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Teaching Modifications
By Bernadette Birney. Question: How is it possible that different people with different bodies, different histories, different life circumstances, and different physical, mental and emotional abilities and challenges can benefit from identical poses practiced in the identical ways with the identical instructions? Answer: It’s not! There’s no such thing as one-size-fits-all yoga! If I had […]
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Teacher Spotlight: Jason Crandell
By Brittany Gagné. Enhance with Eagle Arms. Inspired by a class I took online with Jason Crandell (today’s Teacher Spotlight), incorporate Eagle Arms to a few of the poses and transitions that you teach. Your students will appreciate the opportunity to release tension in their upper backs and shoulders. This enhancement also adds grace and […]
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Find Your Wings- Inspirational Quote
By Eliza Whiteman. I used both of these quotes to lay the foundation to theme my Spread Your Wings and Fly vinyasa class. I weave in heart openers, standing balance poses (airplane, half moon, dancer), crow variations, then long hip and hamstring holds. This quote opened class: “I have come to accept the feeling of […]
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Sharing Your Realizations: 5 Keys to an Effective Dharma Talk
By Hari-kirtana das. Starting your class with a talk about yoga philosophy may seem daunting at first. Maybe you don’t know a lot about yoga philosophy and don’t want to talk about something you’re not an expert on. Maybe you’re so into yoga philosophy that you worry about talking for too long while anxious students […]
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5 Guidelines for Making Anatomy Relevant & Accessible
The human body is endlessly fascinating and complex. As yoga teachers, we may tend to dork out on that. At least, I sure do. I’ve been studying human anatomy for a long time, yet am still continually learning. When we’re interested, there’s no running out of things to learn about our own bodies. Pretty cool, […]
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Finding Your Niche
By Eliza Whiteman. Being a yoga teacher in today’s market can be frustrating and confusing. There are yoga classes and workshops for literally every demographic and ailment out there. You have put in the time, energy and money into getting your yoga teacher certification. Now you need to find out what particular style or niche […]
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Peace Out Yoga Flow Playlist
By Keri-Ann Laurito. This is a two hour play list for a nice gentle/vinyasa flow class. There is a slow beginning for pranayama, meditation and warm-ups then builds for a flow and comes back down again for savasana. 1-Om (Invocation Dub)-MC Yogi 2-The Lotus of a Thousand Petals, Sahasrara -Music for Deep Meditation […]
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New Year, New Content
By Brittany Gagné. Any time of year is the perfect time to make some resolutions, but January is classically the time when most folks really feel the urge to freshen things up. And today, I encourage all yoga teachers to freshen up their classes for their students! Practicing with and/or following a variety of teachers […]
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