Filling Your Cup: Seasonal Rhythms for Yoga Teachers

If I have learned one thing in my forty years of living it is…

Teaching Yoga & Working For Yourself: 10 Questions, 10 Answers

I teach at the Vancouver School of Yoga and this week one of…

Teaching Yoga: Some Thoughts On The Topic of Skilfulness

The other day I went to a yoga class taught by a colleague of…

What I’ve Learned From 30 Days of Meditation

There is a lovely Buddhist story about a conversation between…

Parvati's Story: The Value of Longing & The Power of Practice

I believe in story, and I believe in practice... As a teacher…

The Tastes of Early Spring: Recipes to Reduce Kapha

It is late February, and here in Whistler where I live we still…

Looking Back and Moving Forward: My Year In Review 2015

I am a huge fan of journaling, intention setting, and seasonal…

Self Care for Yoga Teachers: 6 Practices to Help You Stay Nourished & Inspired

Teaching is a giving profession. And for those of you who teach…

Healing With Heart: A Chat With Madhuri Phillips

Yesterday I got on the phone with Vancouver based yoga teacher,…
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Is Yoga a Business? A Heartfelt Rant From a Professional Yoga Teacher

Lately I have seen many people in the yoga community posting disparaging comments on social media about yoga teachers being too self promotional, or treating yoga like a business, often also implying that they should be giving their services away for free (or at the very least cheap), or not promoting themselves at all, as “aren’t they supposed to be spiritual anyway”? ....