Did you finish day 2?

Did you like the tabata?

Day 3 be like
"But I'm a star!!"
(Actually, day 2 gets spicy)
🌶️🌶️

This training is going by faster than you can say chatturanga dandasana!!!

Beyond proud

it’s true.

so, let’s talk bones

yeehaw y’all.
(see ya in Nashville)

yoga teacher, fashion fixer, JVN wishes tbh

In just 10 Days!!!

NASHVILLE!

This is really excellent

my favorite meditation teacher right now (goenka’s dead and im all jeff warren’ed out).

Go follow @coryyoga

4 Spots Left for
Primary Series Intensive June 21-23!!

join us in Nashville
Intermediate Intensive
June 14-16

I love this crew.
Until the next time @ashtanga.tech

A really fun session

this weekend at @theyoga.club

Ron started as my yoga student when he was 67.

He is now 82.

🐐

🫣Learning from Mismanaged Expectations 🙃

I dont always get it right. An example of how feedback has directly influenced my teaching approach came from my experiences leading the primary series classes. Initially, I integrated specific learning objectives into these classes, which diverged from the traditional format that students expected. This misalignment of expectations often led to disappointment, as students were not prepared for a non-traditional approach. They wanted the count and just the count!

The feedback made me realize the importance of managing expectations effectively.


Now, I make it a point to clearly communicate the structure and focus of each class beforehand, ensuring students know what to expect. Led Primary is led primary, and workshops are workshops. This clarity has improved the receptivity of students to the lessons being taught and has enhanced their overall class experience.

Understanding the importance of clear labeling and consistency in communication has been a significant growth point in my teaching practice.

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If you’re looking for support as a practitioner and teacher, reach out.

curious about ashtanga?
@jenreneyoga makes it so clear. Click!

I admire the clarity here. If you wonder what this yoga is, and why its so important, give this 90 sec

just a few spots left for the body weight transitions workshop

gorgeous human

Want a peek in at the bodyweight transitions workshop?

Our new format is really open and communal— im loving it.

Couldnt make it in person to @theyoga.club ? Take the followup course at @ashtanga.tech !

It includes 15 micropractices to help you explore more bodyweight transitions. Message me here/DM me if you want access to the course 🙂

me explaining vinyasa counts

Transitions Playground
Saturday after Mysore

Our most recent transitions workshop went great. You can catch the replay on @ashtanga.tech — Our next intensive is applied functional anatomy for practice and asissting, and that's Sept 28/29!!

a new shala begins

to beat the toxic employment trap of conventional yoga studios, demand the following:

wades been sharing some really nice wisdom truth overlaps — this is #4 in his series.

Go up to woodley park yoga for time with an Ashtanga teacher who has some wisdom on practice after catastrophe.

what yoga teachers can learn about business from strippers

The modern yoga industry has shifted away from teaching a practice that once ecnouraged and even required ongoing learning, self-reflection, and personal growth. Instead, the commercial interests have been prioritized over genuine education. This shift has left both students and teachers navigating a system that often exploits their desire to learn and grow. Nowhere is this tension more evident than in the yoga teacher training system, which, while serving as a lifeline for the industry, has become deeply flawed.

Read the rest at michaeljoelhall.com

thank you @jochetroche — youre always so supportive ❤️

The commodification of yoga doesn’t just dilute its spiritual and personal dimensions—it also leads to exploitative behaviors within studios. I’ve seen studio owners adopt practices that undermine both the integrity of yoga and the well-being of their teachers.

I’ve been lucky enough to watch my newsletter get unfollowed by two local studio owners, and I’ve had three other others reach out directly about how they can help change the dynamics inside of their studio.

Its telling who get offended. It tells me they aren’t accidentally ignorant, which means they’re purposefully malignant. Willful ignorance in this instance is malice.

This career doesn’t have to be a dead end, nor does it need ti be exploitative.

Yoga teachers, you have the power. Take it back.

Yoga studio owner/operators— is your rent too high to pay a livable wage? Feel trapped? Youre not the first one to end up in this position.

Question 1: are you practicing?

Feel free to reach out if want to chat.

If youre new here, some quick receipts: I was the director of operations for local six-location chain, ran a six figure yoga business as owner-operator, was a #board member for a yoga nonprofit, and my mysore program has been running for over 10 years consistently… aaaaand I have had the fortune to have more than five of my students go into business for themselves as studio owners, mysore teachers, and corporate wellness pros.

Like my daddy says “if doing the right thing was always profitable, everyone would do it. But it doesn’t mean it can’t be.”

This, friends, is where the rubber hits the pavement.

Meanwhile, back at the office.

@mikematspace just keeps evolving and wow this a blessing to get to be a part of.

Sharing a gem that reminds me of @johnschumacheryoga — his audio workshops on iHanuman were my every day classes for a long time when I was first learning to home practice with structure (a time before ashtanga!).

I had memorized all of my teachers faves, and so of course she encouraged me to take his workshops. I was making less than 30k in DC in 2008, ya know? I couldnt really afford it, so I saved. And those recordings helped reach me where I was. When I finally got to the workshop, John complimented “an intelligent lift in the side chest”— to see the pride in my teachers eyes in that moment… I’ll never forget.

I was nervous and i learned so much about boundary setting as a teacher by using some of the moments from the workshop as reflection points— like when he told me i didn’t need to thank him for his instruction as he was instructing. Looking back, it gives me a kind of second hand embarrassment and also the warmest smile

I dont think ive ever bad chance to thank him publicly. His good name opened doors for me with teachers that I admire and respect— simply by being a student of one of his students.

Thanks for making sure your teachings could reach those with a sincere interest in learning. Hope to pay the same forward.

I’m leaning out the one about sustainable models

Thanks @suenodevida_ecu

making yoga mat straps for @theyoga.club

this is ashtanga yoga

click to read my letter to the yoga club.

Hmu for sauna/cold plunge contrast therapy, red light therapy, adaptive resistance training, breath work and assisted stetching.

2 hours, $200.

3 Spots a week.

I started an association for independent yoga professionals.

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same, david