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Intensive Yoga Teacher Training: Anatomy

Wednesday, January 9th, 2013

kripalu yoga teacher trainingBy Sangeetha Saran

You may hear yoga teachers talk about “massaging the digestive organs” or “lengthening the hamstrings.” Do you know what this means? Unless you have a background in anatomy, you may not understand the anatomical references made during yoga classes. Anatomy is an important aspect of yoga. Prospective yoga teachers are required to take anatomy courses before they can become certified. A basic understanding of anatomy helps yoga teachers to work with students with injuries, and to prevent injuries while teaching yoga classes.

The practice of yoga is over 5,000 years old. Centuries of wisdom have been poured into the creation of asanas, or postures, we practice today. As a yoga teacher, how can you share the knowledge of anatomy without alienating your students?

First, understand that many people who take yoga classes do not want to learn what the psoas is. They come to class to make their muscles healthy and strong, not to learn anatomy. Your job as a yoga instructor is to master these terms, and use them to facilitate safe classes for your students.

If you would like to sprinkle your monologue with anatomical terms, consider showing while you are telling. If you refer to the psoas muscle, point to this muscle on your body. When appropriate, you can also use a student’s body as a model.

If you are focusing a class around a particular muscle or joint, begin the class with a short tutorial on where the muscle is and what it does. Show students where the muscle is on your body. You can also help students find this area on their own body. During the class, give students specific instructions on how to best utilize this muscle. For example, if you are talking about the hamstrings, make sure students know whether they should be contracting or lengthening.

Students may get overwhelmed if you use too many anatomical references, so keep it simple. Introduce only one muscle or joint per class. Make sure you have a thorough understanding of the information you plan to introduce.

After the class is complete, you may want to follow up with a trusted student. This suggestion is up to your discretion and comfort. Is there a student that you feel comfortable asking to review the class? If so, ask him or her about the effectiveness of the information you presented.

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Teaching Yoga in Schools: Violence Prevention

Saturday, January 5th, 2013

yoga instructor certificationBy: Virginia Iversen, M.Ed

There are many new niches where Yoga instructors are welcome to offer classes. For example, Yoga classes are now offered in many hospitals, prisons, corporate settings and schools. Offering instruction in these environments enables people who would not usually be exposed to Yoga to benefit from this ancient form of exercise, breathing techniques and meditation on a regular basis.

Teaching Yoga in schools is a great way to motivate students to be physically active and more health conscious. The different elements of a balanced practice include physical postures, pranayama exercises, contemplation, meditation and resting in stillness or Shavasana. All of these elements offer students the time and space to become intimately familiar with their own bodies and minds, including their thought patterns. An overly negative stream of internal dialogue can cause depression, anxiety and anger in a student.

These negative “thought loops” will diminish a student’s ability to reach his or her full potential and will also predispose a student to violent outbursts. Through a balanced practice of Yoga, a student is offered the opportunity to become aware of negative or self-destructive thoughts that perpetuate a state of internal violence. Often these self-destructive and negative thoughts are the genesis point for external violent behavior. By diligently practicing the various Yogic arts, angry and self-destructive thoughts can be uprooted at the core and painful experiences integrated into a more balanced perspective, thwarting violent outbursts.

In addition, school-based Yoga classes provide an opportunity for students to get to know each other outside of formal academic classes and social cliques. In this way, a deeper understanding and empathy of each others’ experiences will begin to develop. As the students begin to develop empathy for each other, they have an opportunity to see potentially explosive situations in a new light and take responsibility for their own part in negative interactions that could incite a violent incident.

If you choose to teach Yoga classes in a school setting, you will help students to physically feel better about themselves, and you will be offering them the opportunity to get to know other students with whom they would not ordinarily choose to spend time. Additionally, the internal process of witnessing and releasing their own negative thinking patterns while practicing Yoga will help teach students to see situations in a more balanced perspective and to choose a peaceful way to address unresolved issues, instead of resorting to violence.

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Teaching Yoga Students About Relaxation

Tuesday, January 1st, 2013

yoga instructor certificationBy Kimaya Singh

What is the greatest gift a yoga teacher can present to her students? As you learned when you decided to become a yoga instructor: Each student is different, but all of them need to learn when, how, and why to relax. Some students don’t want to relax initially. They might be so wired up that it feels unnatural to chill out. Relaxation or meditation is an integral part of all yoga practices. Usually, deep relaxation is done at the beginning or end of the session. This allows us to journey to a place of focus, or reflect upon what we’ve accomplished and get back to ourselves and to our center of being. However, many find benefit in practicing stage-by-stage, body scanning, deep pranayama relaxation, or nidra on its own.

There are many positions you can take to execute yoga nidra. The most common position is Savasana (copse pose), which is simply lying on your back with your arms at your side, palms up. Others desire the use of a pillow under the head, rolled blankets for comfort, or even a sitting position. The bottom line is you want to be relaxed and comfortable in whatever position suits you best. At that point, you will take turns tightening and relaxing different parts of your body while deep breathing. Tighten in the inhale, and relax on the exhale. All focus should be on the particular body part whilst working it.

You may choose to work from the head down, which includes gently stretching the face, neck, shoulders, arms, and hands. Continue with opening the chest, flexing the abdomen, and moving down through the hips, legs, and toes all the while continuing your breathing. You may implement any other elements you wish including candlelight and soft music; whatever it takes to create a sense of peacefulness. Once in a completely calm state, you can send your mind messages. It can be whatever you like to strengthen your mental state of being in order to improve upon your psyche. For example, you could say “I am a strong person, who can accomplish whatever I like.” It is amazing what our minds and bodies are capable of achieving.

The benefits of yoga training are unlimited. Too often as busy individuals, we forget to take time out for ourselves. This takes us to a state of calm, relaxed focus on our own state of being. It can help with depression, stress, insomnia, headaches and addiction among other ailments. It is so important to cleanse or minds and bodies of the negative energies that we may have brought on ourselves, or received from an outside source. Many people will allow them to fester within, and grow. A few worthwhile minutes can erase them and keep us in a state of well-being.

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An Introduction to Yoga History

Thursday, December 27th, 2012

yoga instructor trainingBy Faye Martins

How much time should we spend on history during a yoga instructor training course? If you want to understand the roots of what you teach, you might want to learn as much as you can. However, if you teach yogic fitness classes, you might not be interested in learning the history of exercise.

The exact beginning of yoga is hard to pin down. While there are stone seals depicting classic asanas that date back to almost 3000 years before the birth of Christ, some scholars argue that yogic methodology actually dates back to the Stone Age. Spurred on by the Vedas, yogic philosophy and methodology has made its way around the world to become a global phenomenon.

Some scholars date the earliest forms back to the Stone Age. These practices, they argue, were used by shamans to heal members of the community. This early form of yoga was focused towards the community as a whole. The oldest teachings, that can clearly be defined as yoga, are the Vedic writings. These sacred writings are a collection of hymns that offer praise to a divine power.

It was this time that practitioners began to rely on yogis who showed them a path to harmony with the divine. The first concrete example of the word “yoga” appears in a scripture called the Katha Upanishad, which dates from about 400 years before the birth of Christ. The famous text, the Bhagavad Gita devotes an entire chapter to yogic methods, with instructions on how to perform meditation.

By the sixth century BCE, the Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) began teaching meditation, and combined with physical poses, formed the basis of Buddhism. As with Hinduism, the teachings of the religion combined with the poses that would form the basis of yoga.

Maharishi Patanjali composed the classic Yoga Sutra about the second century before the death of Christ. Also known as the Eight Fold Path, Patanjali’s writing set out codified ideals of spiritual and physical practices for practitioners. After Patanjali’s codification and the use of yogic methods, it began to spread across the East. 

By the late 1800s, Gurus began to spread yogic teachings to the West. In the 1970s, specialized forms of yoga, including Kundalini, began spreading across the West as well. Yoga became part of the fitness craze in the West during the 1990s and 2000s as calisthenics addicts looked for a lower impact and more spiritual form of exercise to turn to. Yoga, which was born in India, has been around for almost as long as early civilization. 

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The Best Yoga Certification For You

Tuesday, December 25th, 2012

online yoga certificationBy Faye Martins

Getting a Yoga instructor certification can be an enlightening and uplifting experience. It will allow you to bring the power of Yogic methodology to others so that they may improve their health and reduce stress levels. There are different levels of certification and once the most basic one is achieved, there are also training courses offered in specific types of Yoga. Of course, it is also a good idea to have some basic knowledge and experience with Yogic practices before deciding on a teacher training course. You should be comfortable within your own practice before you begin teaching others.

As Yogic methods continue to diversify and grow, it attracts more and more students. The most basic 200-hour Yoga instructor training course will educate you about the foundational aspects, but in order to fully take your practice to the next level, an advanced certification will most certainly be beneficial. The more fields you are trained in, the more you can grow your practice. There are training courses in Chair Yoga, which is great for seniors and people with limited mobility. It is also a course that may be conducive to teach in an office environment, as many more companies are incorporating Yogic exercise programs into the daily schedule for their employees.

Kids Yoga is another great field. Although sports such as soccer, basketball, and softball are great for kids, Yogic exercise can be as well. Teaching kids Yogic methods at a young age can help to decrease stress and increase focus. It can also be used as a way enhance and improve the sports they already play. Prenatal and postnatal is another specialized but popular field to get into. Women who are currently pregnant or have just had a baby often practice Yoga as a way to stay energized yet relaxed during their pregnancy, during delivery and even after the baby is born. They can also be very fulfilling classes to teach.

The right Yoga teacher certification for you is the one that will allow you to enhance your practice in a way that is conducive for you to teach others. It will allow you to expand your practice and create more challenges for yourself. Do you want to start your own studio? Do you want to teach at a gym or an already established studio? Are you familiar with marketing and business and ways to attract clients? The right course will do more than just teach you specific styles, it will also give you the tools you need to build a successful business.

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Yoga Training for Busy Moms

Wednesday, December 19th, 2012

become a yoga instructorBy Faye Martins

I know, we have plenty of guys out there teaching, taking Yoga teacher training courses, and practicing in the studio or at home. I’m happy to see an increase among men who teach Yoga or attend classes regularly. However, I see a few young mothers during the week that really need some downtime. For some, they have a supportive family unit. For others, it sounds like their unit has fragmented. I’m thankful that my parents always worked together for the sake of the family, but times are certainly different one generation later.

If anybody can benefit from Yoga’s stress-relieving powers, it’s busy young moms. Trying to fit a regular practice in between changing diapers and driving carpool can be a challenge, however, and some moms who are hard on themselves for not being punctual or consistent may be tempted to procrastinate or give up Yoga altogether.

Fortunately, there is no “right” way to do Yoga. Not only are there many different styles of the ancient healing art, but also individual practices change over time, regardless of ability and lifestyle. The key to success is finding something that fits your hectic schedule and being willing to adapt your practice as situations change over time.

Five Yoga Tips for Busy Moms

• You don’t have to go to a studio to practice Yoga training. Arrange a private lesson with a teacher who can help you set up a realistic home practice, or search online for videos and routines for busy moms.

• If you don’t have free time, forget long sessions. Just five minutes spent stretching or lying in corpse pose can lift your spirit and relieve fatigue throughout the day.

• Deep Yogic breathing can be practiced at almost any time, and it helps to calm frayed nerves and restore energy.

• There are many kinds of meditation. Taking a brisk walk behind a stroller or mindfully preparing a meal can provide a respite. So can listening to soothing music or guided meditations.

• Gratitude and awareness are just as much a part of Yoga as asana, meditation or pranayama, and they can be built into everyday life. Keeping a journal not only documents special events; it also provides a reminder of the fleeting moments in children’s lives.

What better time to set a good role model than when children are little? Doing simple meditation, Yogic breathing, and poses with Mom not only guarantees quality time but also teaches kids to be more aware of their bodies and less prone to stress.

Restorative poses like Legs-Up-the Wall Pose and Child’s Pose are good choices for moms and kids to practice together. Studies have shown that Yoga helps at-risk students cope with stress and encourages them to get along better with others. Now that’s good news for busy moms and their kids.

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Yoga Teacher Training: Advice for Students

Tuesday, December 18th, 2012

yoga instructor trainingBy Gopi Rao

Whether you graduate from a 1000-hour or a 200-hour Yoga teacher certification course, your students will look at you the same. Whether you have taught ten classes or one thousand classes your students see you as an expert. The same is true if you were a student for two years or for twenty years before you finally decided to become a Yoga instructor. If your students like your message, they will ask you for advice. One question most often asked is, “How can I improve my practice at home?” I have prepared some tips for your students in the rest of this article. 

Tips to Enhance Yogic Practices

Whether you are a beginner to Yoga or someone who has been practicing for years, it is normal to look for ways to enhance your practice. This can mean different things to different people. Some people want to increase the mind-body connection; others want to improve muscle tone and flexibility. Many people practice Yogic techniques as a way to supplement other forms of exercise. Everyone’s goals are different, and there are many different ways to improve a person’s practice so that they can achieve exactly what they want.

Steady Practice

One of the best ways to enhance your Yoga practice is to do it on a regular basis. Many people find that practicing every day is the key to improvement. Just as many other activities benefit from regular practice, so does Yoga. As a person gets deeper into their practice, the benefits from doing so start to manifest themselves in a number of ways. Sometimes this means feeling less stress, as well as enjoying higher energy levels and a better overall outlook. Who doesn’t benefit from those things?

Find Your Path

Finding the best type of Yoga training to suit your needs and lifestyle is very important. Some people love the chanting and meditation aspects of Bhakti Yoga, while others prefer a more physically demanding form, such as Power Yoga. The key is to find what type works for you. Some people find that a variety of classes best suit them. The more you practice, the more you will evolve as a student. Just as lifestyles continually change and evolve, so will your practice. Such is the way of life. It is important to remain open to change as well as keep your sights on your goals.

Benefits and Changes

Students and Yoga teachers often find themselves acquiring benefits through Yogic practices that they were not expecting. Building lean muscle mass, improving posture, and decreasing stress levels are all known physical benefits of practicing on a regular basis. It stands to reason that practicing on a regular basis can help enhance your physical, mental and emotional health. It is also important to set goals and once those goals are reached, it is time to re-evaluate what it is that you want from your practice.

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Yoga Instructor Training: Yogic Philosophy

Monday, December 3rd, 2012

yoga teacher certificationBy Kimaya Singh

How important is philosophy in a yoga certification course? Yoga teachers should know the history and philosophy of yogic practices. Patanjali – whose teaching led to the codification of the Eight Limbs – taught that a yoga practice includes a dedication towards truthfulness. Even students who practice yoga training for athletic of physical reasons find that eventually yoga leads them to deepen their spiritual and ethical practices due to the lessons that they learn on the mat.

Patanjali broke his teachings, the Eight Limbs of yoga, down into Yamas (ethical teachings) and Niyamas. The Yamas deal with how we use our personal energy to deal with the world around us and those we interact with. The concept of Satya, or commitment to truthfulness, is one of the fundamental Yamas. This dedication includes being genuine, sincere and honest with other persons, regardless of their station in life. It also ask practitioners to follow a path of being considerate to others needs and feelings.

Many times students ask if this means that we should always speak the truth. Or if there is room for what we commonly refer to as white lies. Others want to know if the “sin of omission” is something that yogis should never practice. Satya teaches that if something we say could hurt another, we should refrain from saying it. That may place students into ethical quandaries, but if we try to live with Ahisma (being considerate and seeking to do no harm to any living thing), we will find a way to resolve this conflict within ourselves. Satya teaches us that we must ground all of our relationships within honest communication, and refrain from any action that deceives or harms others.

One way that yoga teachers can help students train “truthfulness” is in being honest with our physical limitations. Too often, beginning practitioners try to push past their body’s limits to try a pose or modification that is too difficult for them or could do them harm. If a student wants to be truthful, he or she will accept that their body is not designed to perform a particular pose, such as Crow, or at least they are not ready yet. Satya is an effective way to keep students from trying to be competitive and push themselves past their known limits. It teaches them to be honest within their own body while working with it and honoring it.

Satya, or truthfulness is a concept that encourages students to develop honest both within themselves and with the world around them. While it may seem to contain contradictions, when used with other concepts such as Ashima, it can be a useful compass in our practice and our actions.

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Teaching Students About Raja Yoga

Tuesday, November 13th, 2012

become a yoga instructorBy Bhavan Kumar

If you graduated from a Hatha Yoga instructor training course, you might have lightly skimmed over the teachings of Maharishi Patanjali. The Yoga Sutras were compiled by him. Patanjali, the Raja style, and Ashtanga are not usually discussed in great detail during a typical teacher training course. However, it is worth your time to learn, master, and guide your students toward the path mentioned in the Yoga Sutras.

Raja is often associated with Ashtanga, the eight-limbed yoga practice. As with Ashtanga, Raja focuses on the mind, but for students who look for a more mentally focused type of yoga, Raja is an excellent option.

The practice of Raja Yoga focuses on the student’s mind, the various “afflictions” that causes an unquiet or anxious mind, and how focus and meditation can help to quiet the mind. In order to quiet the mind, a student will pass through a total of eight limbs (levels). Together, self-mastery of these limbs will enable the student to move toward a state of enlightenment. The eight limbs as explained by Maharishi Patanjali include the following aspects.

Yama: This term translates into “self-restraint.” A student will practice aspects such as refraining from greed, stealing, and instead practicing honesty.

Niyama: Building on the first technique, Niyama involves a practice that incorporates restraint into a student’s daily life. This can include self-development books, a regular hatha yoga practice or surrendering one’s ego.

Asana: These are the postures, which include the typical poses we see on magazine covers and vinyasas (sequences of poses) that students around the world will find in most studios. The key is to use these poses in a conscious manner is to practice with a relaxed mind, while letting judgment and criticism take a back seat.

Pranayama: Translated into control of energy (prana) through breath regulation, practitioners use breath techniques to connect the mind and body.

Prathyahara: Called “sense withdrawal,” this is a retraining of our senses to stop focusing on what usually stimulates us in the physical world in order to start observing what is within us.

Dharana: Translated into “concentration,” the student learns how to retrain the senses to focus on a certain point or intention.

Dhyana: Also known as meditation, a central tenant of all yoga traditions. This allows a practitioner to extend his or her concentration into increasingly longer periods of time.

Samadhi: Finally, the student moves into a “super-consciousness,” allowing him or her to experience a level of awareness that is far more profound than the superficial ones that most individuals experience. When speaking to teachers and Gurus you may be told: “This is a state that is extremely subjective and difficult to explain from one person to another.”

A Simple Look at Super States of Consciousness 

When listening to his lectures, Paulji has a more simple explanation about the complete enhancement of one’s intuition being a form of super-consciousness. Therefore, in this state we could clearly see the truth within a person who has purely good intentions and one who wishes to waste our time with trickery and deception. This might also explain why some enlightened souls have chosen a monastic life. Perhaps they just don’t have the time to waste in sorting out who is really pure in heart.

He also mentions the need to stay focused on this exact moment. Never allowing yourself to be swallowed up by past mistakes, but to use mistakes as lessons on the journey. We can practice pranayama to focus on the tasks we have at this moment. In this way, we are in a state of bliss and present for Yoga practice in every task we do.

Student Benefits

Through practicing Raja Yoga, students learn to retrain an unfocused mind, incorporate more constructive life practices, and use the body to attain a more focused kind of consciousness. It’s a holistic way to practice self-improvement through the physical, mental, and spiritual aspects of yoga training. Raja goes beyond a simple practice to a reorganizing of a student’s mind in order to provide a better way of living.

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Teaching Yoga Asanas to Beginners

Friday, October 12th, 2012

yoga instructor trainingBy Amruta Kulkarni, CYT 500

When I graduated from my first yoga instructor training intensive, my first assignment was teaching beginners in a corporate gym setting. Those students were dedicated and I can easily say they taught me as much as I taught them. Most of them had very different ideas about what they thought yoga training was all about.  

Yoga can be intimidating for beginners because of many preconceived notions about it that may or may not be true. Beginners might think you’ve got to be able to twist yourself into a pretzel and balance on one leg to practice yoga. Those of us who are seasoned yogis might laugh at that because we know better. We know that yoga is a personal experience where you push yourself as far as you wish to go, and you work toward personal goals regardless of what the rest of the class is doing.

In order to get most people comfortable with asana practice, it’s best to start simple and ease into harder poses. New students can feel successful and confident in the less challenging asanas, which will inspire them to reach a little further. Many asanas are perfect for beginners because they do not require much background knowledge or skill.

Pose of a Child

The comfort and relaxation that child’s pose brings to each of us is enough to keep you coming back for more. It’s one of those poses that you can just melt into and stay there as long as you like. You can use it to meditate, to rest or to stretch the back muscles. It’s idea for beginners because it is simple and once you’re in the pose it requires little adjustment or thought.

Forward Bend

The forward bend does wonders for the backs of the legs and the lower back while rerouting blood flow throughout the body. It’s relatively straight forward to perform and it requires just a couple of bodily adjustments to get it right. Beginners really only need to think about keeping their feet hip-width apart, toes forward, knees slightly bent and upper body relaxed.

Downward Dog

Downward dog just takes the forward bend to the next level. Again, it is fairly easy to get into and out of and beginner’s can still perform the pose even if they don’t push their heels all the way into the floor. Teachers should remind beginner students to push firmly into the mat with their hands.

Easy Pose

Easy pose should be taught early on because, well, it’s easy. It is a great pose to know for meditation and breathing work. It also gets people thinking about posture and focusing on the body without having to be contorted in any awkward position.

Mountain Pose

When you can successfully get into mountain pose, you have learned a lot about your body’s posture and alignment. It is good for beginners because it teaches them to pay attention to things like a straight spine, an elongated neck, pushing the shoulders down and back and pulling the belly in. These are all important queues for many other more physically challenging poses.

Tips for Teachers

No matter how many years you teach, or how many yoga teacher certifications you have, beginners will have fresh viewpoints about this practice we value so deeply. Listen to them patiently and you will learn more about yourself as you master patience from within.

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