Neuroscience-informed yoga teaching
How the Nervous System Shapes Learning, Safety, and Growth
Most yoga education teaches you what to teach.
Very little explains why students shut down, disengage, over-effort, or second-guess themselves in class.
This book bridges that gap — showing how nervous system state shapes learning, safety, and confidence in real time.
Currently ranked #1 in New Yoga Releases on Amazon.
inside the book
This book explores what is happening beneath the surface of every class — how nervous-system state shapes attention, safety, and confidence. It clarifies the difference between regulation and readiness, and helps teachers recognize how their pacing, cueing, and presence influence learning.
Rather than offering more techniques, it offers understanding — so what you teach can truly land.
Who this book is for
Yoga teachers
200-hour teacher trainings
300-hour teacher trainings
Yoga book clubs
Continuing education courses
about the author
Valerie Lucas is a curriculum architect and educator focused on how nervous-system state shapes learning and performance.
She has designed and scaled professional yoga teacher training programs across more than 200 locations nationwide, supporting lead trainers in strengthening the conditions that influence regulation, safety, and integration.
Her work led to the development of The Sustainable Performance Model™, a broader framework for sustainable performance under pressure. Neuroscience-Informed Yoga Teaching reflects that work within yoga education.
For teachers and trainings ready to move beyond delivery and into integration.
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