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AI in yoga: Three main concerns about AI dispensing yoga advice

There is no doubt at this point that AI is here to stay, and it…

Taking care of yourself as a yoga therapist & yoga teacher who works with trauma recovery

The ability to hold the space for clients who have experienced trauma requires the ability…

The healing balm of therapeutic groups and working with the story

Our connection with other human beings is essential to our health and happiness. Traumatic experiences…

Choosing appropriate poses

AI in yoga: Can AI do an effective yoga pose analysis?

Every time I read an article or a book about AI, it touts remarkable feats…

Two fundamentally different ways to do Bridge pose

Am I the only one who finds that sometimes detailed instructions on how to get…

How do you know what a yoga pose is meant to accomplish?

I remember reading an article a couple of years ago by a yoga teacher who…

Designing yoga practices

AI in yoga: Can AI create personalized yoga practice plans?

Since the beginning of the last century, reporters have been taught that the lede should…

AI in yoga: Can AI do an effective yoga pose analysis?

Every time I read an article or a book about AI, it touts remarkable feats…

AI in yoga: Can AI create and lead a simple yoga practice?

As AI continues to spread everywhere, its complete disconnection from the physical experience becomes particularly…

AI in yoga: What does it mean to have or not to have a body?

At the SYTAR (Symposium on Yoga Therapy and Research) conference earlier this year, Doug Keller,…

Teaching chair yoga

Magic Three yoga poses chair practice

Magic Three yoga poses are simple, foundational poses that most students would benefit from. They…

Let go of agitation: short langhana practice in a chair

I have experienced a full-blown panic attack once in my life about 10 years ago.…

A list of basic chair yoga poses

Once you begin to think of chair yoga poses in terms of directional movement of…

Yogic frameworks

Three main yogic frameworks for understanding your state of well-being

Whenever we try to understand what’s going on inside ourselves or our students, we can…

Who is driving your chariot? The traditional view of the relationship between the senses, mind and intellect

For a long time, I’ve been wondering: Where do emotions belong in the Panchamaya model?…

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…

How to manage your “body budget”: The Brhmana/Langhana model

The other day, I was cooking dinner as my son was watching a kid’s movie…

Yoga teaching options

How to record your own yoga videos and offer them for sale

Recently, we discussed offering your yoga services via video conferencing and live streaming. Another way…

How to move your yoga teaching online with video conferencing or live streaming

As much as we want this uncertainty brought on by COVID-19 to end quickly, we…

Diversify your offerings: How to find private yoga clients

Heraclitus famously said “The only thing that is constant is change.” This applies to everything…

Think beyond classes: Eight options of teaching yoga

There are many ways of teaching yoga to your students. Today, let’s have an overview…

Yoga teacher’s toolbox

Yoga teacher’s toolbox: How to work with hands, wrists and forearms

Whenever you plan to work with hands, wrists and forearms in your yoga class or…

Yoga teacher’s toolbox: How to work with hamstrings, IT band, knees and ankles

Whenever you plan to work with legs, knees and ankles in your yoga class or…

Yoga Teacher’s Toolbox: How to work with hip adductors, abductors and rotators

Whenever you plan to work with hip adductors, abductors and rotators in your yoga class…

Yoga teacher’s toolbox: How to work with hip flexors, extensors and QL

Whenever you design a class or a private yoga session to address tension in hip flexors,…

Marketing your yoga services

“Elevator pitch” for yoga teachers: How to quickly communicate to anybody what is it that you do

For the last several weeks, my neighborhood has been having Happy Hour get-togethers on Thursday…

What’s at stake for your potential yoga students?

What is your favorite TV show right now? What is at stake for the main…

How to motivate students to engage your services

Have you ever seen one of those late-night infomercials with the host screaming at the…

How to make it easier for potential yoga students to sign up for your services

A few years ago, I received an email from an avid blog reader who was…