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Why is Teaching Yoga so Rewarding? Part 1

...nowledge every day, for the safety of your students, to enhance your yoga teaching practice, and to improve the lives of all those who learn from you.

Teaching any style of yoga is akin to practicing Jnana yoga, (Union through knowledge), even if you are a Hatha yoga teacher. How can I state this? Yoga knowledge is infinite and the pursuit of Yogic knowledge is a daily task. Continuing education is an integral part of every Yoga teachers life.

Otherwise, Yoga instructors will become stale and unsafe in our teaching methods. You see, Yoga is an evolving system of health maintenance, where nothing is carved in stone. Therefore, we must learn and share the latest methods for a safe Yoga class.

Copyright 2006 Paul Jerard / Aura Publications

Hot Yoga - Bikram's Twenty Six

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Even though the world population has shifted from mainly rural to mainly urban in the last decade, there are still lots of folks like me who live in the sticks. Doing things like taking a yoga class becomes a different thing in our case from driving to the neighborhood gym. Since I live 40 miles from the nearest town large enough for yoga studios, when I decided to take a class, I was more interested in the schedule than I was the type of yoga. I couldn't afford to be picky if I preferred not to wait around for a couple hours after getting off work. So I looked in the phone book, and didn't pay attention to anything but the schedule. There it was: M-W-F at 4:00. Perfect. I don't know what rock I'd been living under, but the word "Bikram" writ large across the ad in the yellow page...more

Distance Learning Courses for Yoga Instructor Training

...Is distance learning for Yoga instructors a new concept? No, distance learning for Yoga instructors has been around for decades. The concept of training to become a Yoga instructor, by distance learning, is much like working with any university via correspondence, but the efficiency of Yoga teacher training courses has improved with new technology.

Does Yoga teacher training online sound tacky? These days, the Internet has managed to become the ultimate vehicle for learning anything, including Yoga. It makes perfect sense for Yoga centers, and universities, to use the Internet for teacher / student contact.

Traditional on-site Yoga instructor training programs are much more computerized than they were ten years ago. Many on-site ...more

hot Yoga - Sweeping Away an Image

...ommended temperature of a minimum of 105 degrees farenheit and about 40% humidity.

This temperature is important because:-

- It (ironically) keeps the body from overheating

- To protect the muscles allowing for deeper stretching

- So that toxins are encourage to be sweated out through open pores

- To thin the blood and encourage much better circulation

- It gives a better cardiovascular workout

- It improves muscle strength

- Fats in the body seem to be made more fluid and more easily cleared from the body

With this type of yoga, muscles are given a thorough workover. Cellular level lipids and proteins are reorganize optimally in such conditions, allowing for better circulation.

Joint strength and muscular alignment are better co-ordinated and tog...more

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Learn Basic Yoga - Simplicity Is The Key

...Have you been unable to think properly? Have you been so stressed lately? Are you person that would be easily pressured? These are some of the questions by some persons who do not have time to rest and relax. The answer to your problems could be to learn basic yoga.

If you have the attitude to always cram in every activity you do, there is a tendency that it would result disastrously. Meditation is the best way to overcome these problems (stressed, pressured). Expert says that the best effective way in meditating is when doing yoga.

What is yoga?

Yoga has been a spiritual practice in ...more

anatomy Of Yoga - Getting A Solid Foundation

...t affects the human anatomy.

When looking for a good Yoga teacher always check if the teacher has received training in basic anatomy. An incompetent and over enthusiastic teacher may try to push your body into positions it simply will not go, and this can of course cause serious injury.

A good place to start is comparative anatomy - which is understanding the underlying skeletal structure of the body, how the bones differ significantly from person to person, and how to use that knowledge in gaining a much deeper understanding of our individual Yoga practices.

A good curriculum for learning more about the anatomy of Yoga could look som...more

Insider Secrets to the Business of Teaching Yoga, Part 3

...ga teachers need to build their self-esteem too.

Since that time, I am never frustrated in traffic. I am not wasting all my time listening to a song for the 300th time, disc jockey antics that have lost any shock effect, or commercials. Seriously, I listen to the radio once in a great while, but the programming and songs dont change much.

Here is a list of audio books I recommend for the knowledge and the positive attitude adjustment. Some are no surprise, and most are classics.

How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

The Power of ...more

Yoga in Practice: Bhakti Yoga

...hy Bhakti Yoga has not managed to proliferate as well as Hatha Yoga, which is Union by physical mastery.

Could Bhakti Yoga be practiced by a Yoga practitioner who is not a Hindu? Lets ask, for example, could a Christian, Moslem, or Jew practice Bhakti Yoga and stay within the confines of his or her religion? Some already do.

This could be considered sectarian Yoga, when a number of Yoga practitioners, of the same religion, gather to worship, meditate, pray, sing, or chant. Attachment to God is not reserved to any one specific religion. Therefore, in principle, Bhakti Yoga can be practiced by members of any religion.

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