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With so many different styles of yoga out there, how do you know which one is for you? In this section you will find a diverse range of perspectives on the different kinds of yoga practiced in The Yoga Lunchbox community.

Exploring Yoga Language and its impact on student experience

June 29, 2022 by Guest Author 2 Comments

By Karla Brodie, reposted with permission from yogateachertraining.nz A great passion of mine is the evocative use of language to inform Yoga movement and rest practices. A teacher’s use of words has the power to evoke embodied experiences that can be transformational for students. My early years of yoga practice were visually orientated: Yoga practice was about what my alignment looked like and about rearranging muscles and bones to (con)form shapes (asana). Most yoga books described … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Teaching Insights, Yoga Styles Tagged With: body mind centering, language, teaching, yoga teacher, yoga teaching tips

Expand your yoga into the dreamscape.

June 13, 2022 by Guest Author Leave a Comment

By Sarah Marlowe Spence That time a vacuum cleaner sabotaged my kirtan. Yup, an odd situation. So I delved into that dream to figure out what it was trying to tell me. Dreams happen to most of us when we’re asleep, yet dreams can also be daydreams of where you want to go in life, or waking dreams, i.e. what is happening right now in life. When I was a teenager, I found a dream dictionary in the secondhand bookstore, as we did in life before Google. I wondered what the meanings of my busy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Awakening • Creating a More Beautiful World, Energetic Practices, Meditation Practices, The Process of Waking Up, Uncategorized, Yoga Styles Tagged With: dream yoga, dreams, unconscious

Cultivating Unshakeable Peace & Wellbeing with iRest Yoga Nidra: An Interview with Fuyuko Toyota

February 6, 2020 by Guest Author 1 Comment

by Neal Ghoshal Ten years ago I had the great pleasure to meet Fuyuko Toyota. We were both assisting our teacher Donna Farhi on a long 21-day training and I was immediately drawn to Fuyuko for her warmth, her humility and humour and her deep, compassionate wisdom.  Over the three weeks, we developed a beautiful appreciation for each others' teachings, and a delightful friendship which has only deepened through the years. Now we are like brother and sister on the Yoga path! It has … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Yoga Styles Tagged With: iRest, iRest Yoga Nidra, Neal Ghoshal, yoga nidra

The Powerful Benefits of Yoga for Teenagers

March 21, 2019 by Lucinda Staniland 1 Comment

by Charlotta Martinus, TeenYoga “All of my friends smoke a spliff every day and/or take medication, either to help them sleep, or to combat anxiety or depression or for ADHD. Those drugs get shared around and sold, especially during exams.”Niall, age 17 In an uncertain world, young people are turning to coping strategies that are available to them. The medications that are designed to support those with anxiety and depression are not licensed for use among those under 18 years old and even … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Yoga Styles

Could All Yoga Classes be Trauma-Informed?

November 7, 2018 by Guest Author

Hands gentle yoga trauma

by Sandra Palmer, Integrative Therapy For most of us reading this article, entering a yoga studio and completing a yoga class will be taken for granted. We may not think twice about wearing tight and revealing yoga clothing. We may be able to follow the yoga teacher’s instructions with ease - some with more grace than others! Sadly, there are many people for whom attending a yoga class is very difficult or even impossible. This is particularly so for those who experienced trauma in their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Yoga Styles

The Gift of Play: Why Kids & Adults Love Family Yoga

March 8, 2018 by Guest Author Leave a Comment

Family Yoga

by Rachael Lowe, The fact is that we adults don’t have much room in our lives for fun and games. Our days are filled with stress, obligations, and hard work. We may be stiff, tired, and easily bored when we try to get on the floor and play with our kids – especially difficult switching gears from a stressful day to a time of play! This is where Family Yoga gifts adults their play time. Yes, adults. Kids are wonderful at playing. They’re absolutely the best at it; it's us adults who need their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Yoga Styles Tagged With: family yoga, mindfulness for kids, Play, yoga for children, yoga for kids

Dr Scott Lyons on The Art of Being Human & Embodied Flow™ Yoga

January 29, 2018 by Lucinda Staniland Leave a Comment

Dr Scott Lyons Embodied Flow Yoga

by Lucinda Staniland, It's always a joy to come across someone who takes real pleasure in the work they do in the world. Without a doubt, Dr Scott Lyons is such a person and I could tell so immediately when I began watching his conversation with Kara-Leah Grant. Although he clearly takes a serious and earnest approach to his work, there is also an overflowing sense of delight and lightness to him, which I couldn't help but be enchanted by. Dr Scott Lyons is a Clinical Psychologist and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Paid, Video Interviews, Yoga Styles Tagged With: Dr Scott Lyons, Embodied Flow, psychology, Tara Judelle, Yin Yoga

What Is iRest® Yoga Nidra Meditation and How Can It Help You?

December 7, 2016 by Guest Author 64 Comments

by Neal Ghoshal, Sacred Moves  As the popularity of Yoga continues to expand, more and more people are being drawn into practices beyond Yoga asana (posture), into breath work, into meditation, into the subtler aspects of the tradition. One of the practices that is becoming increasingly lauded is Yoga Nidra. I first came across Yoga Nidra back in 2003 when learning to teach at the Ashram Yoga School in Parnell, Auckland. Ashram Yoga, a Satyananda style inspired Yoga school, included Yoga Nidra … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Yoga Styles Tagged With: anxiety, chronic pain, depression, insomnia, iRest, meditation, Neal Ghoshal, NZ Yoga Nidra, PTSD, Richard Miller, yoga nidra

How Yoga Trance Dance™ Destroys World Weariness and Opens Up Creative Flow

October 20, 2014 by Kara-Leah Grant 4 Comments

yoga trance dance in action

by Kara-Leah Grant If you know me, you know I love dancing. Always have, ever since I saw Flashdance at age 8, and got hooked on the original Fame TV series. That was me... always dancing. But there was never any chance I could become a professional dancer because I had zero flexibility, plus at age 16 I had a spinal fusion. (I still remember the first day I danced again after that operation... the doctor said three months, I gave it two.) However... life moves in mysterious ways and in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Yoga Styles Tagged With: dance, Prana Flow, shiva rea, yoga trance dance

The Eight Essentials of Restorative Yoga

April 23, 2014 by Guest Author 15 Comments

by guest author Neal Ghoshal, Sacred Moves A few years ago I enrolled on my second Yoga Teacher Training course for a year at the Yoga Academy Auckland - I was on a mission to learn more about this practice and to equip myself with as much knowledge as I could. If I was going to teach Yoga, then I wanted to be good at it. About half way through the year, course tutor Jude Hynes gave us a new practice, brought out some Yoga bolsters from the cupboard and introduced us to the wonderful world of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Yoga Styles Tagged With: donna farhi, Judith Lasater, loving-kindness Yoga, rejuvenation, relaxation, responsive restful Yoga, restorative yoga, Yoga for stress and anxiety, Yoga props

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