The Teacher Collective
The Teacher Collective is Hugger Muggers home for expert insights, practical teaching advice, and inspiring stories from yoga teachers and movement educators.
Three Takeaways From Attending A Yoga Retreat As A Student (& How They Impact My Teaching)
As a yoga teacher, attending a yoga retreat as a student doesn't always seem feasible given the demands of the job. In this post, you'll hear from a yoga teacher who recently returned from a yoga retreat that she attended as a student, and how it impacted her as both a lifelong yoga student and teacher.
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Practice what you teach: how to master becoming a student again
After years of teaching yoga, returning to the role of student can reveal how much there is still to learn. This reflective article explores five lessons from stepping back into yoga training, including practicing beginner’s mind, letting go of comparison, finding yourself within structure, sitting with discomfort, and remembering that practice is the point.
What Changes in a Midlife Yoga Practice (and What Doesn't)
There's an assumption that a yoga practice for someone over 45 should be a softer version of the real thing. After 25 years of teaching, I've found the opposite. The midlife body isn't asking for less. It's asking for more precision, more warm-up, more actual load, and more recovery. In this article I share five shifts I've made in my own practice and in how I teach, plus a practical look at why props aren't training wheels — and how a single block can turn a familiar pose into real strength work.
How to Teach Interoception: Reading the Body’s Signals
Popular cues like "listen to your body" ask students to practice interoception—the nervous system's capacity to sense, interpret, and respond to internal bodily signals. However, many students lack the vocabulary or tools to interpret what they feel without fear or self-criticism. This blog explores how yoga teachers can refine their cueing to help students build internal discernment. By distinguishing sensation from meaning, providing concrete words, lowering background noise with props, and offering choice, teachers can transform abstract invitations into actionable skills that foster student agency and safety on and off the mat.
Supported Bridge Pose: 5 Ways to Let Your Props do the Work
Supported Bridge Pose offers a restorative way to open the chest, support the body, and invite a sense of calm. This article explores five prop-supported variations using blocks, bolsters, straps, blankets, and a wall to help you practice Setu Bandha with more ease, stability, and support.
How to Use a Strap to Expand Your Practice
Yoga straps are versatile props that can support students of all levels by acting as an extension of the arms or legs. In this guide, we explore how to choose and use a yoga strap, plus practical ways to incorporate one into poses like Forehead to Knee Pose, Supine Hand to Big Toe Pose, Crow, Bridge, Boat, Bow, Bound Extended Side Angle, and Warrior III. Whether you’re building flexibility, refining alignment, or exploring more depth in your practice, a strap can help you move with greater awareness and support.
What Makes A Yoga Teacher Irreplaceable In The AI Era
As technology continues to reshape the way yoga teachers work and connect, our greatest strength remains deeply human. This article explores how personal practice, authentic teaching, and small, intentional communities can help yoga teachers stand out, build stronger relationships, and create spaces where students truly feel seen and supported.
Beyond Flexibility: How Yoga Helps Dancers Find Their Flow
Dancers are trained to push their bodies, master challenging skills, and make difficult movements look effortless. But what happens when flexibility and natural strength aren't the whole story? Yoga can help dancers develop the body awareness, control, and presence needed to move with intention. In this article, Briana Hunt explores how yoga can support dancers beyond flexibility through mindful movement, balance, meditation, and breathwork. Whether you're a dance teacher looking to support your students or a dancer looking to deepen your practice, these tools can help you find greater connection both in the studio and onstage.
Welcome to the Teacher Collective
The Teacher Collective is Hugger Mugger’s educational blog created to share insight, inspiration, and practical resources from yoga teachers, wellness professionals, and movement experts. Explore articles that support personal practice, professional growth, accessible education, and connection within the yoga and wellness community.
How To Support Pregnant Students In Your Yoga Class
Wish you had more tools to support pregnant students who come to your non-prenatal yoga classes? Now you do! In this blog, Registered Prenatal Yoga Teacher Emily Fleming shares three quick tips that will help you ensure your class feels more accessible to your pregnant students.
Five Lessons Two Decades of Teaching Yoga Have Taught Me
Discover five meaningful lessons from 20 years of teaching yoga, including accessible poses, yoga props, rest, simplicity, and mindful self-awareness.
Change Up Your Yoga Cues
As yoga teachers, we face different learner types in every class we teach. Some people are visual learners. Demonstrating poses clicks in for this...
Savasana: Lifting the Veil
According to Celtic tradition, Samhain (the predecessor to Halloween) was a liminal time. As days in the Northern Hemisphere began to darken it was...