“What am I going to teach today?” How to narrow your options for maximum impact
I was amused to discover that the word priority came into the English language in the 1400s and meant “the very first or prior thing”. It stayed singular till 1900s[…]
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Less but better: Essentialism in yoga practice design
I’ve been reading an interesting book called Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown. I really connect to the main point of the book which is the idea[…]
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Yoga practice ideas based on the Panchamaya Model
My teacher Gary Kraftsow often says: “You can’t teach what you don’t have”. This means that to be effective yoga teachers, we need to practice our own yoga. If you[…]
How to give your yoga students an experience, rather than “same old, same old” yoga class
Couple of weeks ago I went to get a massage at a wellness center that I’ve never been to before. What struck me the most was how welcoming and considerate[…]
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What do pregnant women need in a yoga class?
Some years ago I was invited to teach an introductory workshop on viniyoga at a local health club for women. It was a large group of about 50-60 women, and[…]
Who are your yoga students and what do they need?
When I started teaching yoga many years ago I remember spending a lot of time wondering “What do my students want in a yoga class?” and trying to please everybody.[…]
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You can do yoga anywhere: situational yoga practices
My son is really into drawing; wherever we go, I always have a notebook and a pencil ready for him. When we visited Barcelona last summer, we went to all[…]
Predictions: How your yoga students’ brains respond to your class instructions
Any yoga teacher knows that it feels very different to teach regular students that have been coming to your classes for some time and brand-new students, especially the ones that[…]
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Does the intensity of your yoga practice match your life stage?
Over the years I’ve discovered that as teachers we have to make a choice of what kind of intensity to cultivate in our yoga classes: internal or external intensity. We[…]
Why do some yoga classes make you feel good and others do not?
You know how sometimes you go to a yoga class and you come out feeling “This is exactly what I needed! I feel great!” and other times you end up[…]
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