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Search Results for: yoga teacher training

How to Find a Good (Great!) Yoga Teacher

August 28, 2013 by Kara-Leah Grant Leave a Comment

by Kara-Leah Grant How do I find a good yoga teacher? How indeed? First, start by defining what a good yoga teacher means to you, as it will be different for everyone. What values and factors matter to you? What do you want in a teacher? Things you might want to consider include: location price skill set training style age sex attributes (kind, stern, funny...) experience For example, if you've never done yoga before, and you have a limited budget but plenty of time your … [Read more...]

Filed Under: The Foundations Tagged With: good yoga teacher, starting yoga

All the Curvy Ladies do Practice Yoga

August 23, 2013 by Guest Author 5 Comments

By guest author Anna Guest-Jelley, Curvy Yoga When I first started practicing yoga, I never, ever, ever saw another bigger-bodied person like me. Never. Most days, I thought I was the only one. But I secretly dreamed of finding others -- people who also longed for a yoga practice where no one said Lay your belly on your thighs Because, hello, if I move a centimeter, I'm already there. Wave your hands in the air Now, I know I'm mixing song references here, but I hope you'll forgive me. Because … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Yoga & Body Image, Yoga in the Media Tagged With: anna guest-jelley, curvy yoga, fat yoga, plus size yoga

Your most valuable tool as a Yoga Teacher (it’s not what you think)

August 3, 2013 by Guest Author 2 Comments

Jenifer Parker teaching

by guest author Louise Thompson, Positive Balance Do you know what your most valuable tool is as a yoga teacher? What sets you apart? What makes you unique and special? What keeps students coming back to class again and again? What makes your classes work? What makes your classes inspiring and challenging? Is it your awesome back bend ability? Your demonstration of a perfect pigeon pose? Your hard-out arm balance? Your unique sequence of poses and your hard earned teaching … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Teaching Insights Tagged With: Louise Thompson, yoga teacher tips, yoga teacher tools, yoga teacher voice, yoga teaching tips

Sacred Feminine and Yoga: Practical Tools. Part 4

June 20, 2013 by Devangi Leave a Comment

by guest author Swami Karma Karuna, Anahata Yoga Retreat There are more practical tools than can be described belonging to tantra and yoga that are beneficial for a woman’s body, mind and support the connection to the inner sacred space. The practices all work in different ways with the ultimate goal of helping one to reconnect with their higher self or the inner Shakti, which in fact is the sacred feminine. Shakti is the life force. When it is blocked or out of balance, physical and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: The Foundations Tagged With: anahata yoga retreat, balance, meditation, nurturing, overcoming stress, relaxation, sacred feminine, stress, swami karma karuna, women, yoga, yoga nidra

Sacred Feminine and Yoga: Honouring the forces within. Part 3

June 1, 2013 by Guest Author Leave a Comment

by guest author, Swami Karma Karuna, Anahata Yoga Retreat All cultures of the ancient world worshipped the principles of the Mother, Shakti or Devi. Although it may have been called by different names, the concept of a force which bestows life, nourishes, loves, comforts, supports and transforms has always been present. In Christianity, we know her as Mother Mary. In Japan, she was Amaterasu, the sun-goddess; in Greece, she is Demeter, the corn-goddess, Aphrodite, the goddess of passion and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: The Foundations Tagged With: Anahata, ceremony, feminine, honour, meditation, sacred, shakti, swami karma karuna, yoga

Healing the black hole: John Ogilvie’s story from drug addict to yoga teacher

May 30, 2013 by Guest Author Leave a Comment

John's article first appeared in Australian Yoga LIFE by guest author Ana Davis John Ogilvie is one of those rare people you meet with whom you feel an almost instant heart connection. There is a glint in his eyes that tells of an inner-spring of joy and a hint of boyish cheekiness. His presence is one of yogic lightness that makes it difficult to imagine him ever having plumbed the depths of despair and spiritual emptiness that characterise a destructive drug addiction. Nowadays John … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Teacher Interviews Tagged With: ana davis, bliss baby, byron yoga centre, drug addict, drug addiction, drugs, john ogilvie, recovery, rehabilitation, yoga teacher training

Sacred Feminine and Yoga: It’s all about balance. Part 2

May 15, 2013 by Guest Author Leave a Comment

by guest author Swami Karma Karuna, Anahata Yoga Retreat The Tantric view of creation is that there are two forces called Shiva and Shakti representing the male and female aspects of creation, which exist within each and every person. Shiva, also called Purusha, is the masculine force and is pure ‘consciousness'. Shakti or Prakriti is the feminine force that is pure ‘energy’. One cannot exist without the other and both are within each of us. This duality is also described in the word 'Ha' 'Tha' … [Read more...]

Filed Under: The Foundations Tagged With: Anahata, balance, feminine, hatha yoga, relaxation, sacred chanting, sacred feminine, swami karma karuna, women, yoga

The Sacred Feminine and Yoga: What does it mean? Part 1

April 29, 2013 by Guest Author Leave a Comment

by guest author Swami Karma Karuna, Anahata Retreat Centre “A gracious woman respects herself and others. Her inner strength radiates a divine light that transforms and supports everything around her." Writing about the topic of Sacred Feminine inspired me to reevaluate what it means to me and question how others view this subject? And what does this have to do with yoga anyways? I looked up “Sacred Feminine” on the internet as one does in the twenty first century! And much to my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: The Foundations Tagged With: Anahata, ceremony, daughter, girlfriend, mother, nurturing, sacred feminine, shakti, sister, women, yoga

How to build your confidence (and resume) as a new yoga teacher

January 17, 2013 by Guest Author 1 Comment

by guest author Cailen Ascher, owner of CALMbiz If you’re currently in, or fresh out of, yoga teacher training, chances are you’re thinking about landing your first teaching job. When I was first ready to teach, I dreamt about the kinds of classes I’d have, the sequences I’d prepare, and the kinds of students I’d love to serve. Then I was faced with an all-too-common predicament: No one would hire me  because I didn’t have experience. But, to get experience, I needed to teach… It’s your … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Teaching Insights Tagged With: beginner, beginning, confidence, newbie, resume, teaching, teaching career, teaching job

How to help kids stay longer in yoga poses

August 14, 2012 by Guest Author 1 Comment

There's lots of ways to help kids stay in yoga poses longer

by guest author Gopala Amir Yaffe, Rainbow Kids Yoga The benefits of the Yoga Poses increase as you stay longer in them.  But staying for a long time in the poses is not easy for kids simply because, for them, it is totally boring… unless you do some of the following: Counting You can count to 10 when you bake a Yoga Pizza (Seated Forward Bend with legs apart), when you go under a yoga tunnel with your imaginary car while in the Yoga Bridge Pose, count down to launching a Yoga Spaceship … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Teaching Insights Tagged With: children, families, fun, games, Gopala Amir Yaffe, kids, longer, poses, rainbow kids yoga, teaching, techniques, tips, yoga

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