Yoga in Practice - More Yogic Tips For Time Management
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Yoga teaches us to “live in the moment,” but how can we apply this principle toward time management? We often hear people say, “I need more time,” but how can we get more than 24 hours out of a day? Truthfully, we only have 24 hours, so there must be something to getting the most [...]
Five Yoga Intensive Tips - How to Get the Most Out of Your Next Yoga Training
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Whether you are attending an on-site course for re-certification, a refresher, or for your initial Yoga teacher training, you want to learn as much as you can while you are there. Most onsite, or residential intensives, can be quite expensive, so here are a few tips for getting the most out of your training session.
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Practicing Hatha Yoga During a Financial Crisis
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Hatha Yoga teachers are suddenly seeing a resurgence of student numbers, within their classes. Many new Yoga students have one common factor, which has driven them to attend classes. In short, the population is experiencing chronic stress.
Local news stories from Boston to Providence, and across the United States, are confirming that the current financial crisis [...]
Yoga Certification - The Gateway to the Job of Your Dreams
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When discussing teaching Yoga for a living, you might not think you deserve to be happy, while performing work. This seems to be the main objection to a rewarding career: “It’s not a real job, unless you are suffering miserably.”
This same “undeserving” mentality, which surrounds the workplace, also dominates fitness and medicine. Remember: “Feel the [...]
Yoga - A Remedy For Worry
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How could Yoga be a remedy for worry? Yoga teaches you to be completely, and consciously, aware of the present moment. The first time a friend of mine heard the words “consciously aware,” he laughed because it was a pre-requisite for a potential date.
He did not understand the importance of pure, focused consciousness applied toward [...]
Teaching Hatha Yoga - Creative Networking
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For Yoga teachers, who work as independent contractors, this economy is a test of creativity. Although there may be class cutbacks, at your local health club, a local chiropractic clinic may be searching for a Yoga instructor to work “in house.”
Alexander Graham Bell stated, “When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so [...]
Why Your Children Should Practice Yoga
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Various trends and fads have come and gone with fitness and exercise which makes it very easy to be cynical about any development in this field. However, because the estimates of the benefits of physical and mental health, yoga has been able to become a favorite for children.
The practice of yoga is becoming an increasingly [...]
Why Do You Want to Become a Yoga Teacher? - Seminars
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For some of us, that question could easily be re-phrased as, “Why did I want to teach Yoga classes?” Whether you are thinking about teaching Yoga in the future, or have been for the past ten years, it is good to review where you have been, where you are, where you are going, and why [...]
Teaching Hatha Yoga - Lead Your Classes With Integrity
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What is integrity? Simply put: Integrity is doing the right thing. Why should a Yoga instructor be an example of integrity? Yoga teachers have a responsibility to demonstrate a balanced lifestyle. If someone is not up to the task, why choose to teach classes?
Most Yoga teachers work exclusively with adults, but some work with children, [...]
Yoga Therapy and Preventative Health
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Yoga therapy has been sitting by quietly, while the mainstream population has begun to “try Yoga,” but that may soon change. With the world’s governments and financial markets struggling along, there will be many changes in the near future. The world’s governments will have to consider the massive cost of national defense, retirement programs, education, [...]