Why do we hold yoga poses?
I had a student many years ago who due to some psychological issues wasn’t able to keep her internal dialog to herself. So whenever she took my class, she would[…]
Category: How to design a practice
Here we discuss the process of designing a yoga sequence, whether it’s a class or a private session, to make it more safe and effective for the students
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3 steps to making any yoga pose more effective: why do we repeat the pose before we hold it
“Raise your hand if you are busy” – my teacher Gary Kraftsow likes to prompt at his workshops. This always gets the same reaction – a short disbelieving laugh, as[…]
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8 steps to design a breath-centered practice
According to viniyoga tradition, our aging process is represented by the movement of the sun throughout the day. Sunrise represents childhood, midday represents adult life, and sunset represents old age.[…]
What’s in your toolbox? Yoga breathing techniques
I signed up for a yoga class in the past titled something like Yoga for the changing seasons that promised to address the energetic and physiological changes that occur during[…]
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How to organize a practice around yoga breathing
One of my guilty pleasures used to be watching Project Runway. Intense interpersonal drama aside, it was amazing to see all those very different designers manifest their creativity through clothing.[…]
How to create a target yoga practice for a specific body area
Whether we like it or not, most students come to a yoga class to relieve physical tension and get more limber. “My neck is tight today” or “I really need[…]
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How to create a yoga practice to prepare for a difficult posture
Not long ago an acquaintance of mine said to me: “I saw a picture of this cool pose on line and I tried it – man, my back hurt afterwards!”[…]
How to prepare for shoveling snow using simple yoga stretches
Did you know that shoveling snow sends about 11,000 adults and children to the hospital EACH YEAR?! (Read about the study) The most common injuries are overworked muscles and falling,[…]
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How to design a yoga practice for a specific activity
That is a funny thing about a yoga practice – it doesn’t work if you don’t do it. 🙂 Yes, we are all busy and making time for a 90-minute[…]
10 types of yoga practices to maximize the effect for specific students
There are many ideas out there about what a yoga practice should look like: some believe that it’s only valid if it has a spiritual component; others focus on strictly[…]
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How to sequence a class for the Shoulderstand
Leslie Kaminoff brings up an excellent point in his video: yoga sequencing is not the same as choreography. In choreography the goal is artistic expression and choices are dictated by[…]
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