In case you missed them throughout the year…
Published December 29, 2025 05:55AM
Yoga teachers, if there’s one commonality among all the articles that you clicked on, saved, shared, and returned to again and again throughout the last year, it’s that they each indicate just how curious—and relentless!—you are as you seek to understand more.
We respect and appreciate that—and our purpose in being here is to continue to support you in your seeking. To that end, here’s a glimpse at the articles that you might have missed. Just in case you’d appreciate a reminder.
And while you’re looking back, why not also look ahead to the expansive, inclusive, and transformative teaching that awaits in the year ahead?
Our 10 Most Popular Yoga Teacher Articles of 2025
Of the hundreds of articles addressing sequencing, cueing, training, and more, these are the ones you came back to again and again.
1. 11 Things Many Yoga Teachers Have Stopped Doing in Their Classes
After leading students through thousands of classes, you tend to learn some things. Namely, that you have permission to stop doing anything you were taught that’s not working.
2. 30 Things I’ve Learned From Teaching 30 Years of Yoga
Accessible Yoga founder Jivana Heyman reminds us that being a teacher means remaining a student.
3. Why Are So Many Yoga Teachers Falling Into These Bad Habits?
It can be soooo tricky to keep your balance while you’re juggling all the things. This advice can help.
4. 7 Controversial Yoga Cues You Might Want to Rethink
Things are rarely all good or bad. It’s all about context. Here’s what to consider as you escort your students through their practice.
5. What Makes a Good Yoga Teacher? Our List of 11 Top Traits.
A yoga teacher—and longtime student—muses about the qualities that she feels make an instructor truly exceptional. We don’t disagree.
6. Are There Certain Yoga Poses You Shouldn’t Teach?
The answer, as with so many things in life, is “It depends.” Here’s how to navigate poses that can be considered dangerous.
7. The Worst Yoga Teaching Advice You’ve Ever Heard
When you’re a yoga teacher, a lot of thoughts and opinions come your way. Consider this a list of things you can safely ignore.
8. Yoga Teachers, Your Cues to Keep Students “Safe” May Be Backfiring
There’s a difference between keeping someone safe and instilling fear. Even with the best of intentions.
9. I Had to Learn That My Students’ Post-Yoga Adoration Wasn’t About Me
It was the yoga.
10. You’re My Yoga Teacher. That Doesn’t Mean You Actually Know Me.
Yoga preaches non-judgement. So why do some teachers presume to understand everything about someone they see once a week?
