For years, every time my therapist asked me how I felt, I would start by saying, “I think…” I still do it sometimes - especially when my...

There is a question that I’ve been asked a dozen times - by fellow business-owners, teachers, mentors, coaches - a question that I have...

On the first day of my yoga teacher trainings, we always start with a question: What is yoga? I’m sure most yoga schools start with the...

So what should you do when you’re a yoga teacher and you have a crush on one of your students? Like with most things, it depends...

Nine years ago, I attended a talk as part of a “Portland Young Professionals” series. I don’t remember the name of the woman who gave it...

I remember our teacher saying 1 thing very clearly: “Don’t date your yoga students.” I remember being annoyed at how overly simplified...

It's been nearly three months since I declared myself mostly self-employed. Since then, I have spent quite a bit of time asking myself...

A few years ago, I made a spreadsheet that changed my life. The spreadsheet was my “financial overview,” outlining the various ways I...

Last week, I led my first workshop on the finances of being a yoga teacher. I was so fired up to lead this workshop, and as soon as the...

When I took my first yoga teacher training, we did not talk about money. When I took my second, and then my third, and my fourth, and...

The interesting irony is that, as I have become more introverted, I have started to put more effort into friendships and connection

“Can we all agree that we are yoga teachers because we’re all a little crazy? That we, in a sense, have to teach?” We all laughed, too hard.

I’ll admit it: I love hands-on assists. But I also know that not everyone does. Touch can be profoundly healing; it can also be traumatizing

This past June, one of my 10th grade English students gave her final presentation on the similarities between Siddhartha’s journey in...