mario

Yoga in Practice - Taking Control of Your Life

...ge, and the desire to change your life for the best, into practice. Applying what you learn separates you from the masses. Most people read, listen to their Yoga teacher, and practice a little, but they go back to their same routine.

How many brilliant people, with talent and skill, have you observed who never reached their full potential? We all know a few. The reason why they never succeeded is that they never applied their intelligence, or skill, in a practical way.

Copyright 2007 Paul Jerard / Aura Publicationsmore

Teaching Hatha Yoga: The Value of Props

...orative Yoga, prenatal Yoga, Chair Yoga, and many more Hatha sub-styles. To be honest, the Yoga mat is a prop. It was not that long ago when Yogis did not use Yoga mats. Why reject progress being made by some of the most innovative minds in modern day Yoga?

one mistake that most Yoga students and Yoga teachers make is thinking of postures as beginner, intermediate, and advanced. Each body is unique and will be exceptional in some ways and less exceptional in others. We should stop focusing on the next advanced posture and think about the alignment of the Yoga posture we are in at the present moment.

Proper alignment should never be compromised for the sake of the ego. When you kn...more

Jujitsu And Yoga

...Jujitsu and Yoga emphasizes on groundwork

For Brazilian Jujitsu practitioners, the most critical physical linkage between the Brazilian Jujitsu and yoga is the emphasis on groundwork. All poses of yoga such as the handstands, and the seated and standing poses emphasize the relationship of the body to the ground. All yoga exercises that are strength-related make the practitioner to put direct resistance to the gravity pull. It may seem an easy situation. Of course, if you just stand on your two legs, gravity is an easy force to deal with. Now lets use how you can stand on the your feets balls, then squat up to where your thighs and the ground are parallel, and try holding that pose for ...more

The Truth about Options for Yoga teachers, Part 3

... from what he or she has learned.

The injury of a student, due to the desire for a Yoga teachers desire to fill up classes, is morally and ethically wrong. Complete honesty with students is not often taught when we are trained to become a Yoga teacher. Yoga teachers are often trained to be gentle guides along the path toward total health.

Being completely blunt about a prospective Yoga students limitations - might be bad for business. However, whenever a student is injured, the Yoga instructor will often feel remorse, even if the situation was completely unforeseen. The above-mentioned scenario, of an unfit student going into a vigorous ...more

posted by 77979 @ 1:40 PM