Anusara is now one of the fastest-growing styles of yoga around, with some 1,000 teachers worldwide and about 200,000 students—some of ... (continued)
Students who master alignment in Mountain Pose may have trouble maintaining it in Headstand when their world turns upside down. Here are some specific exercises to help your students attain verticality by sensing their alignment from the inside out.
Students who struggle with Downward-Facing Dog may have limited range of motion (ROM) in one or more of four important joints. Learn how to assess your students' ROM and help them modify their Down Dog.
We all come to the mat with physical strengths and weaknesses. In this article, learn how to identify the common misalignment patterns so you can guide your students to a place of balance.
The philosophy that one must give in order to get applies not only to the social world, but also to the physiology of muscle growth. Here's why sacrifice is essential to growing strong.
There are many myths about joint cracking. The two most common are that our knuckles will get bigger if we crack them, or we will get arthritis. Neither of these is likely, but there is truth to the idea that some forms of cracking are undesirable.
Your students expect you to individualize your instructions to them, help them modify poses for their bodies, and steer clear of injuries caused by poor alignment. But it's hard to do those things if you don't have a sound base of knowledge of human anatomy. This channel has many articles on basic anatomy terminology and detailed anatomy information specific to parts of the body and popular yoga poses.
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