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6 Ways to Maintain Work-Life Balance as a Busy Yoga Teacher

June 3, 2014 by Guest Author 1 Comment

by guest author Cailen Ascher As busy yoga teachers, we wear many hats: instructor, marketer, parent, entrepreneur, personal assistant, manager, friend, spouse, confidante, errand gofer and more! With the fast-paced nature of our daily schedules, it can seem that it’s nearly impossible to maintain any sense of balance in our lives. And even though we yogis are better equipped than many to handle the multitude of challenges and stressors that get heaped on our plates, sometimes the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: The Business of Yoga Tagged With: business advice, how-to, life advice, marketing, self-improvement, tips, work-life balance, yoga, yoga business, yoga career, yoga teacher

Sun Salutations Video Series: How to do Chaturanga Dandasana

September 13, 2013 by Kara-Leah Grant 4 Comments

Chaturanga Dandasana

by Kara-Leah Grant Chaturanga Dandasana is one of those postures that we often don't spend time in - either in yoga class or in our home yoga practice. It's a one-breath wonder. We're in, we're moving out, that's it. Partly this is because it's a challenging posture and we usually want to get out of it as soon as possible. And part of it is because it's not a flashy yoga posture where we feel like we get somewhere or gain a lot over time. It's easy to see Chaturanga Dandasana as just a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Home Yoga Practice, Home Yoga Practice Video, Physical Practices, Practices Tagged With: chaturanga dandasana, how-to, plank pose, seka ojdrovic-phillips, video

Sun Salutations Video Series: How to do Mountain Pose (Tadasana)

July 3, 2013 by Kara-Leah Grant 4 Comments

by Kara-Leah Grant Welcome to the first in a series of articles & videos exploring the foundations of an asana practice through sun salutations. But first...  In my ideal universe - besides living next door to Johny Depp and and down the road from Einstein (imagine that dinner party!) - every yoga student would be encouraged to start a home yoga practice the very first time they ever went to a yoga class. Yes, the first time. In fact, every yoga teacher would teach with the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Home Yoga Practice, Home Yoga Practice Video Tagged With: how-to, mountain pose, seka ojdrovic-phillips, sun salutations, tadasana, video

Folding forward into Easy Pose for instant stress-relief

January 11, 2013 by Kara-Leah Grant 6 Comments

by Kara-Leah Grant The last couple of years I’ve been getting up close and personal with long, slow holds in seated poses. There’s a couple of reasons for this. One is that I’m often exhausted from being a single parent and running my own business - the thought of standing postures or sun salutes sometimes makes me shudder. Giving myself permission to just sit on what mat and see what unfolds from there means I'm far more likely to practice every day. The second is that I’m yang enough - … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Home Yoga Practice, The Foundations Tagged With: easy pose, forward bends, how-to, letting go, surrender

Mind the Gap and It Will Set You Free. Promise

August 1, 2012 by Guest Author 2 Comments

Mind the gap

by Gabrielle Harris When I was about nine, Dad bought a strange woman to our house. She was dressed in white and had an exotic name. Our sleep-out was turned into a shrine. Suddenly suburban life was looking up. The lady was handed some cash and I had to give her something of value to myself. I gave her my teddy. I didn’t want to give her my teddy as I was attached to it. It’s good to have attachments when you are nine; it gives you something to work on in later years. Little did I know … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Meditation Practices, Practices Tagged With: beginning meditation, how-to, instructions, learning to meditate, meditation, patanjali, samskaras, Transcendental Meditation, yoga

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