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Author: olgakabel

  • 2
    • in Teaching tips
    • — 14 Feb, 2018

    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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    2
    • in yoga for your mind
    • — 7 Feb, 2018

    Are emotions universal? Do they show up in the same way for everyone?

    A few years ago I got hooked on this show called “Lie to me”. The main character of the story, Cal Lightman, is portrayed as the world’s leading expert on[…]

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  • 7
    • in yoga for your mind
    • — 31 Jan, 2018

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

    For the longest time I’ve been wondering: where do emotions belong in the Panchamaya model? An argument can be made that emotions show up on every level of our systems.[…]

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    1
    • in yoga for your body
    • — 24 Jan, 2018

    How does your posture impact the way you feel?

    A neighbor said to me few weeks ago: “You have such a great posture – you stand up so straight.” What was meant as a compliment actually reminded me that[…]

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  • 11
    • in Teaching tips
    • — 17 Jan, 2018

    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[…]

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    9
    • in Teaching tips
    • — 10 Jan, 2018

    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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  • 10
    • in Virtual Yoga Studio
    • — 3 Jan, 2018

    Resilience: whole body yoga practice

    Many years ago I used to have a remarkable student who came to my classes twice a week. He was a blind man who taught ballroom dancing. He was a[…]

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    7
    • in yoga for your body · yoga for your energy · yoga for your mind
    • — 27 Dec, 2017

    Goodbye 2017, hello 2018!

    As 2017 is drawing to a close, I wanted to take a moment to thank you for reading my blog and contributing to the conversation. Thank you! I read every[…]

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  • 4
    • in yoga for your body · yoga for your energy · yoga for your mind
    • — 20 Dec, 2017

    New group for yoga teachers: Share your expertise and explore new ideas

    Days are dark… nights are long… it’s cold… students are too busy to get to their regular yoga classes… Sounds familiar? If your well of inspiration is drying up, may[…]

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    13
    • in yoga for your mind
    • — 13 Dec, 2017

    To meditate or not to meditate? How meditation works

    When new students arrive in a yoga class they often have little awareness of their bodies. So it is our job as yoga teachers to gradually help them figure out[…]

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  • 18
    • in yoga for your mind
    • — 6 Dec, 2017

    Does yoga have its own approach to meditation?

    At a holiday party couple of weeks ago I was having a conversation with a lovely young woman who turned out to be a certified meditation teacher. After hearing that[…]

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    12
    • in yoga for your mind
    • — 29 Nov, 2017

    Five koshas: How to gain access to hidden inner layers

    The movie Cake follows the main character Clair (played by Jennifer Aniston) as she struggles with chronic pain that was a result of a bad car accident. Yet despite time[…]

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  • 4
    • in How to design a practice · yoga for your body
    • — 22 Nov, 2017

    Reignite your home yoga practice

    At a recent yoga event I got to talking with one of the prominent yoga teachers and we somehow got on a subject of personal yoga practice. “Nowadays it is[…]

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    7
    • in Virtual Yoga Studio
    • — 15 Nov, 2017

    Awaken your inner force: Fierce mama yoga practice

    When I was growing up, my mom never cared for action flicks or end-of-the-world type movies. She used to say: “I would not be the one to survive an alien[…]

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  • 7
    • in Virtual Yoga Studio
    • — 8 Nov, 2017

    Discharge excess mental energy: Sturdy as a mountain yoga practice

    When I lived in Portland, Oregon, on a clear day you could see Mt Hood from different parts of the city. I could go about my business teaching yoga, running[…]

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    7
    • in yoga for your energy · yoga for your mind
    • — 1 Nov, 2017

    Three stages of working with chakras

    At the beginning of my yoga studies many years ago I was fascinated by a yoga book that gave a list of yoga poses for each chakra. It seemed so[…]

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  • 4
    • in yoga for your mind
    • — 25 Oct, 2017

    How to use chakras to map out your functional and dysfunctional beliefs

    Pop culture has a way of taking over some potent concepts and then diluting and trivializing them. It happened to the yoga tradition as a whole, and it happens to[…]

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    8
    • in yoga for your mind
    • — 18 Oct, 2017

    Do your beliefs hold you back or propel you forward?

    I saw this movie a decade or so ago called “What the bleep do we know?!” It gave a simple and down-to-earth introduction to the confusing world of quantum physics.[…]

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  • 0
    • in yoga for your body
    • — 11 Oct, 2017

    Deeper is not always better: a closer look at backbends and lateral bends

    I don’t like to play favorites with my yoga poses, but I must say that I am a big fan of backbends, especially Cobra pose and its many permutations. I[…]

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    2
    • in yoga for your mind
    • — 4 Oct, 2017

    How to work with chronic pain on the level of intellectual mind

    According to Walter Freeman, one of the great neuroscientists, “All the brain can know it knows from inside itself.” This means that every thought and sensation you experience is your[…]

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