Squawk Box with Alexandria Crow

* The Post That Got 12 Likes Instead of 47 (So You Panicked) * One Post Isn’t a Referendum on Your Entire Life * Vanity Metrics Are Called That for a Reason * The Regular Who Didn’t Come Back (And You Blamed Your New Cue) * Thinking You Need 50K Followers to Be Successful * Meanwhile Someone With 1,200 Followers Just Sold Out Their Retreat * Blaming Your Empty Class on the Time Slot * “The Yoga Wo...

* Your Students Don’t Care About How Many Training Hours You Have * The Instagram Bio Mistake Most Teachers Make * They Don’t Want Your Hours - They Want Transformation * Why Pose Selfies Are Actually Excluding People * The Hypermobile Person Wagering Injury for Instagram * Marketing That Makes It About You Instead of Them * The Yoga World Gets a Failing Grade in Marketing * You’re Well-Trained Bu...

* The Student Who Goes Rogue Panic Attack + Frustration * Mysore Ashtanga: Where Nobody Moves in Unison (And It’s Fine) * The Triangle Pose During Shavasana Scandal * Pointing the Finger Back at Yourself First (Uncomfortable) * Why Is Someone Else’s Choice Bothering You So Much? * Yoga Philosophy 101: You Don’t Control Everything * Militaristic Unison vs. Actually Honoring Humans * “But I Said Yog...

* Wasting Time Chasing People * The Sweating-Watching-Students-Walk-In Phenomenon * Consistency Isn’t Doing Something Twice and Stopping * It’s Not You, It’s Their Schedule/Income/Life * Can You Imagine If I Offered a Chakra Workshop Out of the Blue?! * Bona Fides: Not Just a Fancy Word * Subbing Your Class Out While Trying to Build It Doesn’t Work, That’s Why Consistency Matters * The Customer Ye...

* Preaching Impermanence While White-Knuckling the Status Quo * The Metal Rod vs Parallel Feet Showdown * Three Injuries: A Slow Learner’s Tale * “You’re Just an Egomaniac” (Thanks, Internet) * Feather-Ruffling: The Spiritual Practice Nobody Wants * The Great Fists and Forearms Consolation Prize * Pose Photos: Instagram’s Favorite, Students’ Never * Plot Twist: The Ancient Poses Are Actually Moder...

* The Broken Telephone Teaching Method * Food Network Watching Won’t Make You a Chef * The Missing “Why” Problem * Cookie Cutter Teacher Syndrome * The Deer-in-Headlights Knowledge Gap * Mimicking Without Understanding (A Love Story) * A Story About What Happens When Cues Fall Flat * The Universal Design vs Status Quo Showdown * Taking Classes to Learn Teaching is Backwards * You Can’t See Inside...

* The Deer-in-Headlights Workshop Moment * Sacrum Directionality: The Great Backwards Teaching * The Hair Shirt Self-Flagellation Olympics * “I Need to Apologize to My Students” Spiral * Perfectionism: The Control Freak’s Hopeless Game * The Hunt for Perfect Information (Spoiler: Doesn’t Exist) * Your Parents Didn’t Know Either * The Fear-Based Marketing Trap * Justifying Staying Stuck Like a Pro...

* The “Everyone’s Welcome” Delusion * Confirmation Bias: The Yoga Edition * When Your Class is Actually a Self-Selected Country Club * The Step-Forward-From-Down-Dog Reckoning * Herniated Discs Open Your Eyes Real Fast * The “Just Try Harder” Gaslighting Olympics * Delayed Onset Pain is a Hell of a Teacher * The Seniors Class Epiphany * Props Won’t Save You (Sorry) * The Festival Truth Bomb Moment...

* The Health Scare Mindset Laboratory * Not Your Woo-Woo Manifestation Episode * The Doom and Gloom Evolutionary Brain Trap * Social Media Like-Counting Madness * The Great Unsubscribe Button Hysteria * Public-Private Sessions (AKA Teaching Air) * The Overnight Success Delusion (Only 10 Years of Prep Required) * Comparison: Joy Thief or Motivation Dealer * Seven Likes = Seven Actual Humans (Math C...

* The 25-Take Reality Check * Life is Lifing (And That's Not a Problem) * Drop the Feel-Good Class Pressure * Sometimes Students Leave Irritated (And That's Yoga) * The Closet-Stuffing Delusion * Crying on Your Mat is Advanced Practice * Stop Dangling Achievement Carrots * The Delayed Flight Dharma Lesson * Teaching Class Like Life Storytelling * You Can't Promise Bliss (And Shouldn't Try) * The A...

* The Great Gratitude Gush of 2025 * "Practice and All is Coming" - The Great Yoga Myth * The Perfectionist's Paradise Problem * The "No Pain, No Gain" Amplification Station * Philosophy Phobia is Just Fancy Avoidance * The Buddhist Meditation Room Reality Check * The Negotiation Game We All Play * Guitar Lessons Without Music Theory * The Food Network Formula * The Uber Driver Litmus Test * Come...

* "I'm bad at yoga" starter pack: wobbly headstands and occasional asshole behavior * Yoga isn't measured by party tricks or permanent zen mode * Former fancy pose teacher looked graceful but felt like garbage inside * Gymnastics + rule-following = three injury cycles of pure stupidity * Terror realization: "Who wants classes from a broken pretzel?" * Plot twist: more students came when the circus...

* Savasana without philosophy is basically a socially acceptable nap party * Most yoga teachers got zero philosophy training but hey, no shame or shade * Philosophy survey bombshell: who's actually read the full Sutras (spoiler: almost nobody) * Philosophy sessions secretly crushed anatomy weekends in popularity * Yoga became "choose your own adventure" when the rulebook went missing * The Star Tr...

* Podcast procrastination champion finally hits record * Instagram poll gets totally ignored * Squawk Box wins by executive crow decision * Triple pun mastery: mic + Crow + general squawking * Anti-zen yoga podcast vibes incoming * Philosophy nerd meets comedy club energy * 17 years of teaching, 27 years of practice (ouch that’s long) * Arjuna finally gets off the couch * Ancient wisdom meets rubb...