5 Ways Radical Candor Makes Better Yoga Teachers
Embracing Radical Candor in yoga instruction—balancing direct feedback with genuine care—can enhance teaching beyond standard adjustments: Visit michaeljoelhall.com/coaching to book…
Stretching vs. Owning
There is a difference between reaching for a position and owning it. The reach is what most yoga gives you. The ownership is what the practice eventually demands. The practitioner who confuses the two will arrive at intermediate series with hamstrings that touch the floor in paschimottanasana and a hip that cannot lift the leg…
Is Two Teachers One Too Many?
This is a video about the Ashtanga Yoga Dilemma: Is Two Teachers One Too Many?
Never Say Never
A 72-year-old future doctor reminded me that practice isn’t about being ready—it’s about showing up, again, on purpose.
“Open Your Knee” Is a Cue That Costs Money
The straight knee cannot rotate. The screw-home mechanism — the asymmetry between the medial and lateral femoral condyles — locks the joint at full extension by design. Telling a student in Trikonasana to “open the knee” while the leg is straight is mechanically the same as telling them to slowly damage their medial collateral ligament.…
It Should Be a Spiritual Focus, Shouldn’t It
Michael Joel Hall discusses the practice of Ashtanga Yoga as a vehicle for self-inquiry, awareness, and transformation.
How Yoga Teachers Actually Make a Living
The yoga industry has a financial honesty problem. The polite version says abundance mindset. The honest version is that the math doesn’t work for most people.
The Tax on Clarity
Yoga makes you see clearly, and then you’re stuck with what you saw—so the practice becomes learning how to hold it without hardening.
When Was the Last Time You Actually Looked Up?
The lower cervicals quit years ago. That’s why your backbends pinch at the base of the skull.
Five Minutes, Save Your Neck
If you sit all day, you don’t need a new identity—you need tiny movement breaks that your body can actually cash.