Retreats sit at the intersection of the yoga industry and the travel industry, and they’re one of the most rewarding things you can do as a teacher. You take a group of yoga enthusiasts to somewhere beautiful, you teach them twice a day, you share meals, you...
Most yoga teachers fall into one of two camps. Planners, who write out every minute of class in advance and then panic when the room doesn’t do what the spreadsheet says. And improvisers, who show up with a vibe and an opening pose and hope for the best. Both...
Hi everyone, if you don’t know me, I’m Stefan. I run a yoga school in Sri Lanka called Lanka Yoga, and I’ve been running yoga teacher trainings for more than 10 years. At Lanka Yoga, we host a small number of 200-hour yoga teacher trainings in...
Every year I get the same question from students: “Why Sri Lanka?” Why not Bali, or India, or Thailand — places with bigger reputations for yoga? The short answer: I built my yoga school here for a reason. The long answer? Here are ten. This is what makes...
