How to capture your students’ attention (Part 2)
Read Part 1 of this post > Have you been on an airplane lately? It seems that no matter what airline you fly nowadays, they all are trying to outdo[…]
Category: Teaching tips
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How to capture your students’ attention (Part 1)
I heard that Sri Krishnamacharya liked to say that when you are doing asana the quality of your attention should be similar to when you try to take a loose[…]
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Yoga’s secret ingredient for the busy mind
Students come to yoga classes for all kinds of reasons. Along with the most common ones of stretching, exercising and the like, I often hear “to get out of my[…]
How to keep your teaching fresh and inspired
Last week one of my private clients said: “I must be your most boring client because I can’t do all the fancy challenging stuff.” This made me think – what[…]
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How to prepare for “pelvic opening” poses
The last time I went to see my hairstylist and settled in the chair, she said: “Uncross your legs please” before she could start cutting my hair. She sees every[…]
Do you prefer “noodle hips” or a spring in your step?
Have you ever come out of a yoga class with your legs feeling like noodles? This often happens if we do a lot of so-called “hip opening moves” in a[…]
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How habitual movement patterns can hurt our bodies
For the past couple of years I’ve been trying to figure out this mysterious pain in the right hip that I would always get on the third day of any[…]
Controversial Utthita Trikonasana: is it necessary to lengthen both sides of the torso?
As yoga teachers we know that the way we move in and out of the pose is just as important as what we do while holding the pose. It couldn’t[…]
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Avoid common pitfalls while bending sideways
There is this interesting thing that I observed during my years of teaching yoga – it often seems that if the student has an incredible range in bending backwards, she[…]
Why do we bend sideways?
One of the revelatory experiences I had in my viniyoga teacher training came after a side bending-focused practice. After doing a number of lateral bends and some breathing practices, my[…]
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Selection of articles on yoga sequencing for the individual
Last week I contributed an article to a series of articles on the topic of Yoga sequencing for the individual hosted by Kate over at You & the yoga mat. This[…]
Can twists “detox the liver”?
Yoga teachers and yoga students like to be proactive when it comes to our health – we have strong opinions about what we should put into the body, how to[…]
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Does sweating during your yoga practice help you detox?
“I didn’t even break a sweat” – says my husband disapprovingly when his workout doesn’t meet his intensity expectations. We’ve come to associate sweating with working hard, and many folks[…]
What makes Jathara Parivrtti a “superpose”?
Have you heard the term superfood? It is usually used to describe a nutrient-rich food that is especially beneficial for our health and well-being. I adopted this term to describe[…]
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How to protect your sacrum during twisting
Do you know how tsunamis get started? One of the most common reasons is an underwater earthquake that happens because of the shifting of tectonic plates. Those plates enclose the[…]
3 steps to safer, more effective twists
The best image that seems to help students get a hang of twisting postures is the image of “wringing out the towel”. To be able to effectively wring the water[…]
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Why do we twist?
Just like any other discipline, yoga has it’s own “lingo” that is widely used in yoga classes. The problem is that it is not always clear to the student what[…]
Extend your yoga beyond the physical: How to design an integrative practice
Some time ago one of my students reported to me: “I was watching this movie last night about an assassin who was doing yoga to stay in shape.” What’s wrong[…]
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An Ode to Warrior
There are a handful of poses that I choose to do in almost every yoga practice, and Virabhadrasana 1 (Warrior 1) is one of them. This pose holds a special[…]
How to bend back without hurting your back
When I was little, I did gymnastics, and deep back bends like this one were easy for me. It didn’t happen because I was particularly accomplished; my spine just went[…]
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