PRACTICING YOGA
Make yoga work for YOU
Applying yoga lessons in daily life
Building a home yoga practice
Make your yoga practice more effective
Understand yoga poses
Yoga for your Ayurvedic type
Yoga for your body
Neck and upper back
Shoulders and upper back
Core and pelvic floor
Lower back and sacrum
Hips
Legs and feet
Hands and wrists
Spine
Balance
Chronic pain
Yoga for your energy
Working with breath and energy
Breathing techniques
Body budget and energy management
Working with sound
Yoga for better sleep
What kind of rest do you need?
Yoga for your physiology
The skeletal system
The respiratory system
The nervous system
The digestive system
The cardiovascular system
Yoga for your mind
How the mind works
How to change your mental state
Yogic approach to meditation
Understanding Chakras
Yoga for emotional regulation
The power of perception
The four brain characters and their influence
The Polyvagal Theory
Dealing with anxiety
The Internal Family Systems in yoga practice
Neuroligical impact of hand gestures
Why does your back hurt? Your body might tell you if you listen carefully
Talking to the body and leading students on a self-exploration journey
Connecting to the vulnerable parts and releasing their burdens into the elements
The six steps of IFS for working with our protective parts to discover what’s causing our physical and physiological issues
TEACHING YOGA
Designing yoga practices
Teaching yoga classes
Choosing appropriate poses
Yoga teacher’s toolbox
Yogic frameworks
Yoga teaching options
Teaching chair yoga
How to stay inspired
Marketing your yoga services
AI in yoga: What does it mean to have or not to have a body?
AI in yoga: Can we trust AI to be accurate?
Why it is important for yoga students to practice yoga at home
Mudra in a supporting role: How to use mudras to help manifest the intention of your practice
Taking care of yourself as a yoga therapist & yoga teacher who works with trauma recovery
The healing balm of therapeutic groups and working with the story
The role of the inner practices of yoga for working with clients and small therapeutic groups around trauma
The role of asana as an intervention tool for collaborating with clients and small therapeutic groups around trauma
Two fundamentally different ways to do Bridge pose
How do you know what a yoga pose is meant to accomplish?
How to make an extension pose a focus of your practice
How to lengthen your spine without strain
Yoga teacher’s toolbox: How to work with hands, wrists and forearms
Yoga teacher’s toolbox: How to work with hamstrings, IT band, knees and ankles
Yoga Teacher’s Toolbox: How to work with hip adductors, abductors and rotators
Yoga teacher’s toolbox: How to work with hip flexors, extensors and QL
Three main yogic frameworks for understanding your state of well-being
Who is driving your chariot? The traditional view of the relationship between the senses, mind and intellect
Does the intensity of your yoga practice match your life stage?
How to manage your “body budget”: The Brhmana/Langhana model
How to record your own yoga videos and offer them for sale
How to move your yoga teaching online with video conferencing or live streaming
Diversify your offerings: How to find private yoga clients
Think beyond classes: Eight options of teaching yoga
Magic Three yoga poses chair practice
Let go of agitation: short langhana practice in a chair
A list of basic chair yoga poses
How creative do we need to be with chair yoga?
Self-Care: Because Healing Begins with the Health of Your Self
Six elements that make up an inspired life of a yoga teacher
Three steps to effective yoga practice design
How to keep your teaching fresh and inspired
“Elevator pitch” for yoga teachers: How to quickly communicate to anybody what is it that you do
What’s at stake for your potential yoga students?
How to motivate students to engage your services
How to make it easier for potential yoga students to sign up for your services
BECOMING A YOGA THERAPIST
Benefits of private yoga sessions
The art of observation
Keeping student’s records
Setting goals
Energetic Assessment
Ayurvedic Assessment
Personality Assessment (Chakras)
HIPAA compliance for yoga therapists
Seven steps we can take to help students get through difficult times
What we need to know about a student with osteoporosis when we work with them one-on-one
What to include in a yoga program for students with osteoporosis
Why do students come to yoga? Surface vs under-the-surface needs
The art of observation in yoga: Reading the student’s body story
What you need to know about your new student and how to get it
Active listening and pain assessment in a yoga session
Movement observation in a yoga session
Which path do you choose? Paper vs. electronic records
SOAP Notes: A Structured Approach to Yoga Therapy Documentation
What you need to know about your new student and how to get it
How to break long-term goals into manageable pieces in your work with yoga students
How to set long-term goals for your work with yoga students
Three main yogic frameworks for understanding your state of well-being
Three yoga models that describe different aspects of prana flow
Five currents of prana and how they organize your physiology (5 Vayus )
How to conduct a basic Ayurvedic assessment
The doshas’ impact on physiology: Body locations, functions, and common disorders
Three main yogic frameworks for understanding your state of well-being
Three main yogic frameworks for understanding your state of well-being
Three stages of working with chakras
How to use chakras to map out your functional and dysfunctional beliefs
Do your beliefs hold you back or propel you forward?
How to ensure that an organization you work with is HIPAA compliant
HIPAA: Yoga teachers’ responsibilities concerning private student information
PRACTICE VIDEOS
Yoga for the whole body
Yoga for core and spine
Yoga for neck and upper back
Yoga for balance
Yoga for lower back and sacrum stability
Yoga for hips and pelvic floor
Yoga for shoulders, arms, and wrists
Yoga for legs, knees, and feet
Yoga for energy management
Yoga for mental-emotional balance
Chair yoga practice
Short yoga practices
Short yoga practices for outdoor activities
Yoga Boosts for strength: Bend sideways to feel spacious and free
Yoga for happy bones (for active adults with osteoporosis)
Strengthen your bones by toning your muscles
Regulate your physiology: Standing Five Vayus practice
Work your core to take the load off your back
Yoga Boosts for Strength: Core strength and integration
Align your spinal curves for better posture and stronger core
Take the load off your spine and strengthen your core
Yoga Boosts for Strength: Twist your body to rinse out tension
Why does your back hurt? Your body might tell you if you listen carefully
Release head tension and lighten your load
Spread your wings practice
How sturdy do you feel on your feet? Train your balance with yoga
Strengthen your hips while training your balance
Everyday balance practice
Ease into arm balances yoga practice
Work your core to take the load off your back
Stretch and strengthen your hamstrings and back
Why does your back hurt? Your body might tell you if you listen carefully
Soothe your back and sense the reasons for back pain
Yoga Boosts for strength: Strengthen your hips and create a sense of spaciousness
Release tension in the hips and integrate your brain hemispheres
Are you up for a challenge? Strong yoga practice for hips and hamstrings
Short yoga practice for hip flexors
Yoga practice for wrists and forearms
Ease into arm balances yoga practice
How to heal your shoulder by working around it
Realign the relationship between the shoulder girdle and the spine
Put a spring in your step: Strengthen your hips and legs
Feel the earth: Happy ankles practice
Yoga practice for knee stability
Nurse your hamstrings back to health
Find your inner stability when you feel depleted and uncertain
Stretch out and make space inside when you feel contracted and stagnant
Short yoga practice to get yourself off the couch
Yoga practice with humming: Feel your inner resonance
Connect to your inner goddess when you feel frazzled and lack self-confidence
Dealing with anxiety: Get curious and discover your inner wonders
Embody three main forces of nature to feel more stable, energized, and spacious
Restore your confidence yoga practice
Magic Three yoga poses chair practice
Happy body and mind at work: Chair yoga practice
Let go of agitation: short langhana practice in a chair
Chair yoga practice for the hips
Yoga Boosts for strength: Strengthen your hips and create a sense of spaciousness
Yoga Boosts for strength: Bend sideways to feel spacious and free
Yoga Boosts for Strength: Twist your body to rinse out tension
Yoga Boosts for Strength: Core strength and integration
Teachers’ experience
Working as a yoga professional
Yoga Research
Chronic lower back pain
Coping with anxiety
Therapeutic groups for trauma
Collective trauma
Using the Polyvagal Theory
Office Yoga
Partner Yoga
Yoga for cancer care
Blogging about yoga
ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS SYSTEM
Yoga Sequence Builder
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PRACTICING YOGA
Make yoga work for YOU
Applying yoga lessons in daily life
Building a home yoga practice
Make your yoga practice more effective
Understand yoga poses
Yoga for your Ayurvedic type
Yoga for your body
Neck and upper back
Shoulders and upper back
Core and pelvic floor
Lower back and sacrum
Hips
Legs and feet
Hands and wrists
Spine
Balance
Chronic pain
Yoga for your energy
Working with breath and energy
Breathing techniques
Body budget and energy management
Working with sound
Yoga for better sleep
What kind of rest do you need?
Yoga for your physiology
The skeletal system
The respiratory system
The nervous system
The digestive system
The cardiovascular system
Yoga for your mind
How the mind works
How to change your mental state
Yogic approach to meditation
Understanding Chakras
Yoga for emotional regulation
The power of perception
The four brain characters and their influence
The Polyvagal Theory
Dealing with anxiety
The Internal Family Systems in yoga practice
Neuroligical impact of hand gestures
Why does your back hurt? Your body might tell you if you listen carefully
Talking to the body and leading students on a self-exploration journey
Connecting to the vulnerable parts and releasing their burdens into the elements
The six steps of IFS for working with our protective parts to discover what’s causing our physical and physiological issues
TEACHING YOGA
Designing yoga practices
Teaching yoga classes
Choosing appropriate poses
Yoga teacher’s toolbox
Yogic frameworks
Yoga teaching options
Teaching chair yoga
How to stay inspired
Marketing your yoga services
AI in yoga: What does it mean to have or not to have a body?
AI in yoga: Can we trust AI to be accurate?
Why it is important for yoga students to practice yoga at home
Mudra in a supporting role: How to use mudras to help manifest the intention of your practice
Taking care of yourself as a yoga therapist & yoga teacher who works with trauma recovery
The healing balm of therapeutic groups and working with the story
The role of the inner practices of yoga for working with clients and small therapeutic groups around trauma
The role of asana as an intervention tool for collaborating with clients and small therapeutic groups around trauma
Two fundamentally different ways to do Bridge pose
How do you know what a yoga pose is meant to accomplish?
How to make an extension pose a focus of your practice
How to lengthen your spine without strain
Yoga teacher’s toolbox: How to work with hands, wrists and forearms
Yoga teacher’s toolbox: How to work with hamstrings, IT band, knees and ankles
Yoga Teacher’s Toolbox: How to work with hip adductors, abductors and rotators
Yoga teacher’s toolbox: How to work with hip flexors, extensors and QL
Three main yogic frameworks for understanding your state of well-being
Who is driving your chariot? The traditional view of the relationship between the senses, mind and intellect
Does the intensity of your yoga practice match your life stage?
How to manage your “body budget”: The Brhmana/Langhana model
How to record your own yoga videos and offer them for sale
How to move your yoga teaching online with video conferencing or live streaming
Diversify your offerings: How to find private yoga clients
Think beyond classes: Eight options of teaching yoga
Magic Three yoga poses chair practice
Let go of agitation: short langhana practice in a chair
A list of basic chair yoga poses
How creative do we need to be with chair yoga?
Self-Care: Because Healing Begins with the Health of Your Self
Six elements that make up an inspired life of a yoga teacher
Three steps to effective yoga practice design
How to keep your teaching fresh and inspired
“Elevator pitch” for yoga teachers: How to quickly communicate to anybody what is it that you do
What’s at stake for your potential yoga students?
How to motivate students to engage your services
How to make it easier for potential yoga students to sign up for your services
BECOMING A YOGA THERAPIST
Benefits of private yoga sessions
The art of observation
Keeping student’s records
Setting goals
Energetic Assessment
Ayurvedic Assessment
Personality Assessment (Chakras)
HIPAA compliance for yoga therapists
Seven steps we can take to help students get through difficult times
What we need to know about a student with osteoporosis when we work with them one-on-one
What to include in a yoga program for students with osteoporosis
Why do students come to yoga? Surface vs under-the-surface needs
The art of observation in yoga: Reading the student’s body story
What you need to know about your new student and how to get it
Active listening and pain assessment in a yoga session
Movement observation in a yoga session
Which path do you choose? Paper vs. electronic records
SOAP Notes: A Structured Approach to Yoga Therapy Documentation
What you need to know about your new student and how to get it
How to break long-term goals into manageable pieces in your work with yoga students
How to set long-term goals for your work with yoga students
Three main yogic frameworks for understanding your state of well-being
Three yoga models that describe different aspects of prana flow
Five currents of prana and how they organize your physiology (5 Vayus )
How to conduct a basic Ayurvedic assessment
The doshas’ impact on physiology: Body locations, functions, and common disorders
Three main yogic frameworks for understanding your state of well-being
Three main yogic frameworks for understanding your state of well-being
Three stages of working with chakras
How to use chakras to map out your functional and dysfunctional beliefs
Do your beliefs hold you back or propel you forward?
How to ensure that an organization you work with is HIPAA compliant
HIPAA: Yoga teachers’ responsibilities concerning private student information
PRACTICE VIDEOS
Yoga for the whole body
Yoga for core and spine
Yoga for neck and upper back
Yoga for balance
Yoga for lower back and sacrum stability
Yoga for hips and pelvic floor
Yoga for shoulders, arms, and wrists
Yoga for legs, knees, and feet
Yoga for energy management
Yoga for mental-emotional balance
Chair yoga practice
Short yoga practices
Short yoga practices for outdoor activities
Yoga Boosts for strength: Bend sideways to feel spacious and free
Yoga for happy bones (for active adults with osteoporosis)
Strengthen your bones by toning your muscles
Regulate your physiology: Standing Five Vayus practice
Work your core to take the load off your back
Yoga Boosts for Strength: Core strength and integration
Align your spinal curves for better posture and stronger core
Take the load off your spine and strengthen your core
Yoga Boosts for Strength: Twist your body to rinse out tension
Why does your back hurt? Your body might tell you if you listen carefully
Release head tension and lighten your load
Spread your wings practice
How sturdy do you feel on your feet? Train your balance with yoga
Strengthen your hips while training your balance
Everyday balance practice
Ease into arm balances yoga practice
Work your core to take the load off your back
Stretch and strengthen your hamstrings and back
Why does your back hurt? Your body might tell you if you listen carefully
Soothe your back and sense the reasons for back pain
Yoga Boosts for strength: Strengthen your hips and create a sense of spaciousness
Release tension in the hips and integrate your brain hemispheres
Are you up for a challenge? Strong yoga practice for hips and hamstrings
Short yoga practice for hip flexors
Yoga practice for wrists and forearms
Ease into arm balances yoga practice
How to heal your shoulder by working around it
Realign the relationship between the shoulder girdle and the spine
Put a spring in your step: Strengthen your hips and legs
Feel the earth: Happy ankles practice
Yoga practice for knee stability
Nurse your hamstrings back to health
Find your inner stability when you feel depleted and uncertain
Stretch out and make space inside when you feel contracted and stagnant
Short yoga practice to get yourself off the couch
Yoga practice with humming: Feel your inner resonance
Connect to your inner goddess when you feel frazzled and lack self-confidence
Dealing with anxiety: Get curious and discover your inner wonders
Embody three main forces of nature to feel more stable, energized, and spacious
Restore your confidence yoga practice
Magic Three yoga poses chair practice
Happy body and mind at work: Chair yoga practice
Let go of agitation: short langhana practice in a chair
Chair yoga practice for the hips
Yoga Boosts for strength: Strengthen your hips and create a sense of spaciousness
Yoga Boosts for strength: Bend sideways to feel spacious and free
Yoga Boosts for Strength: Twist your body to rinse out tension
Yoga Boosts for Strength: Core strength and integration
Teachers’ experience
Working as a yoga professional
Yoga Research
Chronic lower back pain
Coping with anxiety
Therapeutic groups for trauma
Collective trauma
Using the Polyvagal Theory
Office Yoga
Partner Yoga
Yoga for cancer care
Blogging about yoga
Choosing appropriate poses
How to avoid overstretching in forward bends
How to bend forward without stressing the spine
Why do we do forward bends in yoga?
How do you know what a yoga pose is for?
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PRACTICING YOGA
Make yoga work for YOU
Applying yoga lessons in daily life
Building a home yoga practice
Make your yoga practice more effective
Understand yoga poses
Yoga for your Ayurvedic type
Yoga for your body
Neck and upper back
Shoulders and upper back
Core and pelvic floor
Lower back and sacrum
Hips
Legs and feet
Hands and wrists
Spine
Balance
Chronic pain
Yoga for your energy
Working with breath and energy
Breathing techniques
Body budget and energy management
Working with sound
Yoga for better sleep
What kind of rest do you need?
Yoga for your physiology
The skeletal system
The respiratory system
The nervous system
The digestive system
The cardiovascular system
Yoga for your mind
How the mind works
How to change your mental state
Yogic approach to meditation
Understanding Chakras
Yoga for emotional regulation
The power of perception
The four brain characters and their influence
The Polyvagal Theory
Dealing with anxiety
The Internal Family Systems in yoga practice
Neuroligical impact of hand gestures
TEACHING YOGA
Designing yoga practices
Teaching yoga classes
Choosing appropriate poses
Yoga teacher’s toolbox
Yogic frameworks
Yoga teaching options
Teaching chair yoga
How to stay inspired
Marketing your yoga services
BECOMING A YOGA THERAPIST
Benefits of private yoga sessions
The art of observation
Keeping student’s records
Setting goals
Energetic Assessment
Ayurvedic Assessment
Personality Assessment (Chakras)
HIPAA compliance for yoga therapists
PRACTICE VIDEOS
Yoga for the whole body
Yoga for core and spine
Yoga for neck and upper back
Yoga for balance
Yoga for lower back and sacrum stability
Yoga for hips and pelvic floor
Yoga for shoulders, arms, and wrists
Yoga for legs, knees, and feet
Yoga for energy management
Yoga for mental-emotional balance
Chair yoga practice
Short yoga practices
Short yoga practices for outdoor activities
Teachers’ experience
Working as a yoga professional
Yoga Research
Chronic lower back pain
Coping with anxiety
Therapeutic groups for trauma
Collective trauma
Using the Polyvagal Theory
Office Yoga
Partner Yoga
Yoga for cancer care
Blogging about yoga
ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS SYSTEM
Yoga Sequence Builder
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