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07/09/2026

Sometimes the best way to understand an experience is to ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ.

Try Warrior III with support first. Place your hands on blocks. Notice the experience. Then change one variable. Remove the support and reach your arms forward.

Now ask: ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฑ? Where do you feel more muscular effort? What becomes more difficult to maintain? Does your balance change? Does your awareness shift somewhere else?

Neither version is automatically better. The learning comes from the ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜. Experience one version. Change something. Experience another. Compare.

That comparison gives you information you might never notice if you only practiced one version.
This is one of the major learning tools we use throughout ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ.

Props can create contrast, and contrast gives us another way to understand movement through experience.

Prop Lab is self-paced, includes 25 ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด-๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€, lifetime access, and 100+ creative prop applications.

๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€.

โ†’ Explore Prop Lab through the link in my bio.

04/09/2026

Giving a student an instruction isn't necessarily the same thing as helping them ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜.

I can say: โ€œExtend your hip.โ€ โ€œAdduct your arms.โ€ โ€œPosteriorly tilt your pelvis.โ€ โ€œExternally rotate your shoulder.โ€

But knowing the words doesn't guarantee that someone knows what the action ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ.

That's where props can become powerful teaching tools. A prop can give an action something to press into. Something to pull against. Something to balance. Something to notice.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ. And that feedback can help turn an abstract instruction into an experience.

That's a big part of what I want teachers to learn inside ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ. Not simply: โ€œWhere should I put the block?โ€ But: โ€œ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐˜† ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ถ๐˜?โ€

Because our job isn't simply to give better instructions. It's to create opportunities for students to better ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜.

Prop Lab is self-paced, includes 25 ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด-๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€, lifetime access, and 100+ creative prop applications.

๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€.

โ†’ Explore Prop Lab through the link in my bio.

01/09/2026

I spent years learning anatomy. Joint actions. Muscles. Biomechanics. Terminology. And all of that knowledge mattered.

But eventually I started asking a different question:
๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—œ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—˜๐—ซ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—˜๐—ก๐—–๐—˜ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ?

Because knowing that a movement is called hip extension doesn't automatically mean someone knows what hip extension feels like. Knowing which muscles create an action doesn't automatically tell me how to help a student recognize those muscles working. And giving someone more anatomical information doesn't necessarily create more understanding.

That's when my teaching started shifting.

Instead of only asking: โ€œ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—œ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„?โ€

I started asking: โ€œ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—œ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€?โ€

And props became one of my favorite ways to do that. ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ. ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ. ๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต. ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต. ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด. ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ.

That's the thinking behind ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ.

Not anatomy to memorize. ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜† ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜†.

Prop Lab is self-paced, includes 25 ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด-๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€, lifetime access, and 100+ creative prop applications.

โ†’ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ through the link in my bio.

26/08/2026

What if anatomy didn't start with memorizing?

Muscle names. Origins and insertions. Joint actions. Terminology.

What if it started with your body?

That's the approach I take inside Prop Lab. First, we create an experience. We use a block, strap, blanket, bolster, wall, resistance band... or sometimes simply a different way of approaching a familiar movement.

You notice. You compare. You feel what's happening. Then we give it a name.

And suddenly anatomy isn't just information you're trying to remember. It has a reference point. You've experienced it.

That's why I created Prop Lab. Not to give yoga teachers another anatomy course to memorize. But to help you understand anatomy and biomechanics through movement, and learn how to create those same kinds of learning experiences for your students.

Prop Lab is a self-paced online training with 100+ creative prop applications, lifetime access, and 25 CEU hours. If you're a Chromatic Yoga Teacher it has 25 hours toward your Chromatic Educator Path too!

โ†’ Explore Prop Lab through the link in my bio.

25/08/2026

Propsโ€Ž aren'tโ€Ž justโ€Ž forโ€Ž beginners.
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โฃAndโ€Ž they'reโ€Ž notโ€Ž onlyโ€Ž somethingโ€Ž weโ€Ž reachโ€Ž forโ€Ž whenโ€Ž aโ€Ž studentโ€Ž ๐œ๐š๐ง'๐ญโ€Ž ๐๐จโ€Ž ๐ญ๐ก๐žโ€Ž ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž.
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โฃAโ€Ž propโ€Ž canโ€Ž makeโ€Ž aโ€Ž movementโ€Ž moreโ€Ž accessible.
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โฃButโ€Ž itโ€Ž canโ€Ž alsoโ€Ž addโ€Ž resistance.
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โฃCreateโ€Ž feedback.
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โฃIncreaseโ€Ž aโ€Ž challenge.
โฃ
โฃChangeโ€Ž yourโ€Ž relationshipโ€Ž toโ€Ž gravity.
โฃ
โฃHelpโ€Ž isolateโ€Ž anโ€Ž action.
โฃ
โฃMakeโ€Ž somethingโ€Ž easierโ€Ž toโ€Ž seeโ€Ž orโ€Ž feel.
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โฃOrโ€Ž completelyโ€Ž changeโ€Ž whatโ€Ž you'reโ€Ž learningโ€Ž fromโ€Ž aโ€Ž familiarโ€Ž pose.
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โฃThat'sโ€Ž theโ€Ž shiftโ€Ž behindโ€Ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉโ€Ž ๐‹๐š๐›.
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โฃInsteadโ€Ž ofโ€Ž asking:โ€Ž โ€œ๐‡๐จ๐ฐโ€Ž ๐œ๐š๐งโ€Ž ๐ˆโ€Ž ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐žโ€Ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌโ€Ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉโ€Ž ๐ญ๐จโ€Ž ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉโ€Ž ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐จ๐ง๐žโ€Ž ๐๐จโ€Ž ๐ญ๐ก๐žโ€Ž ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž?โ€
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โฃweโ€Ž startโ€Ž asking:โ€Ž โ€œ๐‡๐จ๐ฐโ€Ž ๐œ๐š๐งโ€Ž ๐ˆโ€Ž ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐žโ€Ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌโ€Ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉโ€Ž ๐ญ๐จโ€Ž ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉโ€Ž ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐จ๐ง๐žโ€Ž ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐โ€Ž ๐ญ๐ก๐žโ€Ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ?โ€
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โฃBecauseโ€Ž theโ€Ž block,โ€Ž strap,โ€Ž blanket,โ€Ž bolster,โ€Ž wall,โ€Ž chairโ€Ž orโ€Ž resistanceโ€Ž bandโ€Ž isn'tโ€Ž reallyโ€Ž theโ€Ž point.
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โฃ๐“๐ก๐žโ€Ž ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ โ€Ž ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐žโ€Ž ๐ข๐ฌ.
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โฃPropโ€Ž Labโ€Ž isโ€Ž aโ€Ž self-pacedโ€Ž onlineโ€Ž Chromaticโ€Ž Yogaโ€Ž trainingโ€Ž forโ€Ž yogaโ€Ž teachersโ€Ž andโ€Ž curiousโ€Ž practitioners,โ€Ž withโ€Ž 100+โ€Ž creativeโ€Ž propโ€Ž applications,โ€Ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“โ€Ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ข๐ง๐ -๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งโ€Ž ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ,โ€Ž andโ€Ž lifetimeโ€Ž access.
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โฃ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ฉโ€Ž ๐“๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ โ€Ž ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ.โ€Ž ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญโ€Ž ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ โ€Ž ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ โ€Ž ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ.
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โฃโ†’โ€Ž Exploreโ€Ž Propโ€Ž Labโ€Ž throughโ€Ž theโ€Ž linkโ€Ž inโ€Ž myโ€Ž bio.
๏ฟฝ

11/08/2026

Real thoughts. Life isn't always sunshine and rainbows. Let's have a real chat about it. life

I remember what it felt like to want to try a yoga class and have absolutely no idea where to start.Should I take the be...
06/06/2026

I remember what it felt like to want to try a yoga class and have absolutely no idea where to start.

Should I take the beginner class?
What if I'm not flexible enough?
What if the class is too hard?
What if it's too easy?
What do all these class names even mean?

One of the reasons I keep my schedule intentionally small at The Yoga Barn is so that every class has a clear purpose and every student can receive personalized attention.

Whether you're looking to build strength, improve mobility, unwind after a long day, deeply rest, or receive one-on-one support, there is a place for you here.

The Yoga Barn isn't built around fitting into a certain mold. It's built around helping you meet yourself exactly where you are.

Swipe through to find the class that sounds most like what you need right now.

Still not sure? Send me a message. I would be happy to help you find the best fit.

Come home to yourself.

Classes are held in Sharon, MA with space for just 10 students per class, so advance registration is recommended.

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