Complete 60-minute Eklavya lesson plan demonstrating the Savasana-first approach—where the entire class builds toward the final relaxation as the destination, not an afterthought. Learn how to progressively remove your cuing to help students find their inner teacher, with Bow Pose sequences building devotional heart-opening energy. Includes the full Eklavya mythology (finding the guru within), three Savasana script variations for different student needs, and teaching notes from a new teacher still figuring it out. Shows how this approach differs from the theme-driven Durga class in Post 4. Perfect for teachers ready to make mythology the medicine, not just the theme.

Downward Facing Dog wrist pain is one of the most common yoga complaints. As a yoga instructor with carpal tunnel in both wrists who's had release surgery, I'm not speaking theoretically—I'm speaking from experience. The secret to pain-free Down Dog? It's not about wrist strength. It's about full-body weight distribution. Learn how to practice Downward Dog without wrist pain by pressing through your entire palm, pushing the ground away, activating your core (uddiyana bandha), and lifting your hips up and back. When you distribute effort across your whole body, your nervous system can settle and you can actually breathe. Includes modifications for carpal tunnel, tight hamstrings, and shoulder issues—plus the deeper meaning of this inversion as a gesture of surrender and devotion. This is alignment that works for YOUR body, not Instagram-perfect shapes. Welcome to the Foundational Alignment Series, where ancient wisdom meets modern bodies.

I was excited when I wrote and published my first book. I was motivated by my children to fulfill my bucket list. Yes, writing was a childhood dream that faded as time passed on and life plans left me putting the thought in the back of my mind. Well kids grew up and all I have is time. I focused on doing what I have loved doing and that is telling stories through writing. I wanted to uplift and motivate others and I wrote my first quote book. working on a collection of quoteable quotes. I am excited to share my love for book, reading, and writing.

New yoga teacher struggling with Savasana? Discover how to write mythological guided relaxation scripts that actually land. This post breaks down the exact structure for Savasana scripts using Hindu mythology—complete with three ready-to-use scripts (Hanuman for courage, Lakshmi for abundance, Krishna for playfulness) including pronunciation guides and pacing notes. Learn when to use silence, how to pace your voice, and why this might be the most transformative part of your class. Includes honest discussion about teaching mythology respectfully as a white American yoga teacher. Perfect for new teachers building trauma-informed, nervous-system-focused classes. Get scripts you can use tomorrow.

You've tried everything to let it go. Journaled about it. Meditated on it. Done the shadow work. Burned the letter. And still—at 3am, your mind goes there. Everyone keeps saying "just let it go" like it's a choice you're refusing to make. But some pain has roots deeper than good intentions. Some memories won't release just because you decided they should. In Hindu mythology, there's the Vaitarani—the river you cross between lives. The waters that can wash away what you're ready to release. Yama, the god of death, stands witness at the crossing. This pathworking takes you to that river to get honest about what you're carrying and why. Not to force release, but to stop lying to yourself about the weight. Full meditation with integration prompts included.

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Here's what I love about mountains: they don't try to be smaller or quieter or more convenient. They just ARE—rooted deep into earth, reaching toward sky, unapologetic in their presence. That's Mountain Pose. Not about standing "correctly" but standing consciously. When you practice this grounded awareness, you're training your nervous system to feel safe. You're teaching your body it can be both strong and soft. True power comes from being deeply rooted.

Struggling to help depleted students reclaim their strength? This complete Durga-themed yoga class shows you how to weave Hindu mythology into empowering practice. Learn when to choose fierce goddess stories over gentle ones, get the full 60-minute lesson plan with Goddess Pose sequences, and discover how mythology gives students permission to be both strong and soft. Includes pronunciation guides, teaching cues that connect poses to the story, and a powerful Savasana script. Perfect for Thursday evening classes when your students need to remember they're allowed to take up space.

The myth you choose matters more than the poses you sequence. Get it right, and even a simple class becomes profound. Get it wrong, and even beautiful sequencing falls flat. So how do you know which story to teach? Hanuman for your stressed office workers? Ganesha for students with injuries? Durga for someone setting boundaries? Here's the framework: three questions that guide every choice, your essential myth library organized by student need, real scenarios showing the decision process, and how to read the room when the myth needs to change mid-class. Learn to match ancient archetypes to modern needs.

Rama faced the undefeatable demon king. Ten heads. Conquered three worlds. Nearly invincible. So Rama stopped. Opened his chest. Raised his arms. And called on every divine force to help him. Not weakness. Wisdom. Read how opening to receive transforms impossible battles into winnable ones.

You learned Hanuman's story. Now here's how to teach it—complete 60-minute lesson plan with the 5-Act Structure in action. Bharathari was about surrender and letting go. Hanuman is the opposite: gathering power, leaping forward, flying in faith. Same framework. Completely different transformation. This class includes Bhastrika breath, dynamic sun salutations, Warrior III peak pose with three variations, heart-opening integration, and "The Far Shore" savasana. Plus: how to teach this story with cultural respect and reverence for the living Hindu tradition.

You don't need to know everything about Hindu mythology to teach transformational yoga. You need to know a few stories deeply enough to make them land in bodies, not just minds. These three myths changed my teaching forever: Hanuman's impossible leap across the ocean. Ganesha's transformation through destruction. Virabhadra's birth from grief and love. Learn these stories, and you'll have mythology for every intention, every season, every student challenge. Here's the essential story, which poses embody it, and three cues to use today.

You've learned the framework. Now here's the complete lesson plan—ready to teach. This is the 5-Act Structure in action: 60 minutes of mythology woven into movement. Every cue connects to Bharathari's story. Every transition builds toward embodied wisdom. The exact language, timing, teaching notes, and savasana script I use. Not to copy word-for-word, but to see how theory becomes practice. Print it. Teach it. Make it yours.

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Yudhishthira was the one who never lied. Everyone knew: if Yudhishthira said it, it was true. Then came the moment that broke him. His guru Drona asked: "Is my son dead?" Yudhishthira said "Yes, Ashwatthama is dead"—then whispered "the elephant." Drona heard only the first part. His bow fell. His heart broke. Someone killed him while he mourned a son who was still alive. After the war, Yudhishthira had to live with that. And he bowed. Not in defeat. In recognition. Read the full story and discover the pose that teaches us to be powerful and humble at the same time.

You love the idea of teaching mythology, but where do you start? Do you just tell a story and then teach poses? How do you make this actually work without it feeling forced? Here's what changed everything for me: yoga classes and myths follow the same narrative arc. Both are hero's journeys. Both move through preparation, challenge, crisis, and integration. Once I understood this, I stopped trying to add mythology to yoga. I let the myth become the class structure itself. This is the 5-Act framework I use for every Sacred Stories class I teach. Character count: 552 ✓ This excerpt speaks directly to the confusion teachers feel about integrating mythology, then offers the elegant solution that reframes everything!

I see you, fellow teacher—standing in front of your class, cueing alignment and breath, knowing there's something deeper waiting. That whisper in your heart: There's more here. Sacred Stories Yoga is a complete teaching framework where mythology structures the entire class. Students don't just hear about Virabhadra's story—they become it. Every pose becomes doorway. Every class becomes initiation. This is where ancient wisdom meets modern pedagogy. Where your classes transform from good workouts into sacred journeys. Ready to teach from the soul of the story?

Everyone knows Warrior I, II, and III. But the warrior family is way bigger. There are variations nobody talks about. Poses with stories that change everything. These aren't just named after warriors—they're named after specific moments in the Mahabharata. Arjuna looking up at Krishna. Yudhishthira bowing after his first lie. Bhima's thirteen-year vow. These moments became poses. The mythology became medicine. When you understand the story, Reverse Warrior stops being "just a side stretch." It becomes Arjuna's pause—when looking up becomes the bravest act. Ready to meet the warriors you didn't know existed? Ten warrior variations and the mythology that makes them medicine.

So here you are. In the rubble. Maybe the relationship ended. The job disappeared. The version of yourself you spent years building just... collapsed. And everyone's got their platitudes ready: "Everything happens for a reason." But right now you're standing in ash and the only thing you know for sure is that something died and you're not sure yet if you died with it. Here's what nobody tells you about transformation: it doesn't feel like a butterfly emerging from a cocoon. It feels like burning alive. The ancient yogis knew this. They had a place for it—the shmashana (shma-SHAH-nah), the cremation grounds where everything burns down to ash and truth. Kali dances there. Wild-eyed, tongue out, wearing a garland of skulls. She's the force that clears the ground. The dark mother who loves you enough to burn away everything that isn't actually you. This pathworking takes you to meet her. To stand at your own pyre and see what's burning, what survives the flames, and what grows from the ash

You thought you were done with that pattern. The wound you healed, the lesson you learned, the therapy bills you paid. Done. Moving forward. And then it shows up again. Different face, same gut-punch feeling. Same old story whispering that nothing's changed and all that work was expensive self-delusion. Here's what nobody tells you: healing doesn't move in straight lines. It spirals. You're not going backward—you're meeting the same issue from a different level, with different tools, as a different version of yourself. The ancient yogis knew this. They built it into everything. Samsara isn't just reincarnation—it's patterns cycling until you wake up enough to meet them differently. This pathworking takes you into the mythological Spiral Grove where trees remember every version of you who walked this path before. You'll meet your guide at the spiral tree's center and discover what this returning pattern has actually been trying to teach you. Because you're not stuck.