Teaching Hatha Yoga: How to Influence Students without Criticism

When you are teaching Hatha Yoga classes, do you ever want to reach out to a particular student, who does not seem to understand a Yogic technique? Maybe you feel a bit frustrated that you have covered this same point, in the last six Yoga classes, and this student was there each time, but does not comprehend it.

Yoga Meditation 101: Breath Awareness and Posture

What do you think of when you hear about Yoga meditation? Do you picture a Yoga teacher, Guru, mystic, monk, or priest, guiding a group through meditation? Are you a bit confused about the whole process of Yoga meditation? Let’s look at one of the many types of Yoga meditation and the benefits of daily practice.

Structure Your Lifestyle for Maximum Health

We are designed to function in a state of wellness - we just need to provide the environment for the body to do its thing.

Hatha Yoga for Beginners: Discover Peace of Mind

Each of the following fours subjects we discuss can cause us damage to our mental and physical state of health. Let’s determine what we can do and if they are real. In each case, Yoga can give you inner strength to deal with these troubles.

Is Yoga a Myth?

What do you call a yoga guru who eventually succumbs to heart attack? An ignorant fool who's been performing mythical yoga for decades? Is yoga then not some kind of trashy art form that has millions of people duped into practicing it?

Crocodile, Cold Calling And Yoga

The noise of the falling keys vibrated desk and falling phone book got attention most of the people in the office. It ‘is 8.12 in the morning. I slowly released my last excel while flexing my left arm holding a chair near my desk I smoothly pull up my feet down.

Yoga For Beginners: Help, I Was Told Yoga Practice Is The Work Of The Devil

There is no reason for any religion to look at Yoga as a threat. We all have access to information, which allows all of us to see similarities in the Torah, Quran, Bible, Vedas, and Sutras. Morality is, and has been, a universal concept and does not belong to a specific group.

Super Power Gayatri Helps Awaken Divine Kundalini Energy

According to Indian Mythology, Brahmaji (creator) had 2 wives. The first was Gayatri and the second was Savitri. Symbolically both are wisdom energy and material wealth. One is Para Prakriti and the other is Apara Prakriti. Para Prakriti encompasses the mind, intellect, psyche, ego, Ritambhara Prajna (divine intellect) etc. The second wife is Savitri. She is called Apara Prakriti, material consciousness or inert nature. All movements and activities of material objects are dependent on it.

How to Generate More Business for Your Yoga Studio with Minimal Cost

Have you ever met someone who could really benefit from yoga, but had no real idea what yoga is? For example, have you met someone who had back problems and after you got to talking with them, you explained that yoga could help their back? The next thing you know, they are a regular student and maybe even a client for private sessions. In this article, I’m going to share with you a strategy for bringing people like this into your studio day after day – all without you even needing to be the one who initially talks to them.

Yoga for Beginners: The Second Step of Yoga Practice

The truth is - DVD’s are great learning tools for Yoga teachers, Yoga teacher interns, and Yoga teacher training sessions. Until a “holographic Yoga teacher” is developed to guide and assist you, in your own home, reading is much safer.

Who Would Take an Online Yoga Instructor’s Course and Certification Program?

Many companies will not understand, if an employee announced to management, that he or she was leaving for an extended period of time to pursue Yoga teacher training certification programs in San Francisco. Unless you already live in the Bay area, holding down a job, and participating in Yoga teacher training certification programs, in San Francisco, may not be an option.

Yoga Helps A Great Deal In Lowering Cholesterol

Yoga reduces the fat content in your blood and ensures you a healthy heart, brain and blood circulation. It has solved the problem of cholesterol for many people and has been acclaimed by all for its simple nature and mode of exercises.

Yoga Mats Guide

There are many different products on the open market with a broad scale of yoga mats and soon, you will find that not all selections may appeal to you. The ease as well as comfort of your workout could be increased once purchasing the proper option.

Can Yoga Enhance Your Mental Performance

Yoga has always been known to enhance us physcially, but it goes beyond that. Yoga has a positive affect on our mind as well.

Spiritual Benefits of Yoga

Yoga is a complex system of therapy formulated in the East and now famous universally. Even though yoga is a comprehensive system which includes different methods such as Karma Yoga, Raja Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Kundalini Yoga and Mantra Yoga, the exercise part called yogasana is popular in the West. The yoga practitioners advocate several benefits such as physical, psychological and spiritual, for yoga and the testimonials of many of the followers were supporting their argument. And now the popularity of yoga enhances enormously as the scientific crowd is coming up with substantiating evidences for the benefits of yoga. However the most pronouncing benefit of yoga, which distinguishes it from the other similar therapies, will be its spiritual benefits.