... for several years decided to start bringing her two daughters to one of my weekly yoga classes. She had been going through some difficult times, and to say the least, was pretty down and out. She arrived at my first yoga class wearing a baseball cap to conceal her long, gray streaked hair and wearing frumpy clothes (this was her usual look these days!). After three weeks of coming to yoga class, she walked through the door with a new funky hair do and three inch heels!! She came up to me after class and explained how the yoga had helped her to look within and find what she was missing. The diva within had been awakened!!

Some people may think that divadom is all about a look. They drape fashion over an empty shell. But a true diva simply accessorizes her inner beauty...more

Yoga is Suitable for Everyone

...Yoga is suitable for everyone, of any age or physical condition. This is due to the nonstrenuous nature of our approach to exercise, even people with physical limitations can find it beneficial to practice yoga. There are many different schools of Yoga. Here is a short list of some of the most well known and they are described below:

Hatha Yoga: It is physical movements and postures combined with breathing techniques. This is style that most people associate with the practice of Yoga.

raja Yoga: Sometimes refered to as the royal road, because it incorporates exercise and breathing practice with meditation, thought to produce a well-rounded individual.

Jnana Yoga: Or the path of wisdom....more

Designing a Plan to Become a Yoga teacher, Part 1

...munication, Marketing, and Networking.

How, in the world, can someone expect that kind of knowledge to be transmitted and processed in a weekend? There is a logical reason why 200 hours has become the Level 1 minimum international Yoga teacher training standard.

There is an unforeseen problem for Yoga interns, who desire to take a weekend certification course, in order to open the door to Yoga teaching as quickly as possible. This creates a dilemma of not having enough knowledge to be a safe Yoga teacher and not having the knowledge to stay in the Yoga teaching business.

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Yoga teacher Training Aspects - How to Teach Your Students About Presence

...l of awareness since they were children. Better yet, some students have admitted that they were living on auto-pilot, until they discovered this level of mental and physical awareness.

At this point, some literature about the values of Yama and Niyama will benefit your students. Please consider that we have not yet discussed basic meditation or higher levels of meditation. Is a student ready for meditation, if he or she has not learned to be present for the physical practice of Yoga? Truthfully, it is doubtful that he or she will be able to relax enough to meditate.

Beginner Yoga students have to learn to "unplug" from the technological world around them, and develop a basic level ...more

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