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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

The forgotten bass note

December 8, 2020 by Guest Author 1 Comment

by Elly Barry, Yoga and Body Centred Inquiry Each of us contain within, a symphony of thoughts, whispers, and truths yet to be given breath. To listen within asks more than the ability to become quiet. To listen to another, more than the willingness to be all ears.   Attributing a gesture of great love and attention to one body part alone, is to fall short. Deep listening begins with the ability to inhabit for a moment, the source of someone else’s longings and unmet … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Awakening • Creating a More Beautiful World, Deepening • The Yoga of Life, Living Your Yoga, Yoga & Relationships Tagged With: communication, language, listening, Rumi, yoga

The Tapestry of Yoga Cueing: Four Keys to Mastering Yoga Teaching

October 5, 2015 by Guest Author 4 Comments

By Michelle Jayne, Yoga facilitator, therapist & coach "Step your foot forward and stretch your arms up." I looked around the studio I was practicing in, trying to figure out if we were still on the right leg, or without warning, this had changed. "Square your hips forward, breath in, stretch your arms, breath in, bend your front knee, and take one more breath." Hang on a second, I hadn’t had a chance to breath out, and if I continued listening to the teachers cueing, I was about to faint … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Teaching Insights Tagged With: cueing tips, expression, growth, holding space, insights, language, learning, new yoga teachers, self-inquiry, self-reflection, teaching effectively, words., yoga teaching

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