WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO HAVE A PRACTICE AS A YOGA TEACHER?
Why yoga teachers need to keep being students
If there's one thing I've become a big ambassador of after 14+ years of teaching yoga, and in my role as a facilitator of retreats and trainings, it's this: keep filling up your cup.
What else do we pour from?
I remember my early years as a teacher thinking I shouldn't "need" to take classes with other teachers and that I should just stick to my own practice.
I felt I wasn't good enough if I didn't keep up with my daily two-hour morning practice.
I wasn't good enough if I didn't stay inspired or motivated "on my own."
Once I realised there was nothing "wrong" with craving someone else to guide me (love growing older and wiser!), and how much it gives me to simply be a student again, everything shifted.
Now I do my best to take time, at least once — and if possible more — every year, to practise with another teacher for an extended period, in an immersive, in-person format.
Every single time I leave, I want to open my calendar and book the next one.
Non-negotiable.
I really believe that as teachers, we need to keep coming back to being students.
I honestly can't think of another way to keep my teaching life sustainable, inspired, and alive.
What does it mean to have a yoga practice?
This question "What does it mean to have a practice?" is one we discuss on the first day of La Práctica, our 50-hour Advanced Vinyasa Teacher Training.
I love the conversations that come up, and the ease that appears in students’ faces when they realise there isn’t one right answer.
That it can be simple.
That it can shift.
That it can look different in every season of life.
And from there, something softens.
Why La Práctica exists
This whole idea — the concept of filling up your cup as a teacher, reconnecting to your own practice, meeting other teachers, and sharing vulnerable, honest conversations about what it means to be a yoga teacher — is what La Práctica is all about.
It’s a week of practising, learning, questioning, exploring, laughing, reflecting, resting, and remembering why you fell in love with yoga in the first place.
During the week, on top of the 2-hour morning practice, we spend a big part of each day diving into the art of teaching: creative sequencing, hands-on adjustments, cueing, and creating meaningful, inspiring yoga classes.
We (Lisa and Nazareno) created this training simply because we were craving this kind of immersion ourselves.
If you're a yoga teacher looking for inspiration, space to reconnect with your practice, and time to refine your teaching skills, we’d love to welcome you!
The next edition of La Práctica takes place this fall in Portugal,
27 October – 1 November, at the beautiful Cucumbi Farm in Alentejo.
If you feel called to explore it further, you can read more about the training here.
We also run a longer version of La Práctica, a 75-hour advanced teacher training, in Italy 2-8 May 2026. You can join the waiting list here.
