Think beyond classes: Eight options of teaching yoga
There are many ways of teaching yoga to your students. Today let’s have an overview of eight main options of teaching yoga that are available to you, their upsides and[…]
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Challenges and rewards of teaching yoga in big cities
Are you teaching yoga in a city, or thinking about moving to an urban center to teach? Would you like to work one-on-one with individual students and clients for yoga[…]
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Don’t Quit Your Day Job…Yet! How to Chart a Course for Working Full-time as a Yoga Professional
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The pros and cons of teaching yoga online
About twelve years ago my most reliable and consistent yoga client decided to move to New York to be closer to her family. The news hit me hard because I[…]
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The Pros and Cons of Teaching Yoga in an Integrative Medicine Center
I’ve had the chance to work on great projects as a yoga teacher involved with research— to study whether and how yoga can help with heart health, chronic back pain,[…]
Have mat, will travel: Yoga and yoga therapy in rural communities
Are you attracted to natural spaces as the place to live and work? Do you find comfort in mountains, forests, lake country, an island or farm fields? Whether you’ve always[…]
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What does it take to open a yoga studio
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Get yourself ready for the New Year: Spread your wings practice
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Happy Holidays! Win a free yoga course
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Stay limber when you fly: Airplane yoga
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How to Be Well-informed Yoga Educators (when research is limited)
Once we know how to read research, we start to see how many research studies conclude with a list of limitations and a call for further investigation. The more we[…]
Anatomy 102 (of a Yoga Research Study)
As you start to find research articles that may help you see and communicate what science says about yoga, you can sprinkle in questions like the ones that follow, to[…]
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Anatomy 101 (of a Yoga Research Study)
Last week we talked about the basic requirements for good yoga research. This week we’ll take a deeper dive. I have tips for you on how to dissect and read[…]
“Not Everything That Counts Can Be Counted…” by Yoga Research
There’s a stream of new research emerging about yoga and mindfulness, and even more popular news and social media posts about the health effects of mind-body practices. …can yoga improve[…]
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Unlock Your Teaching Superpowers with Yoga Research
Have you heard? Twists help with digestion. Static side plank (Vasisthasana) improves scoliosis. “Yoga is good for…” and before we say this, do we pause to confirm what we know,[…]
How to relieve tension in your neck and upper back
Last week we explored three main reasons that produce neck tension. The main question is – how do we deal with different kinds of neck and upper back tension and achieve long-lasting[…]
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What could possibly be going on with your neck? Three main reasons for neck tension
What do you do when you are startled, or if you hear, see, smell or sense something unusual? You immediately turn your heard toward it to see what’s going on.[…]
What causes neck stiffness and tension headaches and how we can deal with them
Do you ever get tension headaches? This feeling of a tight band wrapped around your head? Or maybe a localized throbbing at the very base of your skull that you[…]
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How to deal with your daily ups and downs: The four R’s of restoring connection
Couple of months ago my husband and I went to see a play. It ran long, we hit traffic on the way back home, and instead of being away for[…]
How your autonomic nervous system defines your mental state, reactions and behavior
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