Teaching Yoga Doesn’t Have to Feel Like Performing It
There’s something I hear again and again from yoga teachers:
“I love yoga. I’ve trained for years. But I feel like I’m faking it when I teach.”
They don’t mean they’re bad teachers. They mean they’re exhausted by the pressure to package themselves, to be endlessly upbeat, to look the part, to post and pose and smile and stream… all while quietly wondering if anyone actually cares about the practice itself.
If that’s you, you’re not alone.
You’re not broken, and you’re not behind. You’re just not wired for the kind of yoga career the internet celebrates.
And that’s not a flaw. That’s a reason to do things differently.
What if your teaching didn’t feel like a performance?
What if you had tools to plan sessions that actually made sense, for the people in front of you?
What if your classes felt less like a scramble and more like a thread?
What if you stopped second-guessing everything and started building from a place of clarity?
That’s what I’ve spent the last 15 years doing, not in studios, not for followers, but in real practice, with real people.
And it’s what I want to share with you.
Start Here: A Free Guide for Independent Yoga Teachers
I’ve put together a short, honest guide called
Yoga Teacher, Not Yoga Influencer
→ Download the free guide here
It’s for teachers who want to step off the treadmill and start building something sustainable, even if you feel like you’re starting from scratch.
Inside you’ll find:
Why you don’t need a studio to succeed
Simple, low-pressure ways to find your first students
A framework for teaching without selling out
Your next steps, and how to take them with integrity
And if you’re ready to go deeper…
My €37 mini-course, Revitalize Your Yoga Teaching, is a practical next step. It offers a taste of the Viniyoga approach: adaptable, student-centred, rooted in clarity, not choreography.
More on that here → Revitalize Your Yoga Teaching
Final Thought
If you’ve felt like you’re the only one doing yoga differently - you’re not.
If you’ve felt like everyone else has it figured out - they don’t.
And if you’ve been waiting for permission to slow down and teach with substance - consider this it.
Quietly radical is still radical.
– Kate