Confessions of a Yoga Teacher: The Yoga Journey

January 23, 2014

I'm always curious how people discovered yoga. What about it made them fall in love? How did it all go down? What is the story of their yoga journey?

A confession: I know so many people who started to seriously practice yoga in the wake of some unfortunate, traumatic event. My story isn't much different.

Confessions of a Yoga Teacher: The Dark Side of Yoga

January 16, 2014

Eleven years ago I was living in London and I treated myself to a yoga class at a nearby studio. There were easily fifty other students in the class. The instructor walked in, a man with shoulder length blond hair, and immediately began the class. He was going extremely fast, and very few people were keeping up. One brave woman asked if he could slow down a little, and he stopped the class completely and marched over to her. Pointing at her face, he exclaimed, "Oh, you want me to SLOW DOWN? Shalllllll IIIIIIIII tallllllk liiiiiiiiike thiiiiis?"

Yoga Teacher Confessions - Teaching other yoga teachers

Confessions of a Yoga Teacher - Teaching Other Teachers

January 6, 2014

In November, I had the incredible opportunity to teach at the Dubai Yoga Festival. It was my first time in the Middle East, and I was in my element. I was so happy to be in warm weather, in a place that almost felt like home (you'd be surprised by how much Dubai is like the USA). As the taxi whisked me from one side of town to the other to teach my first yoga class, I was a bit nervous. I did what I always do in taxis (the ultimate test of my anxiety) - I listened to music and people watched.