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One of the more anxiety-inducing things I struggled with when I started to teach yoga was remembering my sequence of poses. The fear of doing a disservice to students\u2014and embarrassing myself\u2014by forgetting something caused me to spend hours and hours researching, memorizing, and practicing before each class. I would even write the sequence and cues down in little notebooks that I kept in my glovebox so I could review them outside the studio. As I hurriedly took myself through the sequence, students would walk by my parked car and cast curious glances at my flailing arms.<\/p>\n

Funny how I always seemed to nail it when I was alone in my car. But standing in that studio in front of a room full of faces staring at me expectantly, that didn\u2019t always happen. The first time I spaced on teaching the second side of a pose, my stomach dropped, the blood drained from my face, and I\u2019m pretty sure I felt physical pain. I circled back to do the pose even though it was a standing pose and by the time I realized what had happened we were already seated on the mat during the cool down. I was so embarrassed, I think I actually apologized to students as they left.<\/p>\n

After fifteen years of teaching yoga, forgetting a pose might actually be the least embarrassing thing that has happened to me during class. Not only do embarrassing miscues and mishaps happen, they happen with some frequency. \u201cForgetting flows and fumbling words are weekly occurrences,\u201d says Sarah White<\/a>, who teaches classes in Dubai and leads online creative sequencing trainings<\/a>. She\u2019s not wrong.<\/p>\n

But there are goofs and there are gaffes. Some lapses in memory or judgment simply seem to stand out more than others, whether fashion malfunctions, farts, or flashings.<\/p>\n

Whenever we witness yoga teachers make a blunder, we are reminded that they, too, are human. Just like us. Being able to witness those teachers mess up, laugh, and simply carry on teaches us something that\u2019s way more valuable than any physical pose: self-acceptance.<\/p>\n

Following are some of the most embarrassing\u2014and human\u2014things that can happen to a yoga teacher as they lead you through your practice as well as some of their reactions and attempts to g<\/p>\n

The Most Embarrassing Things That Happen to Yoga Teachers<\/h2>\n

1. Missed Mic Check<\/h3>\n

Early in 2020, many yoga teachers had to quickly pivot to teaching online. That demanded a crash course in cameras, lights, and audio equipment. San Francisco-based teacher Jack Workman<\/a> was psyched to try out a new mic and had it set up and ready to go before class\u2026and then he decided to take a quick trip to the loo. When he returned to his computer, he noticed several students sniggering. He quickly realized he had left his mic on the entire time he was, well, you know.<\/p>\n

What You Can Do If It Happens To You:<\/strong> Don\u2019t trust yourself to remember to hit mute? Get into the habit of taking the mic off your body before stepping away for a bathroom break. If students do hear a little too much of your business, you can always joke, \u201cBe glad the camera wasn\u2019t on.\u201d Also, consider removing the mic anytime you\u2019re not actively teaching. Those intensely personal comments or expletives you drop to someone off-camera could otherwise be broadcast to your class.<\/p>\n

2. Innocence to Innuendo<\/h3>\n

We all misstate things. Sometimes verbal slippages are slight, such as cueing \u201cknees over hips\u201d instead of vice-versa. Sometimes they\u2019re a little more complex.<\/p>\n

Milan Sundaresan<\/a>, a yoga teacher as well as immigration and human rights attorney in San Francisco, typically closes her vinyasa classes with the words, \u201cMay you live with passion, may you live with joy, and may you live in peace.\u201d One particularly sleep-deprived week, she paused before the end while her brain struggled to find the correct words, then managed to say \u201c\u2026REST in peace.\u201d Her students still laugh about it.<\/p>\n

Chicago-based Claire Mark<\/a> has been teaching yoga for more than 20 years, which translates to literally thousands of classes\u2014and ample opportunities to flub a cue. The one that continues to haunt her is when she meant to say \u201creach your fingertips to the ceiling\u201d but instead said \u201cfinger tits.\u201d<\/p>\n

And Jenny Clise,<\/a> a yoga therapist in San Francisco, still recalls the time she meant to say \u201cset yourself up for success\u201d and actually told her students to \u201cset yourself up for sex.\u201d<\/p>\n

What You Can Do If It Happens To You:<\/strong> When words that are intended as innocent instead come out as innuendo, chances are everyone will simply want to chuckle. That should include you.<\/p>\n

3. Wardrobe Malfunctions<\/h3>\n

Many teachers unintentionally court disaster while wearing not-so-snug bras and practicing twists or baring a midriff while wearing loose, billowy tops that fall forward during inversions. Mark once had her chest pop out of her shirt while workshopping a pose because her shirt was cut a little lower than she had thought. Oops.<\/p>\n

LaVigne has experienced a similar situation but a different culprit. \u201cDefinitely that one too-loose sports bra that I still wear anyway when laundry needs to be done,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

Note: The perilousness of such wardrobe selections also applies to students, not just teachers. Take caution!<\/p>\n

What You Can Do If It Happens To You:<\/strong> Unless everyone happens to be watching you demo a pose, chances are they didn\u2019t witness your blooper. Tuck yourself back in and continue your practice.<\/p>\n

4. Lewd Lyrics<\/h3>\n

In the months after graduating yoga teacher training, Renee Marie Schettler<\/a> often included Amy Winehouse performing \u201cBack to Black<\/a>\u201d in her playlists. \u201cI prefer lesser-known acoustic tracks and there was a quiet tension in that particular version that I loved,\u201d says Schettler, who later became a senior editor at Yoga Journal. \u201cIt was uncensored. I knew better. Yet I would take my chances and turn the volume down and talk loudly over the part where she refers to, um, the male anatomy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then came a request to sub one Saturday. \u201cI was already anxious because a teacher I respected and was crushing on unexpectedly showed up. I was so distracted by that and trying not to forget the sequence and my cues and pay attention to the students that I completely forgot to talk over the lyric. In fact, I stopped talking just before that lyric. The word just hung there in the silence.\u201d<\/p>\n

It would have been inappropriate but forgettable had there not been a 12-year-old in class with her mom, says Schettler. \u201cHer mom did not look pleased. Understandably. It was not the type of quiet tension I had intended.\u201d<\/p>\n

What You Can Do If It Happens To You:<\/strong> Off-color lyrics don\u2019t sound half as bad in the car as they do in the quiet sanctity of a yoga class. If the lyrics need to be censored, they probably have no place in your playlist.<\/p>\n

5. Incendiary Incense<\/h3>\n

Yogi Bryan<\/a>, who teaches yoga and meditation online and around the country, considers himself an incense enthusiast. He was psyched to try out a new incense holder during an online class and was enjoying the aroma\u2026until he realized he might be catching a whiff of something more. When he turned to look, he realized the holder was leaking oil and had caught fire. He calmly blew on it. That didn\u2019t help. Attempting to remain at ease and not disrupt the low-key vibe for students, he poured a little water from his bottle on it. That didn\u2019t go as planned.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe water made the fire explode three feet in the air until it completely went out,\u201d says Yogi Bryan, who was unharmed during the incident. (You can watch the entire thing<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Sometimes where there is smoke, there is no fire. Tamara Jeffries, also a senior editor at Yoga Journal, was teaching online when her room\u2014and her on-screen Zoom box\u2014filled with smoke from a smudge stick that kept smoldering. There remains a huge black hole in her beige carpet.<\/p>\n

What You Can Do If It Happens To You:<\/strong> \u201cWe can\u2019t take our yoga practice too seriously but we need to take incense burners seriously,\u201d says Yogi Bryan, only half-jokingly. Some yoga studios ban incense<\/a> and candles. If you use them, you probably want to ensure they\u2019re not on the floor, where they could be knocked over, and that they\u2019re not within several feet of fabric. Never leave a room unattended if there are lit candles or incense.<\/p>\n

6. Falling Out of a Pose<\/h3>\n

Ashlee McDougall<\/a>, a yoga teacher and chronic illness advocate who owns Yoga Loft <\/a>in Tucson, wasn\u2019t feeling particularly tired or unwell the day she decided to demo Pincha Mayurasana (Forearm Balance) <\/a>in front of an entire class. Quite the contrary. \u201cI went into it with fulllllll confidence,\u201d wrote McDougall in a message.<\/p>\n

Except she promptly fell out of the pose, crashing on her head. She was fine, although she wasn\u2019t so certain about her students\u2019 consequent relationship to the pose. \u201cNo one else attempted Pincha that day,\u201d she says. McDougall no longer demonstrates or includes that pose in her classes. \u201cI don\u2019t teach it because it\u2019s not accessible,\u201d she says. \u201cI dropped the idea that people could just balance, upside-down, on their forearms.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kristin McGee<\/a> fell out of a pose, too. But when she toppled backward out of Ardha Chandrasana (Half Moon Pose), she was teaching class in front of literally hundreds of students via the streaming platform Peloton<\/a>. McGee quietly picked herself up and came back into the pose. She feels that behavior was a more essential lesson for students than if she had held the posture perfectly. \u201cIt\u2019s not about preventing the fall,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s actually about embracing it and learning how to bounce back.\u201d<\/p>\n

What You Can Do If It Happens To You:<\/strong> Although falling out of a pose might seem to detract from your teaching, it can actually enhance it. Helping students see the humanness and the humor in the situation can help cushion the fall. \u201cWhen I used to teach yoga to kids in schools, I\u2019d fall out of poses on purpose so they wouldn\u2019t get too type A about it,\u201d says Sarah Herrington<\/a>, who leads yoga classes and mindful writing workshops in New York City.<\/p>\n

7. Gong Show<\/h3>\n

It can be hard to resist the temptation to share something new\u2014a pose, transition, cue, even sound instrument\u2014right away.  \u201cI was all excited to test my first Tibetan singing bowl,\u201d says LaVigne. \u201cThe class was deeply relaxed in Savasana and the room was so quiet. I wanted to use it to gently signal the end of Savasana but I hadn\u2019t actually tested how to hit it. I took the wooden thing and gave it a really good whack. It was SOOOO loud! A total shock. One gentleman told me afterward that he saw stars.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s said that enthusiasm and anxiety are just different sides of the same coin. \u201cWhen I first started teaching, I was trying to lead a class through alternate nostril breathing but I was nervous,\u201d says Herrington. \u201cI said something about starting on the right side and what to do with that nostril, the first nostril. Then I mentioned the second nostril. And then I said something about the third nostril.\u201d Herrington caught her mistake and promptly made a joke about that instruction being \u201cfor the aliens in the room.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

What You Can Do If It Happens To You:<\/strong> Practice, practice, practice.  \u201cAs a newer teacher, I learned to practice how to explain things more at home first before I got in front of a large group,\u201d says Herrington.<\/p>\n

8. Graceful On the Mat, Clumsy AF Off It<\/h3>\n

\u201cWhen I first started teaching, someone had their water in a Mason jar of water instead of a bottle and I accidentally knocked it over and spilled it everywhere,\u201d says Clise, noting that\u2019s probably her \u201cmost tasteful embarrassing moment.\u201d Fortunately, yoga blankets are relatively absorbent.<\/p>\n

Not all accidents are so easily fixed. Schettler was teaching a candlelit class, slowly walking in between mats and water bottles, when she felt\u2014and heard\u2014a crunch. In the dim lighting, she hadn\u2019t seen a pair of glasses set off to the side of a mat.<\/p>\n

What You Can Do If It Happens To You: <\/strong>Schettler whispered an apology to the student during class and asked to pay for the repair after class. The student reassured her the lenses were fine and the frame was just slightly bent.<\/p>\n

When things like this happens, both teachers and students learn a lesson: Keeping a careful watch on more than students\u2019 bodies and keeping personal possessions near the perimeter of your mat.<\/p>\n

9. Playlist Panic<\/h3>\n

Desi Bartlett<\/a>, a pre- and post-natal teacher, had just settled students in Savasana during a private corporate class for high-powered attorneys when her soothing playlist of devotional music ended a little sooner than expected\u2026and Salt-N-Pepa\u2018s \u201cPush It\u201d started blasting from her birthing playlist. A mother of two, Bartlett is accustomed to having quick reflexes. She immediately reached for her phone to switch playlists while her students collapsed into laughter.<\/p>\n

What You Can Do If It Happens To You:<\/strong> Almost every teacher has had a moment of calm, whether near the beginning of class or the end, interrupted by a playlist that was accidentally on shuffle or autoplay. It happens. That moment of levity might actually be as beneficial <\/a>as the yoga.<\/p>\n

10. Fashion Fail<\/h3>\n

Early morning yoga classes can be tricky. \u201cYou\u2019re getting ready while half asleep and pretty much in the dark,\u201d says White. \u201cI\u2019ve taught an entire class with my pants inside out. I didn\u2019t even realize until I\u2019d gotten to my next client and they told me.\u201d<\/p>\n

The same thing happened to Rachel Land<\/a>, New Zealand-based yoga teacher and co-host of the Yoga Medicine podcast<\/a>. \u201cI was in Malasana (Squat) <\/a>facing the students, and looked down to see my tights inside-out, with a big white triangle of lining cloth clearly visible. I immediately pointed it out to the students, had a good laugh, and turned sideways for the rest of the class.\u201d<\/p>\n

Several teachers shared stories of leggings with ripped seams at the crotch, including Christina Muruato<\/a>, who didn\u2019t realize anything was amiss. But one of her students certainly did. \u201cShe noticed mid-class and was trying to signal me, but I thought she was asking for modifications on the poses so I just kept on with my verbal cues,\u201d says the Phoenix-based yoga teacher and founder of Delasol Yoga<\/a>. \u201cLuckily, I had underwear on, but they were a nude color so it definitely looked like I was showing more than I was. So embarrassing!\u201d<\/p>\n

You don\u2019t need to be wearing your clothes for them to malfunction. \u201cI teach hot yoga, so I try to change if I\u2019m teaching three hot classes back-to-back,\u201d says London-based Bianca Butler<\/a>. \u201cI was walking toward the bathroom with my knapsack and reached into it to grab something. I didn\u2019t notice until the other teacher said, \u2018I think you dropped these,\u2019 that my spare undies were on the floor in front of the studio owner and students.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sometimes the fashion misstatement is forced on you. Tamika Caston-Miller<\/a> once forgot to pack her teaching clothes before class. Unfortunately, the studio where she was teaching failed to carry an array of clothing for all body types. This left Caston-Miller with a single leggings option. It was already embarrassing for Caston-Miller, who currently owns the inclusive Ash\u00e9 Yoga studio<\/a>, that the leggings were a poor fit and not in her preferred color palette. But she breathed through her annoyance and taught class. Afterward, she learned that her pants were entirely see-through, revealing her flowery undergarments each time she bent over.<\/p>\n

What You Can Do If It Happens To You:<\/strong> Caston-Miller started to test drive new leggings before she buys them, bending and stretching in front of a mirror. If you teach regularly, you might want to keep a bag with a backup outfit in your vehicle\u2026just be attentive as you reach in and pull something out!<\/p>\n

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11. Snoozing During Savasana<\/h3>\n

It\u2019s not uncommon for students to fall asleep during Savasana. It\u2019s not unheard of for teachers to doze off, too. Yogi Aaron,<\/a> the author of Stop Stretching! A New Yogic Approach To Master Your Body and Live Pain-Free<\/a>, had arrived back home after a long flight from India earlier in the day and was teaching an evening class. As he cued students into Savasana, he settled onto his mat as well. A student jostled him awake 30 minutes later asking if class was over.<\/p>\n

What You Can Do If It Happens To You: <\/strong>The entire class agreed it was the best Savasana they\u2019d ever had\u2014albeit, in the words of one student, \u201ca little long.\u201d If it\u2019s financially feasible for you, find coverage for any classes that coincide with your travel days. Same applies for when you\u2019re sick or exhausted. Or you may choose not to lie down for Savasana.<\/p>\n

12. Trust Fall<\/h3>\n

Sometimes teachers place hands on students to help them find a more intense stretch or to indicate safer alignment in a pose. This can sometimes backfire, as White experienced with a client during a private class. \u201cShe was in a reclining figure 4 stretch with her foot on my thigh, I was leaning toward her, and for some reason, I told her to release without taking my weight from her,\u201d recalls White. \u201cI ended up nearly crashing on her!\u201d<\/p>\n

The student, with whom she had a longstanding relationship, was unharmed and, thankfully, amused. \u201cWe laughed,\u201d says White, \u201cShe was like, \u2018I thought it was strange but I just trusted you so I did it!\u201d<\/p>\n

What You Can Do If It Happens To You: <\/strong> Your students\u2019 well-being is always your first concern. Check to see whether they\u2019re injured and, if so, handle it as you would any injury in class. And don\u2019t offer a litany of excuses when you apologize or expect your student to make you feel better.<\/p>\n

13. Adjustments Gone Awry<\/h3>\n

\u201cI was teaching a candlelight yoga class at a studio where we tried to give everyone a Savasana adjustment,\u201d explains Clise. \u201cIt was really hard to see the students and one of them was wearing a black t-shirt. When I went down to press down on her shoulders, I accidentally placed my hands on her boobs and she whispered to me, \u2018At least buy me dinner first.\u2019<\/p>\n

We both started crying, we were laughing so hard. I was thankful she knew me and realized that it was an accident.\u201d<\/p>\n

What You Can Do If It Happens To You:<\/strong> As Clise learned, err on the side of caution any time you make physical contact with students through your hands or any part of your body. Also, remain mindful and respectful of their personal space as you move among a crowded studio where you could inadvertently bump into someone.<\/p>\n

Note from Yoga Journal editors: This anecdote had a fortunate ending, although unwanted physical touch in yoga classes is a very serious matter. Many studios encourage students to let teachers know before class if they prefer not to receive an adjustment. If you feel that you have experienced intentional and inappropriate touch in a yoga class, we encourage you to reach out to the studio manager.<\/p>\n

14. Loving Kindness Cockroach Meditation<\/h3>\n

\u201cIt was the beginning of class at a studio where I used to teach and I was giving my dharma talk,\u201d says Neeti Narula<\/a>, a yoga and meditation teacher in New York City. \u201cSuddenly a student jumped up excitedly. I thought maybe she was really getting into what I was explaining! Then she said, \u2018I\u2019m so sorry, but there\u2019s a huge cockroach!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

What You Can Do If It Happens To You:<\/strong> \u201cWell, I wasn\u2019t going to squish a cockroach in a yoga class,\u201d says Narula. \u201cBut I also wasn\u2019t going to send it loving kindness. I\u2019m terrified of cockroaches and I literally have nightmares about them. So we just left it in the corner and then after class we captured it and then released it outside the studio.\u201d<\/p>\n

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15. The Gift of Gab\u2026And Pac-Man<\/h3>\n

Sometimes teachers mean to help by adding more words to clarify\u2026but end up doing the opposite. \u201cI introduced a new prop variation\u2014placing a block between the heel and butt in an initial stage for Natarajasana (Dancer Pose)<\/a>\u2014and I was attempting to explain how the tendency is to drop the block by straightening the knee when doing hip circles,\u201d says Allison Ray Jeraci,<\/a> a yoga teacher who likes to offer unexpected options to help students fall in love with movement in their body. \u201cI was doing well up to that point. Then I told them it was \u2018like a game of Pac-Man where your heel is Pac-Man and the block is the bead and you want to continue to move your Pac-Man into your block.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Jeracai says the entire class just stared at her at the same time\u2026and then everyone\u2014including her\u2014broke into laughter. \u201cIt was one of those times where I didn\u2019t need to continue to explain my metaphor but I just kept going and digging myself deeper.\u201d<\/p>\n

What You Can Do If It Happens To You: <\/strong>Less is more most of the time. \u201cBut when you go for more, at least hope it makes everyone laugh!\u201d says Jeracai.<\/p>\n

16. Extemporaneous Farting<\/h3>\n

Biological functions happen. \u201cI think we\u2019ve all experienced that fart that you sort of feel on the precipice of releasing but were successfully holding it in until some move lets it squeak out, right?\u201d says Leta LaVigne<\/a>, founder of yogaRocks<\/a> in Finland. \u201cI mean, let\u2019s be honest, it\u2019s not an abnormal occurrence in a yoga studio!\u201d<\/p>\n

Or in a television studio. While auditioning for a DVD with MTV, McGee was balancing in Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana (Extended Hand-to-Big-Toe Pose)<\/a> when she audibly passed a little gas. She still got the gig.<\/p>\n

What You Can Do If It Happens To You: <\/strong>\u201cI just ignore it if I hear anyone fart,\u201d says LaVigne. \u201cEven if the 10-year-old me is laughing inside.\u201d<\/p>\n

If You\u2019re a Yoga Teacher, Here\u2019s How to Handle Embarrassing Moments<\/h2>\n

Just because you made a faux pas doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019ve failed as a teacher. It simply makes you human. Especially when there are extenuating circumstances. \u201cSometimes teaching conditions are perfect\u2014I\u2019m well rested, well fed, and calm,\u201d says London-based teacher and father of a newborn, Adam Husler<\/a>. \u201cOther times, I\u2019ve run across London to the fifth class of the day, having spent the day before teaching a training in another country!\u201d<\/p>\n

While no one can control the unexpected, we can control our response. \u201cIn these circumstances, the likelihood of me forgetting a pose on one side goes up by multiples! I\u2019ve learnt various coping strategies,\u201d says Husler. \u201cSometimes I laugh. Sometimes I tell the students it was to represent the fundamental asymmetry of life! Once I told the students it was a test designed to see their honesty! Haha. All with a cheeky smile!\u201d<\/p>\n

To err is human. To laugh at it is divine.<\/p>\n

About Our Contributors<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sarah Ezrin<\/a> is an author, world-renowned yoga educator, popular Instagram influencer, and mama based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her willingness to be unabashedly honest and vulnerable along with her innate wisdom make her writing, yoga classes, and social media great sources of healing and inner peace for many people. Sarah is changing the world, teaching self-love one person at a time. She is also the author of The Yoga of Parenting<\/a>. You can follow her on Instagram at @sarahezrinyoga<\/a> and TikTok at @sarahezrin.<\/em><\/p>\n

Renee Marie Schettler<\/a> is a senior editor at Yoga Journal and has worked as an editor at <\/em>The Washington Post, Real Simple magazine, and online media. She started studying yoga nearly 20 years ago with teachers in New York City who emphasized the challenge of finding precise alignment in a posture. Her understanding of yoga changed when she began practicing with teachers who assert the practice is less about how we execute a pose and more about whether we can surrender into the stillness of it. She finds that editing, writing, and practicing yoga are each about becoming more aware of truth. She has been teaching yoga since 2017.
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