A large part of being a successful yoga professional is knowing how to cue in a way that clear, concise and meaningful. It was easier (although not simple) when people were in the room with us. Now that so many of our students may be on Zoom with their cameras off our job is [...]
Almost every student that comes to my class lately tells me how stressed out they are! Indeed many people are feeling more stress and less balance in body, mind and spirit than they were in 2019. They are putting a lot of faith in their yoga teachers to help them feel better. Student’s come [...]
I have been teaching prenatal yoga for over 15 years and training prenatal yoga teachers for 13 years. One might ask, “What keeps you so motivated after all this time?” While guiding pregnant women in a yoga practice is truly inspiring for me, it is so much more.One of the most gratify things that I [...]
By Manvi Singh, RYT-500 September 2016 Most of us have experienced a time when no one showed up for us. Whether it was a party that started at 7PM and by 8PM, still no one was there, a friend said, "I'll call you right back," and didn't call, or if no one comes to [...]
Yoga for Grief Relief Relevant Knowledge for Yoga Therapists By Antonio Sausys I was first struck by major grief at the age of 19 when my mother, my best friend, died of a stroke at age 52. The journey into the grief that followed my and it continues to do so today. At that [...]
Yoga Therapy is a 4,000 year old complementary healing modality that uses gentle body movement, breathing techniques and progressive relaxation practices to bring all the body systems into a synchronistic bio-rhythm that has been proven to engender healing. Science has recently taken a good hard look at the healing properties of yoga in regard [...]
As yoga teachers and therapists students often come to us and tell us they have digestive issues or hormonal imbalances, auto-immune disorders, or cancer. They’ve shown up because they’ve heard great things about yoga and they believe it may be able help them. If you’re nervous about how to help a student or client [...]
The Yogic sages offer us many practices to support our journey towards Self-Realization. If you’re like me you found asana first and it changed your life. In fact that may be why you became a yoga teacher! Yogis suggest asana may be necessary to settle and balance the body in preparation for meditation. For [...]
Reiki is a healing modality that was developed in 1922 by the Japanese Buddhist Mikao Usui. Translating Japanese into English is more of an art than exact science. The Japanese language has many layers of meaning. Context is very important. As an example, “Rei” is commonly translated as “ghost” and “Ki” as vapor. This [...]
Originally published on Harvard’s Medical blog. Since the 1970s, meditation and other stress-reduction techniques have been studied as possible treatments for depression and anxiety. One such practice, yoga, has received less attention in the medical literature, though it has become increasingly popular in recent decades. One 2012 national survey estimated, for example, that 8.7% [...]
