Tips for Yoga Teachers
...al - which means to understand the alignment details of each yoga posture, as well as the effects and benefits of each posture.
5) Take it step by step. Talk your students through a pose step by step, emphasizing that they can stop at any step along the way. Encourage students to only go to their edge - that point where they feel challenged, yet not overdoing it.
6) Mirror the postures. When facing your class, mirror the movements you demonstrate and do with the class. For example, when you say "reach your right arm overhead," actually raise your left arm, so it mirror the arm used by your class.
7) Repeat postures. Repeat postures once or twice. This gives students a chance to most watch the first time, but still have enough opportunity to practice the posture on their own.
8) Walk the room. move around rather than stay in front. This allows you to be with your students and become more aware of what they need.
9) Remind everyone to breathe. Proper breathing is essential in yoga and helps keep the mind focused on the body, while ...more
teaching Hatha Yoga - When Are Yoga Teachers "Selling Out?"
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Lately, there has been some confusion as to the roles of Yoga teachers, Yoga tradition, marketing, business, and "selling out." At one time, or another, all of the following have been issues, which caused rifts concerning rights, ethics, and traditional thought. For example: Yoga props, innovation, contemporary Yoga styles, certification, and charging money for classes, have been criticized in the past. Some...more
More About Yoga Therapy for Increasing Self-Worth
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If the source of low self-esteem is in your past, you may be able to address it through self-analysis, meditation, or mindfulness. If it is too much to handle alone, a trusted friend, mentor, Guru, or counselor, may help you bury the past.
Meditation sessions should be spent pondering a positive solution. Meditation time should never be spent on negative thoughts, or rehashing past mistakes. We cannot change the past, and we must realize what parts of our lives can realistically be controlled. There are situations in life, which are far beyond our control, and we have to come to a realization about the limit...more
Kids Yoga: A Solution to Global Obesity in Children
...Two topics that most people are tired of hearing about are obesity and childhood obesity. The problem is we will not find solutions for these problems if we bury our heads in the sand. Kids Yoga is a viable solution to obesity in children, but this requires schools and parents to take action now.
Obesity has crept up on all age groups quickly; children in some countries need to change their lifestyles immediately. If not, there will be serious health repercussions that will shake our health systems and fragile economies.
How did massive numbers of obesity get here? How can less physical activity in children be acceptable? How could Kids Yoga be a solution?
Parents today have less buying power than o...more
