By Heather Blackmon
If you run, climb, ride, lift, hike, or ski, yoga has to fit alongside the activities you already care about. It also deserves a purpose of its own. You might want to feel less stiff, build strength in a pose, improve your balance, or understand what to practice next.
I teach Progressive Yoga so you can choose a focus, practice often enough to work on it, and see where to go next. The practices connect over time, while leaving room for the classes and activities you enjoy.
Start with a useful focus
A good starting point depends on what you want yoga to do for you right now. If you are still deciding whether it deserves a regular place in your week, pick one focus area and give it a few weeks of consistent practice. If you already know yoga helps but have been choosing classes at random, choose one goal and follow a plan toward it. If you want to understand breathwork, poses, or the practice more deeply, choose an area to dive deeper.
The amount of support you want is a separate decision. You can follow a plan independently, ask me for feedback and accountability, or have me build a practice around your body, activities, and goals. Find Your Yoga Path if you would like help deciding where to focus and what support fits.
What Progressive Yoga looks like
Inside Outflow Studio, I create a new 4-week Practice Plan each month. It has 2–3 recommended practices per week, with plenty of 10–30 minute classes. You can follow the current plan or choose a previous one that matches what you want to work on.
A plan gives you enough repetition to learn a movement, build strength and control, and notice what changes. It also shows you what to practice next. One month might focus on balance; another could work on hips, backbends, or a yoga skill. The Practice Vault has more than 150 on-demand classes when you want something different.
Consistency matters more than making every practice long. Three 20-minute practices across a week give you more chances to work on a goal than one 60-minute practice. You can fit a short class after a workout, on a recovery day, or wherever it makes sense in your week.
Why I teach this way
I have spent more than 15 years coaching movement and endurance sports. My background includes running and triathlon coaching, personal training, mountain biking, skiing, and yoga. I run, climb, ride, lift, hike, ski, and practice yoga myself, so I understand how quickly an active week fills up.
My yoga education includes a 300-hour training with Authentic Movements, 200-hour training with Moksha Yoga Amazonica, a 200-hour Anahata module, and 100 hours of Rocket Yoga study. I use that training alongside my coaching background to think about progression, workload, movement options, and how to explain what you are doing and why.
When I work with someone directly, I look at where they are now, what they are doing outside yoga, what they want to improve, and what is getting in the way. That is how I decide whether to adjust their approach to a Studio plan or build a custom plan for them.
Choose how you want to work with me
Outflow Studio: Follow the plan yourself. Your membership includes monthly 4-week Practice Plans, previous plans, Yoga Skill Pathways, and more than 150 classes in the Practice Vault. The standard entry is a 7-day free trial, then $19 per month.
Outflow Studio Plus: Follow the Studio plans with my 1:1 support. Plus adds a 30-minute private Zoom call each month, weekly check-ins, WhatsApp support, and feedback as you practice. It is a $97 per month upgrade; the Studio membership is billed separately.
Next Level: Get a Progressive Yoga plan built specifically around your body, activities, schedule, and goals. This 12-week private coaching experience includes an assessment, 3 custom 4-week blocks, monthly coaching, weekly check-ins, and support between sessions. Join the waitlist to hear about the next opening.
If you are ready for a plan, explore Outflow Studio. If you want help choosing a focus or level of support first, take the 2-minute Yoga Path quiz.
