Tips for Yoga Teachers
...Developing Your Skills as a Yoga teacher
No matter what style of yoga you teach or intend to teach, there are many things you can do to ensure a wonderful class for both you and your students.
The following tips are just a few techniques that will help bring out the best in your class:
1) Orient your students to the class. Tell your students what to expect before the class begins.
2) Explain the benefits of specific yoga postures and breathing exercises. Studies have shown that educating students about their bodies and the effects of what they are doing, increases motivation.
3) Practice effective communication skills. Teaching yoga is different than speaking with a friend or teaching an individual. It's important to be clear and concise - using too many words can break the flow of the class and cause more confusion than help. Also, make eye contact with individual students throughout the class to show your openness and confidence.
4) Know your material. The only way to feel confident teaching yoga is t...more
Yoga is "Unity"
...n say union of mind, body, and spirit. There are many more explanations about union, but that could be a separate article. There are also many branches of Yoga and, therefore, many types of union, but competition is far from union.
Competition enhances the ego, and the ego is just a part of your personality. The ego resists union for its own survival. The ego is our social mask and does not want to share anything.
Remember, the next time you start to feel envious of another st...more
The Therapeutic and Spiritual Secrets of Yoga Gurus
...We knew previously about Yoga history, and ancient yogis and Yoga founders. We also knew swami Vivekanada, who spread Yoga in the U.S.Another one and the most popular was swami Paramashansa Yogananda, who had founded the Self Realization Fellowship. He wrote a Yogi autobiography. In addition to Krishnamurti; who traveled a lot and spread Jnana Yoga, and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi who spread Transcendental Meditation in the 60's. He was the most popular of them all as he was associated with the Beatles.
- Himalyan swami Sivananda modified the five principles of Yoga:
- Pranayama (proper breathing)
- Savasana (proper relaxation)
- Dhyana (positive thinking and meditation)
- Asanas (proper exercise)
- Vegetarian (proper diet)
In addition, he wrote many books about Yoga. swami Sivananda found...more
Osteoarthritis-Management With Yoga
...h one can do sun salutation. First do the warm up exercises then hold a posture that helps in building strength and flexibility of the body and finally do the Shavasana (relaxation pose).
** Strength building asanas build muscles around the joints and helps in nourishing it. Flexibility yielding asanas open up the joints and increase the blood, oxygen and energy circulation. Shavasana done after the above two asanas is used to rejunevate to heal the body based on the energy one has acquired from above postures.
** Energizing and warming pranayama like Kapalabhati ...more
