Teaching Disabled Yoga Students
Disabled yoga students have very different needs than average students in more ways than just the purely physical. In addition to yoga...
Prana Vidya – Part I
Prana Vidya is a science and manipulation of energy. This physical body is a storehouse of Pranic energy, a dynamo, with infinite types...
Prolapse and Yogic Treatment
Apart from surgical correction, there are many Yogic techniques, which help to reintegrate the pelvic structure and which often prove...
Teaching Prenatal Yoga – Part 2
Keeping these considerations in mind, rather than avoiding pregnant students, we can begin to challenge ourselves as Yoga teachers to...
YOGA FOR ATHLETES
Yoga is a fantastic complement for athletes of various sports as well as for fitness enthusiasts to cross train. As yoga has many...
Yoga and the Beautiful Bond Between Mother and Child
According to Yogic concepts, the identity of the baby, in the womb, is not different from that of the mother. Its feeding and its growth depend totally on her. There are three aspects of identity.
Adopting the Yogic Attitude
Adopting the Yogic attitude aims at evolution of the mind. It teaches us how we can develop a strong, stable, and calm mind under difficult circumstances. How can we face life, so as to live a full and happy existence? How can we make the most of our time here on the planet? These questions have been around for a long time; and as a result, philosophies, such as Yoga, have arisen.
Teaching Yoga to Pessimists
What should a Yoga teacher do when confronted with a pure pessimist? Should a Yoga instructor take on this "worst case scenario?" Teaching Yoga to negative people is a rarity, but it happens. A pessimist can contaminate an entire room of optimists - if the negative energy is strong enough. Needless to say, a pessimist should spend some time with inspirational audio books and practice Yoga.
Teaching Yoga – Stage by Stage Relaxation
Every Yoga teacher training course should break down the meditation process for teaching beginners into building blocks. This enables teachers to take the average person from relaxation and transcend into higher forms of meditation as each stage of training the mind is mastered. It's one thing for interns to understand how to clam their minds. It's quite another matter to take people off the street and enable them to train their minds.