Yoga teacher’s toolbox: How to work with shoulders and upper back
Whenever you plan to work with shoulders in your yoga class or private yoga session, it helps to remember the following important points: In our daily lives we rotate[…]
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Yoga teacher’s toolbox: How to work with neck and upper back
Whenever you design a yoga class aimed at releasing tension in the neck and upper back, it helps to remember the following important points: Static stretching of the neck[…]
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Follow the sun: Short yoga practice for happy neck
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Take care of your lower back and sacrum
Last week we explored how hormonal fluctuations, pregnancy and postpartum challenges, recurring asymmetrical activity, and sports injuries can lead to sacroiliac joint (SI) dysfunction and manifest as lower back pain.[…]
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Is lower back pain gender-specific?
My grandmother suffered from lower back pain for many years. She described it as sharp, debilitating pain on one side of her lower spine. The only remedy she could find[…]
What’s so special about yoga series?
Few years ago I wrote a blog post about the similarities that a well-designed yoga class has to a good movie. All those ideas still hold true. However, the entertainment[…]
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Fill your heart with light yoga practice
One of my favorite movies to this day is Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. This remarkable film explores some fascinating themes, including the nature of love and role of[…]
How to plan a yoga class
I was educated as a school teacher, and in the past I had written my fair share of lesson plans that usually started with “By the end of the class[…]
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Six elements that make up an inspired life of a yoga teacher
When I was going through my yoga therapist training about eight years ago, I was expected to complete a number of assignments in between training sessions. It was a struggle.[…]
Three steps to effective yoga practice design
Our professional lives seep into our personal lives whether we like it or not. Shawn Achor in his book The Happiness Advantage tells a story of a tax auditor who[…]
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“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[…]
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[…]
How to set an intention for a specific group of students
When my son was about 5 years old I made a point of finding some after-school activities for him to do. We were lucky that there were plenty of choices[…]
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Who sets the intention for the yoga class – the teacher or the student?
When I go to a yoga class and the teacher asks students to set an intention for the practice, I usually get frazzled. What exactly does she want me to[…]
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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What can singing teach us about yoga? How to structure effective yoga classes
Recently I’ve been very fond of this 24-year old singer from Kazakhstan whose name is Dimash. Despite his young age he demonstrates incredible musical skill and unbelievable vocal range. He[…]
Yoga for Every Body: How to Adapt Yoga Poses for Different Situations, Conditions and Purposes
I remember many years ago when I just started practicing yoga, I learned to do yoga poses in a very specific way: feet go here, arms go there, etc. Once[…]
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