Not long ago an acquaintance of mine said to me: “I saw a picture of this cool pose on line and I tried it – man, my back hurt afterwards!”[…]
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How to prepare for shoveling snow using simple yoga stretches
Did you know that shoveling snow sends about 11,000 adults and children to the hospital EACH YEAR?! (Read about the study) The most common injuries are overworked muscles and falling,[…]
How to design a yoga practice for a specific activity
That is a funny thing about a yoga practice – it doesn’t work if you don’t do it. 🙂 Yes, we are all busy and making time for a 90-minute[…]
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10 types of yoga practices to maximize the effect for specific students
There are many ideas out there about what a yoga practice should look like: some believe that it’s only valid if it has a spiritual component; others focus on strictly[…]
Yoga class for seniors with emphasis on balance
This yoga class is designed for seniors with the purpose of maintaining strength and agility, improving balance and developing mental focus. It uses simple balance poses in various positions (on[…]
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Directing change yoga practice
This practice uses asana, breath awareness and directed attention to feel more limber, vital and focused. It brings the spine through the full range of motion, deepens the breath to[…]
Yoga sequence for stress relief
This practice will help you relieve stress and neck tension through movement and gradual deepening of the breath. You will progress from fast to slow movement; standing backbend and extension[…]
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Yoga for stress relief – is relaxation really the answer?
In the recent years yoga has become a go-to tool for stress management and very often it’s being presented as “Yoga for relaxation and stress management” with an assumption that[…]
Balanced shoulderstand practice
Reverse the downward pull of gravity, strengthen your spinal musculature and build better integration between different parts of the body with this Shoulderstand practice. Contraindications include disc problems, high blood[…]
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How to sequence a class for the Shoulderstand
Leslie Kaminoff brings up an excellent point in his video: yoga sequencing is not the same as choreography. In choreography the goal is artistic expression and choices are dictated by[…]
9 phrases to purge from your yoga instruction
One of my friends had recently reported on her experience in a yoga class: “The teacher was really nice, but she kept calling us “folks” literally in every sentence and[…]
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Shoulderstand – to teach, or not to teach, that is the question
Many yoga teachers have had an experience of a student stepping into a class and immediately plopping up into a Shoulderstand (or a Headstand, which is even riskier). It always[…]
Hip Strengthening Practice
A balanced yoga practice for the hips that includes both strengthening and stretching poses for the full range of motion in the hip: flexion, extension, adduction, abduction and rotation. This[…]
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Gratitude Yoga Practice
This yoga practice helps us express gratitude for important things we have in our lives through sound, movement and meditation.
What makes a good yoga class (and is it similar to a good movie)?
You know how sometimes you go to a yoga class and leave feeling more centered, energized and whole? And other times you leave feeling more fragmented and discombobulated? Why is[…]
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Are we addicted to the Pigeon pose (and other “hip openers”)?
William Broad had done it again. He sounded an alarm last year about the potential risks of the yoga practice and caused some heated discussions in the yoga community. This[…]
Do yoga teachers need coaches?
I remember few years ago I got a new client who arrived to our first session with a list of issues that was about 2 pages long. It included things[…]
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Yoga for busy mind – how to deal with the Itty Bitty Sh**ty Committee
Most of the cells in our body and brain are constantly striving toward the state of homeostasis and want us to be happy, healthy and successful. But there are some[…]
How can you tell whether your yoga teacher knows what she is doing?
Nowadays everybody seems to be an expert on everything. For example, I am amazed at the number of tweets routinely featured and quoted in the media even if they come[…]
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