3 Tips for Mastering Grasshopper Pose

May 21, 2025

If you’ve ever looked at a photo of someone in an arm balance and found yourself tilting your head left and right trying to decipher the human origami in front of you, you were probably looking at Grasshopper (Parsva Bhuja Dandasana).

This spicy pose is part hip opener, part spinal twist, and 100% ar...

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How to Create Your Vision and Find Your Purpose

May 16, 2025

Being a human being is hard. You land on this earth with no instruction manual, no “You Are Here” sign. Other species are genetically wired to follow one path (like those poor salmon swimming upstream). But you? You’ve got so many possible choices that it can feel totally overwhelming.

Your parents...

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Yoga Cues I Don’t Use Anymore (And Why I Ditched Them)

Apr 29, 2025

Whether you're a yoga teacher or a student, chances are you've heard, or said, something like, “I’m here to guide you through your practice,” or “Thank you for letting me guide you today.” It’s a lovely sentiment, and a good reminder that teaching yoga is more about offering direction than barking o...

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Being Right vs Getting Curious: The Growth Mindset You've Been Waiting For

Apr 21, 2025

I love being right. I want to be right. And honestly, who doesn’t?

Wanting to be right is deeply human. We’re raised to crave it, to chase it, because the alternative of being wrong feels terrible to our nervous system.

Remember math class? There were no gray areas there. You either had the correc...

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3 Mistakes You Are Making in Pincha (and How to Fix Them!)

Apr 15, 2025

Ah, Pincha Mayurasana (forearm stand): the dream inversion that makes you feel like a majestic, floating peacock...or a flailing fish, depending on the day!

In Sanskrit, Pincha Mayurasana translates to "feathered peacock," symbolizing grace and control. But if your peacock currently looks more like...

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You Are Never Too Old And It’s Never Too Late

Apr 10, 2025

While teaching arm balances and inversions, I spend half my time helping people get their feet off the ground, and the other half debunking the myths keeping them stuck.

Some believe they’re not strong or flexible enough. Others worry their body shape isn’t “right” (spoiler: there is no “right”). A...

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Why Alignment Matters in Yoga

Apr 01, 2025

In recent years, there's been a lot of debate about alignment in yoga: how important it is, what it really means, and whether you’re doomed to yogi exile if your Downward Facing Dog isn’t Instagram-perfect.

You’ve seen those impeccable poses on social media and, if you're a regular human, you might...

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Celebrate Your Failures: They Lay The Path to Your Success

Mar 24, 2025

We live in a society that celebrates wins and success. Nothing wrong with that! But while success is shiny and inspiring, the messy, unfiltered journey behind it often gets overlooked.

There’s a big gap between where those successful people started, and reaching their goal. No one really talks abou...

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3 Reasons Why You’re Not Flying Your Arm Balances

Mar 20, 2025

If you’ve been pouring your heart and sweat into learning arm balances, but they still feel like an unsolved mystery, I hear you! The good news? Your struggle has nothing to do with strength, flexibility, or any other story you’re telling yourself. Instead, it comes down to three key elements, and o...

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What If I Could? Seeing Possibilities Over Limitations

Mar 12, 2025

Every day, I watch my students unlock the craziest arm balances and inversions at Yogi Flight School. They go from “WTF, that’s absurd” to “I just did that!”, and it’s incredible to witness. Sure, I give them the step-by-step technique to make these seemingly impossible poses accessible for everybod...

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