Jordan Lashley

At Burning Wheel Yoga School, we treat the body as trustworthy. We do not view the physical self as something to be overcome or transcended. Instead, the body is the precise location where practice becomes real. It is the intersection of sensation, effort, breath, and attention. Consciousness does not move around the body; it expresses itself through it.

Devotion, Discipline, and the Myth of Elitism Elite does not mean exclusive. It means dedication and devotion. At Burning Wheel Yoga School, we are clear about what we offer. We train. We don’t cultivate mystique or status. We cultivate capacity through consistent, embodied practice. Elite practice is available to anyone willing to engage sincerely. Engagement shows up along a continuum. That ...

Standards, Responsibility, and the Refusal to Dilute What Makes Practice Real I’m no longer interested in explaining why depth matters.

Most yoga teacher training programs are like summer camp—you meet amazing people, you have an unforgettable experience, and then it’s over. You graduate, certificate in hand, and figure out the rest on your own.

I’ll never forget my first time teaching yoga. I was in the middle of my own teacher training, and my instructor—without warning—told me to lead the group through Sun Salutations. Now, I’ve been on stage before. I’ve played music in front of a crowd, and I’ve spoken to rooms full of people. But this was different. The moment I stood up there, mat in front of me, eyes staring back, I realized I ...

Scroll through Instagram for 30 seconds and you’ll see more yoga teachers than you can shake a mala at. Perfectly lit photos, gravity-defying arm balances, quotes in elegant fonts about “finding your center.” It’s beautiful, sure. But do we need another yoga teacher? Short answer: no. Long answer: absolutely yes—if you’re coming from the right place.

(A personal story from Jordan—trust me, it’s worth the read!) So, I show up at Burning Wheel around 6:30 am, like I do most mornings. I put my earbuds in and start my little routine—bag down, vacuum out, carpets looking sharp. Then, I head down the hallway to clean the bathroom. And that’s when it happens.

The 8-Limb Power yoga method is an alloy of all of my practice and study for almost 20 years, combining everything I know, love, and respect into the method. Yoga shows us that change is constant. This is my contribution to that change.

Imagine that moment in class when you are in a utkatasana twist. It’s so intense you are working, breathing, and sweating hard, but you give it everything. Then the release to the forward fold (uttanasana) comes, and you rest deeply. Everything drops; maybe you even drool a little (haha). The point is that you work hard, then rest deeply, then go back to hard work, twisting to the other side. ...

Yoga as a practice has been evolving since its inception, from meditation and breathing exercises into what we now know as yoga today. At the core of all these practices, variations across all yoga traditions and forms of yoga, is the intended goal of liberation, freedom from suffering, or what some may refer to as enlightenment. Yoga is fundamentally a spiritual practice. The original intention ...