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How I Found my Ground through Shiva Rea’s Taupo Immersion

March 22, 2016 by Kara-Leah Grant Leave a Comment

by Kara-Leah Grant In February this year I spent five days at Wanderlust and then rolled straight into an Immersion with Shiva Rea. Now, a month or so later, everything around me is the same as it was. But I am not. I have deeply changed. I can feel it in the way I stand upon the earth. I can feel it in the way I wear my clothes, the way I walked my son to school, the way I'm sitting here now. Something in me has awoken - I have found my ground. Stepping back into training with Shiva was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Musings from the Mat Tagged With: muladhara, Prana Vinyasa, shiva rea, teaching

Donna Farhi on How to Find True Alignment in Your Yoga Practice

June 22, 2015 by Guest Author Leave a Comment

By Donna Farhi, Yoga teacher and author When I first began formal Yoga Teaching Training, yoga postures were taught as a series of check-lists, with a point-by-point focus on each and every body part. While this Simon-Says approach of monkey see, monkey do led to a pretty successful replication of a picture, it seemed to bypass the internal process of feeling one’s own body experience and learning how to find one’s alignment from that felt experience. As the years went on I began to feel … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Physical Practices, Practices, Teaching Insights Tagged With: alignment, biological blueprint for movement, embody, empowering, human developmental movement patterns, instinctual alignment process, teaching, workshop, yoga postures

On the Dilution of the Genuine Transmission of Yoga Part 2

December 1, 2014 by Kara-Leah Grant 5 Comments

The Soloist by Alex Seton

by Kara-Leah Grant, Musings from the Mat I've been contemplating the many reactions I received to this article over the past week or so, On the Dilution of the Transmission of Yoga. One person unsubscribed from the website (or at least - one person told me they had because of this article, more people may have!) saying that I had made some good points but she found the article judgemental and unyogic. Other people rejoiced that someone was speaking such things out loud. It does feel … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Musings from the Mat, What's Real Yoga & a Real Yogi? Tagged With: consciousness, enlightenment, Teacher training, teaching

What do I do when a Student Complains about Wrist Pain and Wants to Leave Class?

June 17, 2014 by Guest Author

by Kelly Fisher, Urban Yoga Kelly is our resident yoga teacher mentor, answering questions from readers about how to teach and what to do when issues come up. You can email Kelly your question here. The Yoga Teacher's Question: “There it was yesterday: my first and rather frustrating setback in my teaching experience. I have a student who suffers from a lot of wrist pain. She comes along to my 45 minute class that is short, sharp and energetic. Because I know she requires special … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Teaching Insights Tagged With: kelly fisher, teaching, wrist pain, yoga injury

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

Why yoga teachers are either shot, or placed on a pedestal

October 14, 2012 by Guest Author 3 Comments

Wellington Yoga Teacher Bruce Foley

by guest author and Wellington Yoga Teacher Bruce Foley Being a yoga teacher feels like two opposing forces pulling at me simultaneously. I am attracted to the act of teaching and derive great pleasure from it. It makes me feel good about myself as it tests my sense of courage and self-belief. It answers the question as to whether it is OK to trust my instincts because an intuitive class structure rarely lets me down. I see validation; recognition and understanding [of the path chosen] in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Going to Class Tagged With: beauty, bikram choudhury, Bruce Foley. scandal, doubt, fear, john friend, messenger, process, teaching, yoga

How to help kids stay longer in yoga poses

August 14, 2012 by Guest Author Leave a 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

How to help kids do yoga better

July 27, 2012 by Guest Author Leave a Comment

by guest author Gopala Amir Yaffe, Rainbow Kids Yoga When you teach yoga to anybody, remember this: Open your eyes, your ears, your mind and your heart, and really look. Look at who is standing in front of you and start from where they are. If you start from where they are, there are no limits to what you can achieve together. If you start from where you expected and planned for them to be, or from where someone told you they are, or from where the book says…man, you’re in trouble! … [Read more...]

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

Time to give up on asana, old man

July 23, 2012 by Guest Author 3 Comments

Mike Berghan

by Mike Berghan, Te Aro Astanga For a long time now I have never really asked myself why I do my Ashtanga Vinyasa practice 5 or 6 days a week. If anyone asked me I would say because it is who I am and that I enjoy it. As the result of a couple of recent conversations, and these cold Wellington winter mornings I have been thinking about it a bit more. A friend and student of mine recently said to me after I explained that I try to do 2 Intermediate, 2 Advanced A, and 1 Primary Series Practice … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Home Yoga Practice, Home Yoga Practice Video, What's Real Yoga & a Real Yogi? Tagged With: age, aging, asana, astanga, Guruji, Mysore, old, self practice, teaching, vinyasa

October 3 & 4: Auckland, The Yoga of Professor T Krishnamacharya, Two Intimate Masterclasses with Dr Kausthub Desikachar

July 22, 2012 by Lucinda Staniland Leave a Comment

Due to family reasons, this event has been cancelled. Apologies for any inconvenience. Join Dr Kausthub Desikachar for two masterclasses about the the yoga of Professor T Krishnamacharya, one of the most influential yoga masters of our time   The Evolution of T Krishnamacharya’s Yoga - 3rd October. Dr. Kausthub Desikachar, grandson of T Krishnamacharya, and Researcher of Yoga, will lead participants in a journey to explore the evolution of the grand master’s teaching, commencing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Events Archive Tagged With: auckland, Dr Kausthub Desikachar, evolution of yoga, masterclass, Mt Albert, pranayama, Professor T Krishnamacharya, teaching, workshop

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