair-e-book/

 

In today’s episode, you’ll learn about the key aspects of assisting. We’ll cover both the techniques of assisting and also the mental and mindset related aspects of assisting in your classes. 

 

At the end of the episode, I share a podcast offer with you. If you’d like to take this offer, you’ll need this link:

 

https://barebonesyoga.thinkific.com/courses/Yoga-Anatomy-Accelerator

 

Have you ever thought about what beliefs you have about teaching yoga and how this impacts how you teach? Here’s a simple one: if you believe your students might get hurt in your classes, that might cause you to worry before you go into class. If you believe your students need to see you practicing, that will cause you to be the kind of teacher who practices with their class.

 

In this episode, you’ll discover how beliefs drive behavior, the common beliefs yoga teachers have and how to move past them so that you can find your most empowering way to teach.

 

At the end, I have a special update on the Yoga Anatomy Accelerator Program. Find out more here: 

 

https://barebonesyoga.thinkific.com/courses/Yoga-Anatomy-Accelerator

 

For this episode, I did a query of Chat GPT and asked it, “What are popular questions you’re getting from yoga teachers?” I got the top 3 questions and I answer them in this episode. 

 

I start out speaking from the heart and from my passion for helping you in sharing how this month’s group is doing inside the Yoga Anatomy Accelerator Program and what’s possible for you if you enroll. 

 

The link to the program is here:

 

 

https://barebonesyoga.thinkific.com/courses/Yoga-Anatomy-Accelerator

 

My new e book is out!

 

Get it here:

 

https://barebonesyoga.lpages.co/from-the-interview-chair-e-book/

 

In this episode, we take a look at understanding the “why” behind some cues. These cues were submitted to me via comments on my social media posts by yoga teachers. I put out a call to teachers to submit cues where they’d like to understand more about why that cue might be used. 

 

For this episode, I also did an IG LIve workshop. The link to the workshop is below. 

 

Link to workshop:

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/DP4Ata_kXBX/

 

Link to Yoga Anatomy Accelerator Program:

 

https://barebonesyoga.thinkific.com/courses/Yoga-Anatomy-Accelerator

 

Link to Signature Sequence video:

 

https://barebonesyoga.lpages.co/how-to-create-a-signature-sequence/

 

Link to new e book, “From the Interview Chair: Lessons for Yoga teachers”

 

https://barebonesyoga.lpages.co/from-the-interview-chair-e-book/

 

Sometimes you might feel like there’s so many different aspects of teaching yoga: there’s your cues, your sequences, understanding anatomy, feeling confident, sharing philosophy, building community and maybe even building a yoga business and brand.  With all these areas of focus, it’s important to know what your priority is right now, so you can create a plan of action. It’s hard to work on everything all at once and this can be stressful for you so in this episode, you’ll hear how to create an action plan that allows you to gain momentum in the direction of your vision. 

 

Here are links you’ll need for this episode:

 

My new e book:

 

https://barebonesyoga.lpages.co/from-the-interview-chair-e-book/

 

The Yoga Anatomy Accelerator:

 

 

https://barebonesyoga.thinkific.com/courses/Yoga-Anatomy-Accelerator