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Teaching Yoga for Muscular Balance

admin — Fri, 18 May 2012 01:32:18 +0000

A lot of under-developed muscles need stretching, which is precisely what yoga poses offer. This is one of the main physical advantages of practicing yoga for muscular balance, since deep stretches increases a yogi’s awareness of his or her body and its areas of strength, weakness and energy.

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Teacher Guidelines for Power Yoga

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:31:50 +0000

Teaching Power Yoga can be a difficult task; not only is it fast moving, but it also is meant to physically challenge the practitioners. Keeping an eye on students, during a fast-flowing session can be hard, especially if a class is large or if it contains beginners unfamiliar with basic Yoga practices. New students being mixed into a class full of experienced students is the studio management’s call, but it is your challenge, if you teach Yoga classes.

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Teaching Yoga to Balance Emotional Flow

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:36:51 +0000

Yoga students come to our classes seeking practical solutions to life’s daily problems. If one becomes overwhelmed by negative emotional energy, this can cause chronic stress, anxiety attacks, and many more health problems. When we decided to become a Yoga instructor, we realized that many people need help to reach optimum health. In the holistic sense, health is physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. Yoga is one of the oldest and most effective means of balancing the daily flow of emotions, and its benefits extend far beyond the mat or the meditation cushion.

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How to Advertise a Yoga Retreat

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 01:32:10 +0000

By a longshot, the most challenging aspect of organizing a yoga retreat is getting yogi’s on those mats and securing your return on investment. You’ve booked the perfect locale, manifested a delicious menu, and sought out every extracurricular activity from massage to mountain climbing. Now it’s time to let the world know about your yoga retreat. There are many ways to go about advertising a yoga retreat. Some work much better than others. We’ll go over your advertising options and give our advice on the most effective ways to fill your yoga retreat.

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What Is the Significance and Effect of Practicing the Shambavi Mudra?

admin — Tue, 15 May 2012 01:32:34 +0000

When the practice of Shambhavi Mudra is sustained for some time, the left and right sides of the brain balance and integrate with each other. The integration helps the Yoga practitioner to expand his or her normal range of awareness. This expanded state of awareness enables a Yogi or Yogini to penetrate into the subtle levels of reality that are normally not accessible to most people.

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What Should a Yoga Teacher Know About Asana?

admin — Mon, 14 May 2012 01:30:17 +0000

Yoga teachers are certainly not expected to “know it all,” but students do anticipate a specific standard of knowledge and competence from an instructor. In order to be an effective Yoga teacher, you should possess a well-rounded body of knowledge, regarding Yoga’s history and roots, its benefits and cautions, and how to teach specific asanas. Most importantly, Yoga teachers should always have a source to consult when faced with unanswerable questions from students. As you gain experience teaching Yoga, and grow in your own practice, your knowledge base will also grow.

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Teaching Self-Mastery Through Yoga

admin — Sun, 13 May 2012 01:30:36 +0000

How can we teach our yoga students about self-mastery? Ultimately, our students need to find the teacher within. The heart of yoga is spiritual. Before being introduced to the West during the past few centuries, yoga was virtually unknown outside of its culture of origin. The term “yoga” arose in India and often referred to Patanjali’s school of philosophy.

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Yoga Lowers Health Care Costs

admin — Sat, 12 May 2012 01:30:25 +0000

Many people think that yoga is something that people do for spiritual enlightenment. Or they think it is soft and gentle seated meditation to soothing music and incense. Then there are others who believe it is for the super flexible. The truth is that yoga is a discipline that allows the body to heal itself and keep fit. In turn you will spend less for medical care.

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Teach Yoga Students to Manage Back Pain

admin — Fri, 11 May 2012 22:37:20 +0000

Continuing education courses for yoga teachers have many directions to venture into. When considering the direction of one’s yoga education, it might be worth considering your student’s needs. When we encounter so many people with back pain, it might be prudent to learn more yoga techniques that can help them.

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Teaching Yoga to Young Athletes

admin — Fri, 11 May 2012 01:32:46 +0000

Yoga can be of great benefit to young athletes, particularly for its ability to connect mind and body. Athletes, especially those in high school and college, tend to use and often to abuse their bodies. They do not realize that their bodies are absorbing the entire trauma of sports and lifting and conditioning, yet yoga helps connect athletes to their bodies in a way, which enhances appreciation and relaxation. Yoga also increases flexibility, which aids in injury prevention, and improves static strength, which complements an athlete’s training routine.

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