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By Faye Martins What is the best yoga teacher training for you? Are you thinking about making the transition from being a student of yoga to a yoga instructor? these days, it seems that nearly every yoga studio offers a yoga teacher training program. For yoga studios, training instructors is big business. However, how do you know which programs are the most qualified? the following three questions will help you find the best yoga teacher training programs for you.

By: Virginia Iversen, M.Ed Summer is often the time of year when many of us pursue a variety of outdoor athletic activities. the balmy weather entices many Yogis and Yoginis to engage in a diversity of outdoor recreational sports including bicycling, rock climbing, swimming, and running. the abundance of available outdoor athletic activities is almost endless during the warmer months of the year. However, so is the potential for sports-related injuries, such as torn Achilles tendons, shoulder sprains and lower back injuries.

By Faye Martins Vinyasa Yoga is a form of yoga that links the breath, movement, and poses together. the Sanskrit word, "Vinyasa," has a variety of meanings; but the most common reference is to the connection between breath and movement. Vinyasa is sometimes referred to as Flow Yoga, reflecting the emphasis on the movement, or ebb and flow, between poses.

By Claude Aoukar 200 hour yoga teacher training programWhen teaching yoga, I used to start the session in Tadasana asking the students to breath in and out, feeling each vertebra of the body in order to achieve focus, concentration and stillness of the mind. One day I was interrupted by a young athletic lady who asked me, "What were the advantages of going so slow?" I felt that a few notions of chakras and band has would be necessary to answer her demands.

By Dr. Paul Jerard, E-RYT 500 Yoga has been proven as an extremely effective way to relieve stress, strengthen the body and mind, and improve overall health. Those who practice Yoga, on a regular basis, understand just how powerful the effects can be. Over time, the body seems to crave the feelings of strength and limberness a Yoga session brings. Yoga also provides a feeling of peace and well-being to the mind. Employees with high stress levels can benefit greatly from regular Yoga routines.

By Faye Martins The hips hold a tremendous amount of tension. Yoga training poses for muscular tension in The hip area also reduce lower back tension. When our lower backs are tense, our neck and shoulder areas also become tense, and our alignment is not optimally supported. Yoga poses that release tension in The hip area help to increase energy by increasing The flow of life force energy throughout The entire body.

By: Virginia Iversen, M.Ed Teaching Yoga to students who are recovering from surgery, living with chronic illness or contending with an injury poses a unique challenge to both the teacher and the students. A challenge can also be viewed as an opportunity to sink more deeply into the Yogic teachings that underlie asana practice. One of the primary contemplative practices of Yoga is the awareness and implementation of ahimsa or non-violence into every level of one's life, including all of the various aspects of Yoga.

By Dr. Paul Jerard, E-RYT 500 How can you improve your life with Yoga? Although the virtues of Yoga have been recognized in India for thousands of years, western medicine is just beginning to do the clinical research needed to scientifically document its benefits. Introduced by Swami Vivekananda, to the United States, in the late 19th century, Yoga became well known, more than a half century later, in the 1960s - when pop culture icons, such as the Beatles, introduced it to their fans.

By Faye Martins How to open a Yoga class is a unique craft, but it is not that complicated. Yoga students need to unplug from the world around them first. the Yoga teacher is a guide on the path to inner peace and the opening is the first step on this path.

By Kimaya Singh How can we teach Yoga to golfers? Golf centers, courses and retail stores can be found almost everywhere. Golf is a popular game that seems to involve hitting a small ball into a small hole. True golfers know it is much more than that. It's a game of great skill and precision, great concentration and focus. Many golfers complain of lower back pain due to the twisting of the spine during each swing. Yoga training can be an effective way to strengthen the core, loosen the spine and improve any golfer's focus. Private yoga sessions for golfers might be the key to their success on and off the course.

By: Virginia Iversen, M.Ed There are many different ways to modify Yoga classes in order to adjust The pace and intensity levels of The workout to better meet your students' needs. When people think about Yoga, They often think of a languid, but relaxing workout that is practiced in a serene health-spa setting. However, The sequence or krama of Yoga postures and The pacing of your class will determine The level and results of The practice. For example, if you are teaching classes in an area where many of your Yoga students are dedicated skiers and snowboarders, you may want to include strengThening Yoga asanas that will support your students in excelling in These sports, while preventing injuries.

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By Kimaya Singh If you decide to become a Yoga teacher, you realize that complete (holistic) health involves the mental, physical, emotional and spiritual planes of existence. Physical activity is not only important for a healthy body it is also good for the mind and emotional well-being. Yogic methodology is a great example of a form of exercise that can help improve focus and discipline inside as well as outside. It strengthens muscle tone and flexibility. By using proper breathing techniques and concentrating on moving correctly through the poses, it forces us to concentrate on the present and what we are doing in the moment. That focus can help to release stress and the nervous tension that we all too often feel.

By Bhavan Kumar The romance between yoga and your hinge joints is a bittersweet one. In addition to being very conscious of your knees, it is also imperative to be mindful of your elbows. EiTher of These complex hinge joints can easily be hyperextended, which can lead to injury and pain. Generally speaking, hyperextensions require rest to heal, which means that holding postures will be better for you than flowing through Them. For teachers, this means recommending a student to The restorative class and advising him or her to avoid The vinyasa class. Additionally, postures that stress The elbows will not help The healing process.

Hiccups are an uncontrollable reflex of the human body. What exactly goes on within the body to generate this weird sound is highly debated. the fact that hiccups can be heard and seen from fetuses suggests that the central circuit involved in producing hiccups...

Hiccups are unwanted contractions of the diaphragm - the muscle that participates in breathing. Although evolutionary scientists have a few theories, the exact cause and purpose of hiccups is unknown. they remain a unique and age-old feature of the human physiology that continues to elude scientists to this day.

By Dr. Paul Jerard, E-RYT 500 Gentle forms of Hatha Yoga can help anyone who suffers from arthritis. Depending on the type, stage, and where arthritis is located in the body, a Yoga session will have to be modified to match the needs of the student. This can make the search for the right Yoga class, and a compassionate teacher difficult, at best.

By Dr. Paul Jerard, E-RYT 500 What is the value of Yoga Nidra (sleep of the Yogis)? Deep relaxation techniques, taught in Yoga classes, can become life savers outside the class. Although we should not take sleep period short cuts, Yoga Nidra is effective for bringing the mind and body to a state of rest, while the mind maintains awareness.

By Michael Gleason Can Yoga help women suffering with postpartum back pain? The literal meaning of yoga is to join or to yoke. And after a life-changing event, such as giving birth, resuming your yoga practice is very important in order for a moTher to feel whole again - especially in The singular sense. During The postpartum segment of young moTherhood is The reality of back pain or discomfort. First, a moTher has been carrying a baby whilst The embryo developed into an infant. Second, The care for an infant includes nursing, skin-to-skin contact in order to bond, and rocking.

By Jenny Park It is such an accomplishment to complete your first teacher-training course. Unquestionably, making the decision where and how to become certified was no doubt a major one. You had to choose whether it would be online, local, abroad, intensive, or spread out over several months or years and cost was certainly also a factor. therefore, at the end when you completed the education, you probably exhaled a sigh of gratitude and relief, while mentally checking the achievement off the list in your mind. Nevertheless, remember the education is never over.

By Dr. Paul Jerard, E-RYT 500 Neck and shoulder pain seem to be a universal problem in the world today - thanks to the time spent hunched in front of a computer and behind the wheel in lengthy commutes. Many people tighten their neck muscles when they experience stress or when they concentrate, exacerbating the problem. How can the neck and shoulders be relaxed? How can Yoga help maintain health in the upper body?