Teaching Yoga for the Waistline
You might not automatically think of yoga when you think of a slim waistline, but many of the poses tighten the core while slimming the...
Cooling Yoga Poses to Calm the Body
There are many, many Yoga poses from which to choose when you are sequencing the asanas for your next Yoga class. In fact, Dharma Mittra...
Yoga Poses for Surfers: Improving Balance
The summertime is upon us and many active Yoga students may be cross training on the waves. Whether your students are avid board surfers...
Yoga Poses for Insomnia
If you do suffer with insomnia due to physical or mental health issues, practicing relaxing and restorative Yoga postures before bed will...
A Sample Kids Yoga Class
Kids yoga classes vary in age as well as length, so it is important that teachers tailor their activities with time frame and age in mind...
Yoga Poses for Nurturing the Earth Element
Generally speaking, seated Yoga asanas are practiced towards the end of Yoga practice after Sun Salutations, standing and backbending postures. If you are short on time, you may also practice Supported Upavistha Konasana as a "stand alone" asana.
The Benefits of Kids Yoga Stories
Yoga stories are a beautiful way to encourage children to use their imaginations. Children must visualize the characters and the setting...
Improve Child Literacy with Yoga Stories
Yoga stories can be interactive, where the students act out the poses as the story unfolds. Yoga instructors can also use props to add...
Yoga Poses for Empowerment
Yoga poses that invigorate and strengthen us also help to empower us in other areas of our lives. As a beginning Yoga practitioner, many...
Teaching Yoga: Benefits of Yoga Props
By Narendra Maheshri What are the benefits of yoga props? There is an attitude that a few Yoga teachers have in regard to the use of props. This attitude is based on intolerance for new students and students with special needs. Maybe the Yoga teacher has not received in-depth training of anatomy, or a compassion [...]