Kula Notes
Free pilot · winter 2027 YTT cohorts

Know what your trainees are carrying before week six.

One reflection question a day for your 200-hour trainees, tied to where they are in the curriculum. Every Sunday you get a one-page brief on the whole cohort: what's coming up, who might want a check-in, and who feels ready to teach.

Every graduate leaves with their training, in their own words.

One reflection question a day for your 200-hour trainees, tied to where they are in the curriculum. At graduation, each trainee gets a journey book showing how their practice, teaching and sense of self changed. You get a short Sunday note on the cohort along the way.

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How it works

Nothing to install. It runs alongside whatever you already use: Kajabi, Teachable, a binder.

1A question a dayTrainees get one question a day in the Kula Notes app, matched to that week's module: the yamas, sequencing, their first practice-teach.
2Two minutes to answerThey speak or type. Voice answers are transcribed. For each answer they choose: private, shared with you, or shared anonymously.
3A brief on SundayYou get one page on the cohort, built only from what trainees chose to share. At the end, each trainee gets their journey book.

A sample Sunday brief

Fictional cohort, fictional trainees, but this is the real format.

Week 4 of 12 · Winter 200-hour cohort

Sunday, February 28 · Modules: Ahimsa & Satya · First practice-teach on Saturday
Sample
14
trainees
12
answered 4+ days
71
answers this week
58%
shared with you

What's coming up

1. Dread about using their voice
9 of 14 mentioned it before Saturday's practice-teach, up from 4 last week.
"I can do the poses. I can't imagine saying 'inhale, reach up' out loud without my voice shaking."Leah, Wednesday · shared with you
2. Ahimsa, turned inward
6 trainees noticed how harshly they talk to their own bodies in practice. Several linked it to Tuesday's ahimsa reading.
"I would never speak to a student the way I spoke to my hamstrings this morning."Anonymous · shared with the cohort
3. Comparison with the "experienced ones"
5 trainees compared themselves to peers with dance or fitness backgrounds. All five rated their teaching confidence 2 or lower.

Worth a gentle check-in

  • Dana answered every day of weeks 1–3, then stopped on Tuesday after sharing that work has been "a lot."
  • Marco shared that he's wondering whether he should defer to the spring cohort.

Readiness to teach (self-rated, 1–5)

This week. Last week, 8 of 14 rated themselves 1–2; this week it's 5.

A question you might open Saturday's circle with

"What would it sound like to cue yourself the way you'd cue a nervous beginner?"
This brief uses only answers trainees chose to share with you. It isn't a clinical or psychological assessment. Private answers are never summarized or shown.

The graduate journey book

At the end of training, each trainee gets a short book built from their own answers, private by default. A sample spread:

Week 1 · Why are you here?

"Honestly? I wanted to get better at handstands. Teaching feels like something other people do."

Week 12 · What will you carry out of this room?

"That the point was never the handstand. It was learning to stay in the room when it gets uncomfortable — and to help someone else stay too."

Fictional trainee. The book is arranged chronologically with light connective notes, in the trainee's own words, not rewritten by AI.

A peek at the questions

A default 12-week sequence follows a typical 200-hour arc. You can swap any question for your own.

Built for trust

Trainees decide what's sharedEvery answer is private, shared with you, or shared anonymously. The trainee picks each time. You only ever see shared answers.
Not therapy, not monitoringKula Notes is a reflection practice, not a mental-health tool. Every answer screen links to crisis support resources.
Your cohort's words stay theirsAnswers aren't sold or used to train AI models. Trainees can export or delete everything at any time.
Light on youNo new platform to learn. You get one email on Sunday. Read it in five minutes or skip a week.

The winter pilot

I'm running this by hand with 3–5 schools whose 200-hour cohorts start between January and March 2027. Pilot schools get everything free for that cohort and shape what it becomes.

Free for your next cohort

After the pilot: $15 per trainee per cohort. Many schools fold it into tuition.

  • Daily questions matched to your curriculum (default sequence, or your own)
  • The Sunday cohort brief for the lead trainer
  • A journey book for every graduate
Book a 15-minute call Lock founding pricing ($99, refundable)

The $99 is optional. It locks $15/trainee for founding schools and is credited toward your first paid cohort. If you change your mind, you get a full refund.

Questions

Do trainees need to download an app?

Yes, a free app for iPhone and Android. Trainees join with your invite link, get a daily reminder, and answer by voice or text in about two minutes. Trainees never pay; the school does.

Isn't svadhyaya supposed to be private?

Yes, and it stays that way by default. Nothing is shared unless the trainee chooses to share that answer. Many trainees share some answers and keep others.

What if a trainee writes something worrying?

You see it only if they share it. Every answer screen links to crisis support resources, and Kula Notes doesn't diagnose or monitor anyone. Trainees are encouraged to reach out to you or a professional directly.

Can I use my own questions?

Yes. Start from the default sequence and edit any day, or send your own list before the cohort begins.

Who's behind this?

An independent developer, not a platform or a VC-funded startup. That's why the pilot is small and hands-on: I want to learn how you actually run training before building anything bigger.