Are We Ruining Our Students’ Intuition? – Empowering vs. Disempowering Teaching in Our Yoga Classes
“Listen to your intuition!” We see this on shirts, memes on IG and hear Yoga teachers spew it in class constantly. What does it mean? And, as teachers, are we truly helping our students connect to their intuition or making that connection worse through the way that we...
Sanskrit 101- For New Yoga Instructors
What is Sanskrit? Sanskrit translates to refined speech and it is the ancient language of India. Although it is no longer used in conversation it is used in teaching yoga because yoga was developed in Sanskrit. Why is it important for a yoga instructor to know?...
Work and Play in the Yoga Industry
I am thinking of becoming a yoga teacher and I want to learn about the Yoga Industry. Where can a yoga teacher work? How much money does a yoga teacher make? What can I expect to get paid and where? Once I have my 200-RYT certificate where do I...
What Is Yoga?
At the beginning of every teacher-training program I have my students write an essay on this very question. I ask them to do this before they read any of the manuals or textbooks for the course. As I’m sure you can imagine, I get many different answers. A quick...
Terms of Yoga
Sometimes going to a Yoga class can be like entering a foreign country where everyone speaks a different language! Nama-who? Don’t worry and please don’t be intimidated. I’m here to clarify some of those crazy words!These words we use in yoga class are in Sanskrit....
Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Nervous System How it relates to our yoga practice
Research has proven that yoga decrease inflammation, boost immune system function, and improves symptoms associated with chronic health conditions, such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. Yoga has also been proven to reducing depression, stress,...
