Dear Restorative Yoga Teacher: “I teach yoga” is true—but incomplete. Can you explain your teaching in a single sentence that’s clear, specific, and meaningful to the people you serve? If you give me five minutes, I’ll teach you a simple framework to do exactly that. Watch the video to learn a concise formula, hear five grounded examples, and see one common pitfall to avoid. Because clarity isn’t about oversimplifying, it’s about communication that resonates. And if you want to learn more...
2 months ago • 1 min read
Photo by Dani Chair yoga isn’t real yoga. So if you’re aging, injured, pregnant, recovering, exhausted, or human, you shouldn’t even try to do yoga. Especially not using a chair. Because that’s basically cheating. And everybody knows there’s no benefit to yoga unless you can put your perfect body into perfect shapes. 😂 Don’t agree? Join us this Sunday, July 6th for Graceful Aging: Chair Yoga for Strength and Stability with brilliant yoga therapist Mary Richards. In this online class you’ll:...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Photo from my content collaborator Dani Gruber …a yoga retreat! This summer, I’m teaching three retreats. One is sold out. Two have space left. All three are invitations for you to exhale. These aren’t just vacations. They’re recalibrations, for when you’re tired of being tired. When you’re doing too much and feeling too little. When you’re craving quiet, not just around you, but within you. Retreats are a chance for you to: → Rest your nervous system→ Find your voice→ Create space for ideas,...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Atha Yoga necklace from my Spirit Jewelry collection. Photographed by the great Dani Gruber Atha means now, and is the first word, perhaps even the entire meaning, of the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali. “Right now” is one of my favorite mantras. Right now, I’m cultivating two qualities in my body: strength and softness. Strength supports my work in the material world, growing my teaching and my children. Softness shows me how to slow down into the world of spirit, honing my creativity, intuition,...
3 months ago • 1 min read
On our first overnight hike with two two-year-olds in 2022. Four days, three nights, 24 kilometers. I didn’t want kids; it looked like too much work. And I didn’t want to give up the adventurous freedom of my life. In a way, I was right. Mothering is so much more about putting other people’s dirty dishes into the dishwasher than I ever could have imagined. It’s more scheduling doctor’s appointments, and making sure they have ski boots and summer shoes and sneakers and hiking shoes that...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Photo by the irreplaceable Dani Spaciousness is a practice. It’s not an accident but something I choose, again and again. This week I shared an essay called How to Slow Your Flow. In it, I offer five ways to bring breath and spaciousness into the foreground—without your classes feeling empty or boring. It’s written for yoga teachers, but the ideas apply to your home practice too. Doing less is the key to cultivating a spacious relationship with our practice and our lives. Because when we...
3 months ago • 1 min read
I just posted a video with 7 Instagram story insights to help you show up more effectively. And here’s the Google Doc with the notes. Your homework: post a story using one of the tips this week and tag me @lizzie.lasater — I’ll repost what you share. Talk soon,Lizzie
3 months ago • 1 min read
Are you… Sitting too much? Feeling stiff, achy, or less steady on your feet? Longing for a yoga practice that responds to changes in your body, and your life? Wondering how to keep practicing without pushing or forcing? Craving resilience instead of rigidity as you age? You’re not alone. Your body is changing. Your practice can too. 🎁 Today’s free offering Chair Yoga to Recover from Sitting Too Much is an hour-long, accessible class to help you reconnect with breath and movement. 🌟 And you’re...
4 months ago • 1 min read
Photo from Dani Silence is self-care. Savasana is self-care. So is sipping tea, soaking in my bathtub, and sitting in the sauna. Strength training is self-care. So is swimming, hiking, and simply walking somewhere beautiful with a friend to share the pleasure of being alive together. Signing out of social media for the day is self-care. Surrounding myself with uplifting input (books, art, conversation) is self-care. Sinking my hands into the soil is self-care. So is soaking up some sunlight....
4 months ago • 1 min read