In today’s episode, we’re looking six important things to check when you start working at a yoga studio:✅ What is the policy if someone comes to your class with an injury✅ What is the policy if someone comes to your class when pre...

Being a yoga teacher is a funny thing. It is rewarding beyond words, no doubt about that. But it can be lonely. Yes, you spend a lot of time with people. These people are your yoga students, your customers, your yogis.&nb...

If you’ve ever wondered whether emotions affect your fascial matrix, or whether tension in the matrix can affect your emotions… then this is the episode for you! This is a thought-provoking look at fascia through the lens of just be...

This episode is amazing definitions of fascia for yoga teachers.*But* the plural; definitions, is a little confusing right!? Well, there is still an element of confusion and an element of evolution of exactly what the terms fascia and t...

If building your private yoga offering is something that you want to work on in 2025, then starting with people who already come to your classes; people who already know and like your style of teaching is an absolute no-brainer. But, ap...

Private yoga sessions are unique in that you can use your time, knowledge and focus all on one person. You don’t have to keep the rest of a class running while you help one person with their alignment or their pain. Next week, we...

Last week’s episode was all about understanding the koshas, and today, we’re taking that up a level, looking at layering your yoga asana classes with this understanding of the koshas. This is where we’re going; <...

Understanding the koshas can be totally transformative to your yoga teaching. If you've been put off the koshas before, concerned that they don't really make sense, or they don't really offer anything concrete to actually work with... t...

This powerful practice is taken from our recent Yoga Nidra & Yoga Wisdom training, and is inspired by the incomparable Tracee Stanley. Grab anything you need to get comfortable, and grab your journal and a pen too as there's optiona...

"Any intervention on the fascia is also an intervention on the autonomic nervous system"- Staubesand in 2003This podcast episode is  inspired by a yoga research session held this week on The Base, which looked at studies invest...

This episode looks at some of the ways that stress can impact the brain. In the interests of full disclosure - this episode might seem a bit doom and gloom, as it focuses on the impacts on the brain of stress. However, if you join the free work...

As yoga teachers, we know that stress is an epidemic; it affects almost everyone we meet, and it has a profound impact on their lives. We so often talk about the sympathetic nervous system; the fight or flight response and how that impa...

Our 300 hour training is underpinned by three golden rules: Everything you learn will be inherently useful, immediately usable, or bothAll bold claims will be backed by research The entire training will s...

If you’ve been really enjoying teaching private yoga lessons, but you’re finding that people will book 1, or maybe a block of 4 with you, and then they don’t really get back in touch to rebook, this is the episode for you! And it m...

If you’ve ever received an enquiry for a private yoga lesson, and your first thought is ‘Oh no, how much am I going to charge?’, well, yoga teacher, you most certainly aren’t on your own. “How much should I charge for….” must be th...

Yoga teacher, if you’ve been hoping to pick up reliable, repeating private yoga clients, but it’s not (yet) happening, this episode is for you.You’ve been posting about your services, you’ve mentioned them in classes you teach, you’ve e...

Today,  we have a short but punchy episode to remind you: Yoga teacher: you are doing a great job. Honestly, you really are!You’re consistently turning up.You’re invested in making people feel bette...

One of the three values that underpin For Yoga Teachers is ‘avoiding burn out’; and there’s one key way to do that: Have a consistent personal yoga practice. However, when you’re a busy yoga teacher, and you have a busy life, sometimes there ju...

A few weeks ago now we launched The Base - a network and resource hub for yoga teachers. This episode is an exciting audio tour around The Base to tell you everything that you need to know, because we’re closing the doors at midday...

This ep is taken from a super important masterclass held recently on The Base: How to boost your short term yoga income.Now many of our trainings for yoga teachers at Yoga Hero are £400... So I thought rather than talking about ...

Before we dive in, let’s be clear that the only thing that will help you build your confidence offering physical adjustment in your classes is: getting experience offering physical adjustments in your classes!There’s ...

Introducing Sanskrit in to your yoga classes can be daunting for all the reasons we talked about in episode 41, which was ‘Should yoga teachers use Sanskrit?’However, it doesn’t have to be daunting. (Promise!)This episode is 7 s...

This episode is looking at a niggle in the yoga teaching world; competition from other yoga teachers. We’re looking at why a bit of competition is a good thinghow to not let it get the better of you - with...

One of the things that frustrates me endlessly about teaching yoga is:"Yoga is so beneficial, it should be accessible to absolutely everyone!"Vs"Don’t teach for free! You’ll undervalue yoga!"This episode  ex...

This episode is exploring the answer, your individual answer, to the question: Should yoga teachers demo while teaching?We’ll look at some reasons to demo, some reasons not to demo, and a few things to bear in mind overall.&nb...