Master Your Yoga Teaching with MaKenzie Fly

This week, I'm joined by Shelby, a yoga teacher and movement educator who has worked with brands like Nike and Tonal, teaches anatomy in Jonah Kest's yoga teacher trainings, and recently launched her own fitness and yoga app.

Shelby's philosophy? Let's prioritize biomechanics over burning calories.

And holy smokes, did we go down some fascinating rabbit holes!

In this episode, we're getting into:

🦴 What biomechanics actually means and why understanding it could completely change how you approach yoga sequencing.

🍑 The surprising connection between all that hamstr...

Have you ever shared something  on socials you genuinely believe in, only to have a whole bunch of strangers come out of the woodwork to tell you how wrong, judgmental, and apparently TERRIBLE you are?

Well, I recently got a taste of what that's like.

After sharing a spicy opinion about Halloween-themed yoga classes, I found myself at the center of a social media witch hunt. We're talking hundreds of thousands of views, a comment section crawling with trolls, and some of the nastiest things strangers have ever said to me.

So, in t...

After receiving an email with 25 Yoga Class Themes for October, I decided to have a little fun and play PASS or PUMPKIN SMASH! 🎃💥

I'm reviewing all 25 suggestions, giving you my completely subjective (and occasionally spicy 😂) opinions, and sharing 7 of my own October-inspired yoga class theme ideas that weave together yoga philosophy, Buddhist stories, science, and meaningful life lessons.

And the best part? You don't have to turn your yoga class into a Halloween party to make it feel relevant to the season.

In this episode, we chat about:

This week, I’m joined by Max Lowenstein, breathwork teacher and founder of The Breathwork Akademy, ranked the #1 breathwork community on Skool—and this conversation went ALL over the map in the absolute best way.

Max has spent more than two decades exploring breath, yoga, consciousness + the nervous system. And after a series of health complications, the practices he had spent years teaching suddenly became deeply personal.

In this episode, we talk about:

🫁 Why Max says “breathwork is a tool of the practice—it’s not the pra...

Do you feel like you need to create a completely new yoga sequence every time you teach in order to keep your classes interesting?

Because according to longtime yoga teacher and practitioner Matthew Sweeney, constantly changing things might actually be keeping you from becoming a better teacher.

This conversation originally happened YEARS ago inside my very first online yoga teacher program—and fun fact: conversations like this were actually the tiny little seed that eventually became the Master Your Yoga Teaching podcast. 🥹 So we’re bringing it out of the vault!

Matthew...

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When you catch yourself wishing you were a little less sensitive, a little more flexible, a little more like someone else... this practice is for you.

This 45-minute morning Yin Yoga practice explores self-acceptance and what can happen when you stop seeing every perceived flaw as something that needs to be fixed. Inspired by the story of a cracked pot and the unexpected flowers growing along its path, you’ll be invited to look at yourself—and your practice—a little differently.

Physically, expect a slow, full-b...

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Do you have an amazing yoga offer…but feel like not enough freaking people know it exists? 😂

That’s exactly why I started running Meta ads. And after seeing what they’ve done for my own business, I created the Yogipreneur Ads Lab to help yoga teachers learn how to write, create, launch + manage their own campaigns—without a massive budget or handing everything over to an ad agency.

This episode gives you a peek inside Day...

Dreaming about hosting a yoga retreat someday? Before you book the dreamy villa and start planning your morning flows…there are a few things you should know. 😂

Karol De Souza has hosted more than 25 retreats around the world and built retreats into the primary revenue stream of her business. And in this conversation, we're pulling back the curtain on what it actually takes to make retreats work—not just as an incredible experience for your students, but as a sustainable business for YOU.

We talk about:

🧘‍♀️...

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What does it actually take to turn your yoga teaching into a successful online business?

Cathy Madeo has spent more than two decades teaching yoga—and today, she's built a global online yoga school that has trained more than 600 teachers across 50+ countries.

But her online business definitely wasn't an overnight success.

Welcome to this 15-minute guided meditation for after an argument, designed to help you step out of the mental replay, settle your body, and find a little more perspective around what happened.

After a disagreement, it's easy to feel absolutely certain about what you saw, heard, and experienced. But what happens when two people walk away from the exact same moment with two completely different versions of what happened?

This meditation explores that question through an old parable about two people and an elephant—and a simple shift in perspective that might change the way yo...

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Do you want to build something beyond the yoga studio…but sometimes wonder if you actually have what it takes to do it?

I recently kicked off Yogipreneur Mastermind 4.0, and somewhere between our opening ceremony, sharing circle, journaling, and a little motivational-speaker moment 😂, I realized this conversation needed to be shared. Because building a yoga business isn't just about learning offers, marketing, and sales—it's about becoming the person who can actually lead the thing.

In th...

Do you know how to breathe… or have you just assumed your body has it handled?

Jessica Dibb is back for round two! This time, we’re going beyond breathwork techniques to explore what optimal breathing actually means—and how conscious breathing can move beyond something you practice on your yoga mat and become something you live.

In this episode, we chat about:

🌬️ What “optimal breathing” actually means—and why there’s no perfect formula that works for everyone
👄 Mouth breathing, underbreathing, overbreathing & “air hunger”… oh my
🧘‍♀️ Why Jessica wants us to stop thinking about taking a deep bre...

Welcome to this 30-minute Ashtanga Remix yoga practice, a strong, breath-centered flow designed to build strength, resilience, and steadiness from the inside out.

Want to swipe this class plan including the thematic script, sequence, and playlist? Jump in Theme Weaver Weekly, the class planning subscription that makes teaching beyond the pose easier than ever. 

Prefer to practice on Youtube with a demonstration? Watch here! 

In this practice you will:
✨ Build heat through a dynamic Ashtanga-inspired flow that blends familiar structure with creative variations.
🔥 Challenge your balance, focus, and coordination with standin...

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What if yogipreneurship isn't about building a business... but becoming the person capable of leading one?

Over the past two weeks, I had a front-row seat to something incredible.Inside Break Out of the Box, I watched 20 yoga teachers work through fear, gain clarity, encourage one another, and begin stepping into the identity of a yogipreneur. As I reflected on their homework, questions, and breakthroughs, I noticed five powerful patterns that showed up again and...

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For years, I believed the only way to earn more was to say yes to more studio classes, more workshops, more privates, and more hours. 

But everything changed when I stopped thinking like an employee and started thinking like a business owner. In this episode, I'm sharing the biggest shifts that helped me build beyond the yoga studio, create more freedom for my family, and design a business that keeps serving students—even when I'm not physically in the...

This bonus episode is pulled from Break Out of the Box, day zero! 

Break Out of the Box is a two-week Telegram mentorship experience where yoga teachers receive daily audio trainings on the foundations of building beyond the studio—plus personalized business coaching to apply each lesson to their own business.

This experience runs July 20-31st, 2026. 

If you have ever wanted to know what it’s like to have a business coach and mentor, this is for you! 

The rate is only $33 until July 20th, then jumps to $77...

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Welcome to this 60-minute intermediate vinyasa yoga flow, a dynamic, full-body practice designed to build strength, improve mobility, and reconnect you with t...

Have you ever felt like all spiritual traditions are pointing to the same destination—but using different maps? 

Justin's journey began as a bodybuilder and personal trainer before discovering that physical strength alone couldn't offer lasting peace. In this deeply philosophical conversation, we explore the wisdom of the Buddha, the Four Noble Truths, modern science, and how these teachings can completely transform the way we practice, teach, and experience yoga.

In this episode, we chat about:

🧘 Why Justin walked away from bodybuilding to pursue the deeper teachings of yoga
☸️ The Four Noble Truths—and why ever...

What if the one thing that has the power to unite humanity... is something you're already doing 20,000 times a day?

Today's guest, Jessica Dibb, is a breathwork pioneer, author, and educator who believes breathing isn't just a biological function—it's the universal language that connects every living being. We explore the science, psychology, spirituality, and ethics of breathwork, and why conscious breathing may be one of the most profound practices available to us as yoga teachers and human beings.

In this episode, we chat about:

🌬️ Why Jessica calls breath...

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Do you keep telling yourself you need one more certification, one more strategy, or one more course before you're ready to build your business?

After four months coaching three very different yoga teachers inside the Yogipreneur Mastermind, I noticed the same lessons showing up again and again. Surprisingly, none of them had anything to do with needing more information—and everything to do with trust, clarity, and taking action.

In this episode, we chat about:
✨ Why self-trust is the real bottleneck (and what most...

Today's guest, Paige Harper, is a mindset and identity coach who helps women break free from excuses, raise their standards, and become the version of themselves capable of creating the life they truly want. In this conversation, we explore identity, people pleasing, motherhood, ambition, and what it really means to become your next-level self.

In this episode, we chat about:
🔥 Why raising your standards changes everything
👀 The subtle excuses that keep us stuck (even when they sound reasonable)
💭 How to tell the difference between honoring your reality and holdi...

Have you ever perused your IG feed for a creative sequence, taught it to your students, and then immediately regretted it? You and me both! 

Today's guest, Charlotte Muller, joins me to talk about intentional sequencing. We dive into her concept of foreshadowing—the art of introducing ideas, movements, and transitions early so students feel prepared, confident, and connected throughout the entire class experience.

In this episode, we chat about:

✨ Why students can feel when a class was thoughtfully planned
🌀 The sequencing technique Charlott...

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This energizing Ashtanga Remix practice is heavily inspired by the second series of Ashtanga Yoga, featuring spine-strengthening postures, heart-opening backbends, and opportunities to build both strength and mobility throughout the body.

The sequence was intentionally designed to complement this week's theme of emotional mastery. Backbends are known for being stimulating, invigorating, and sometimes even uncomfortable, making them the perfect laboratory for practicing steadiness in the midst of intensity. Rather than reacting to every sensation, you'll be invited to stay present, breathe deeply, and cultivate a sense of calm...

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Ever wondered what actually happens inside a business mentorship—and if it’s really worth the investment as a yoga teacher?

In this episode, I’m pulling back the curtain on my recent VIP mentorship trip to LA: the chaotic family road trip, the breakthrough moments, the mindset shifts, and the deeper reason mentorship has completely changed the trajectory of my life and business.

In this episode, we chat about:

✨ Why mentorsh...

Have you ever heard of looping in yoga sequencing?

Today’s guest, Olive Walton, does a deep dive on looping: a teaching style that combines repetition, autonomy, mobility, strength, and freedom inside the yoga room. But this conversation goes far beyond sequencing—we also explore hypermobility, body awareness, identity, beauty standards, nervous system regulation, and what it means to move through the world as a yoga teacher right now.

In this episode, we chat about:

✨ The “looping” method and why repetition helps students enter flow state...

What if the hardest part isn’t what happened… but what you’re still carrying from it? 

Today’s guest, Dr. Lynne, helps reframe karma beyond the cliches on mugs & t-shirts like “what goes around comes around” or “karma’s a bitch.” 

We chat about: 
😳 Karma redefined – what it really is as a philosophy

🍫 How a candy bar reveals how you relate to yourself, craving and control. 

👀 Why some interactions stay with you longer than they should. 

💥 The key to forgiveness that doesn’t ask you to be fake, passive, or pretend...

Ever had an embarrassing moment in a yoga class and thought, “Please let no one notice…”?

In this episode, I’m sharing the most mortifying moment of my teaching career and other yoga teaching horror stories— and how it turned into one of the most human, connecting experiences I’ve had in the room.

This one is lighter, funnier, and very real… but underneath it all is a powerful lesson in leadership, vulnerability, and what it means to hold space for actual human bodies (not perfect ones).

In this episode, we chat about:

😬 Why I a...

Have you ever heard this phrase?

"Watch your thoughts, they become your words; watch your words, they become your actions; watch your actions, they become your habits; watch your habits, they become your character; watch your character, it becomes your destiny"

It's laregly attributed to the Buddha, and it reveals a truth of reality. Everything can be traced back to thought.

This Ashtanga remix class has themes of asmita (ego), identity, and sense of self, which is where thoughts comes from. Once that upgrades, everything else does too!

You can expect sun...

What does leadership mean to you? 

Today’s returning guest, Anthony Chavez, walks us through what leadership looks like on and off the mat.

We talk about: 

✨ Why facilitating a 300-hour feels exponentially harder than a 200-hour 

😬 The Socratic approach to leadership. How facilitating with less lectures & more self inquiry helps people come to their own conclusions

👀 Anthony’s creative way to remind himself of his mantra, and the sweet story that goes along with it. 

🧩 How different constraints force you to get your ish together and where growth is...

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What if theming feels hard because the most powerful theme you'll ever teach… is the one you’ve been overlooking this whole time?

This episode is a refreshing return to simplicity—where breath isn’t just part of the class… it is the class. Lean into a simpler, deeper way of teaching—one that might change how you see every class you lead.

We chat about:
👉🏼 The key to a yoga class… whether you’re teaching it that way...

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Do you play music in your yoga teaching? 

Although it’s not required, Jonah Kest talks about how we can use music as a tool that helps people relax & find rhythmicity again. 

In this episode, we chat about

👉🏼 Don’t just set it & forget it - how to DJ yourself for a more seamless listening experience

🔥The real key to your playlists ISN’T BPMs, it’s this… 

Learn to pick, plan, & powerfully deliver yoga class themes so your yoga teaching feels deeply resonant, meaningful, & impactful.

Join Theme Weaver Method here. 

What if philosophy and asana were never meant to be separate in the first place?

In this episode, we explore the art of using themes to integrate your teaching — so your words, your sequencing, and your students’ experience all feel like one cohesive practice.

This isn’t about adding something extra to your class…
it’s about revealing what’s already there — and learning ho...

Day 5 and LAST DAY of “Inside the Making of Theme Weaver Method” bonus livestream series!


Learn to pick, plan, & powerfully deliver yoga class themes so your yoga teaching feels deeply resonant, meaningful, & impactful. 


Join Theme Weaver Method here.



Today we talked about: Why you keep starting from scratch every week & how to stop 

👉🏼It’s not about being creative on demand, it’s about this…
👉🏼Where aparigraha goes out the window!
👉🏼Organization hacks & collector habits that help you build you...

Day 4 of “Inside the Making of Theme Weaver Method” bonus livestream series!


Learn to pick, plan, & powerfully deliver yoga class themes so your yoga teaching feels deeply resonant, meaningful, & impactful.
 

Join Theme Weaver Method here.


Today we talked about: why your words aren’t landing even when your theme is good 😳

👉🏼 Yoga teaching IS a performance, here how... 
👉🏼 How presentation, performer, & storytelling skills enhance delivery
👉🏼 Preview of module 4 - ahhh the starter sentence cheat sheet will save you from forgetting where you’re going...

Day 3 of “Inside the Making of Theme Weaver Method” bonus livestream series!


I’m building a program to help you pick, plan, and powerfully deliver yoga class themes from the heart so that your teaching feels deeply resonant, meaningful, and impactful


But I don't just want to build it in a vacuum. I'm inviting YOU into the process! This bonus livestream series is like a backstage tour & invitation to throw in your two cents. Your input will directly inform what goes into the course. 


Today, we talk about:
👉🏼 how to plan a themed...

Day 2 of “Inside the Making of Theme Weaver Method” bonus livestream series!


I’m building a program to help you pick, plan, and powerfully deliver yoga class themes from the heart so that your teaching feels deeply resonant, meaningful, and impactful


But I don't just want to build it in a vacuum. I'm inviting YOU into the process! This bonus livestream series is like a backstage tour & invitation to throw in your two cents. Your input will directly inform what goes into the course. 


We talk about:
your problem isn’t getting...

This is day 1 of “Inside the Making of Theme Weaver Method” bonus livestream series!!!


I'm building a program that will help you pick, plan, & expertly deliver powerful class themes from the heart so your yoga teaching feels deeply resonant, meaningful, and impactful. 


But I don't just want to build it in a vacuum. I'm inviting YOU into the process! This bonus livestream series is like a backstage tour & invitation to throw in your two cents. Your input will directly inform what goes into the course. 


We cover:
2 reasons why your yoga c...

Join The Art of Theme Weaving; a New Way to Teach Yoga w/ Story, Soul, & Substance. Happening live on zoom for free March 29th 12-1:30pm PST (replay available). 

Why do some yoga teachers quietly change lives… while others just guide a decent workout?

In this episode, veteran teacher Jason Hulshof reveals what actually creates mastery in teaching—and why the most powerful elements have very little to do with perfect sequencing.

📘 They key from a new program, something as simple as a new program can take you on a path you ever exp...

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What if the reason your cueing feels awkward… is because you’re trying too hard to sound like a “good yoga teacher”?

In this conversation with teacher-trainer Jane James, we unpack what actually makes cueing land with students—and why the magic usually comes from simplicity, silence, and trusting what’s already happening in the room.

✨ Inside this episode:

👉🏼 Why clinging to a cueing script can actually block your best teaching
🧠 Jane’s “journ...

This episode is special, celebrating two years of podcasting and showcasing the top conversations this year.

Also, you’re invited to come hang out with your host, MaKenzie Fly, and fellow MYYT listeners at our virtual 2nd birthday party! We’ll play games and give gifts — all live party people will be entered into a raffle to win a spot in MaKenzie’s latest program, Theme Weaver Method. Valued at $500, this program will help you pick, plan, and weave inspirational themes into your yoga teaching like a wizard.

RSVP for the party here!Yoga of Activism...