How to Find Your Inner Voice
Beyond the Script:
Discovering Your True Voice on the Mat
If you have been following me, you know that yoga basically saved my life in so many ways, and it has completely shaped who I am today. I invite you to visit my website, where you can find my full story through yoga.
One of the most unspoken aspects of teaching yoga is learning how to become your true self in your classes. So in today’s blog, I would like to talk about how to find your true voice on the mat.
“As a teacher, I’m not here to help you go further… but to help you go deeper.
Yoga begins the moment you truly listen to yourself.”
But first — what is a yoga teacher to me?
A yoga teacher is more than someone who guides others through postures or sequences.
A teacher is like a bridge between body and breath, effort and ease, self-doubt and self-discovery. A yoga teacher holds space for transformation, creating an environment where students can listen deeply to themselves.
Teaching yoga is not just about alignment or technique; it’s an act of service, rooted in awareness and compassion. A yoga teacher learns to see beyond shapes on a mat, recognising the human experience unfolding in each student — the courage, the struggles, the curiosity, and the vulnerability it takes simply to show up.
But let me tell you another huge truth: for me, a yoga teacher is a student first — always learning, evolving, and returning to their own practice. Their voice becomes not just an instruction, but an invitation for others to reconnect with their own inner wisdom.
A yoga teacher is not just someone who leads a class or guides students through a well-prepared and balanced sequence. A true teacher is someone who holds space, listens, adapts, and moves with the energy of everyone in the room.
They are an observer, attuned to subtle shifts in breath, mood, and movement.
They know when to adjust, when to speak, when to pause, and when simply to allow.
A yoga teacher speaks from the heart, offering words that uplift and ground at the same time. They hold not only the physical energy of the class but also its emotional and spiritual essence, creating a space where everyone feels seen, supported, and free to be themselves.
A true teacher shows up for their students, not for themselves. And that is where everything starts: speaking your truth, your learnings, your practices… and most of all, showing your true self in front of them.
How to Find Your Inner Voice
When I started teaching yoga, this was the most difficult part for me. I had been practising yoga for such a long time that my own practice was well integrated. I felt comfortable guiding myself and flowing with the sequences I created in my mind.
After my YTT — where I learned more about philosophy, anatomy, alignment cues, and how to create a sequence — I thought I was ready to teach. During my YTT, many of the missing pieces fell into place, and I was convinced I was going to do it “right”.
So that’s exactly what I tried to do.
During my first classes, the goal was to get everything right:
The right words
The right sequence
The right tone of voice
I would rehearse my classes, memorise cues, and try to sound like the teachers I admired. But I didn’t feel true to myself. I was so focused on the sequence and trying to make everything creative and inspiring that, somewhere along the way, I realised I wasn’t really teaching — I was performing.
I was speaking, but not from my inner self. My voice didn’t yet carry the truth of my own experience. I didn’t even sound like myself. I felt uncomfortable after the classes, out of tune with my students, disconnected — and my impostor syndrome would surface.
However, with time, something shifted. I began to understand that teaching yoga isn’t about perfection, or saying things “right”, or even cueing perfectly.
It’s about presence.
It’s about showing up — fully human — and letting the practice move through you. Feeling it within you, and transferring that to your people, just as you experience it in your own practice.
The more I trusted myself, the more my teaching softened. I stopped trying to sound like anyone else. I started to listen — not just to my students, but to the quiet wisdom within me:
the moments of stillness before class,
the deep breath before speaking,
the space between words.
And that’s where I found my voice.
I stopped following the script and started following my students — the people who came back week after week. By observing them and asking them questions, I learned so much from each class that it taught me a completely new way of guiding a session. I realised that speaking in my own voice is the reason they keep coming back.
Now, when I teach, I speak from the heart, not from memory. I offer what I know, but also what I feel. I hold space not as an expert, but as a fellow traveller on this path.
If you’re still finding your own voice as a teacher, be patient. It doesn’t happen overnight. It comes from your practice, your silence, and your courage to be real.
The voice you’re searching for is already within you — it simply needs your trust to rise.