Recent Mentor Experts Articles

• Ask the Mentor Teacher:
  David Swenson
  

  Foremost Ashtanga authority David Swenson answers your yoga questions.
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• Ask the Mentor Teacher: Sarah Powers
  

  Insight Yoga founder and Mentor Expert Sarah Powers answers your yoga questions.
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• Ask the Mentor Teacher: Maty Ezraty
  

  Yoga Works Founder and Mentor Expert Maty Ezraty answers your yoga questions.
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• Ask the Mentor Teacher: Aadil Palkhivala
  

  Ayurvedic practitioner and naturopath Aadil Palkhivala answers your toughest yoga questions.
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• Market with Meaning
  

  How do you authentically market yoga without buying into society's heavy affiliation and obsession with aesthetics?

  —Anonymous

  
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• Expand Your Teaching
  

  What is the single most important thing you think a yoga teacher should know or do if they aspire to expand their teaching opportunities beyond their immediate local venues?

  —HKD

  
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• Help Students Unplug
  

  People are actually addicted to checking their cell phones in yoga class, and I'm not sure how to get them to stop. What are your thoughts for teachers facing this problem?

  —Suzanne

  
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• Even out Apparently Differing Leg Lengths
  

  One of my students has one leg shorter than the other. When I suggest use of a prop, he ignores me. I give reminders about keeping pelvic bones on an even plane as well. How can I help him?

  —Jo

  
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• Find Alternative Training
  

  I am in my fifties and have fibromyalgia. I began a teacher training program but found it way too physically demanding.

  The May Yoga Journal magazine had a wonderful article about the Integral Yoga Institute's Accessible Teacher Training, which is a pilot program in Oakland, California. This program sounded perfect for me, except that I am not located anywhere near it. How do others who have physical challenges and need to study at a slower pace get their yoga education? Are there any other training courses similar to this one that are available online or at other facilities throughout the country?

  —Anonymous

  
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• Post Hip-Replacement Poses
  

  I have a student who had hip replacement surgery in September. She mentioned that she has some pain when doing lunges. What poses should she avoid doing?

  —Helen

  
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• Building a Rural Studio
  

  I am in the early stages of building a yoga center in rural Vermont. Back in January, I ran a few ads and had enough encouraging responses that I started a Saturday morning class. My approach was to offer a set fee for any individual class and let the students determine their own personal commitment. What I have found is that students will come one or two times but can't really make a true commitment. Is it better to offer a series (say, eight weeks) and encourage people to commit up-front by offering a special price?

  —Marilyn

  
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• Help for Protruding Vertebrae
  

  I would love your ideas and insights into working with someone whose lumbar vertebrae stick out like the scales on a stegosaurus's back (she calls them her "dinosaur spine"). Backbends are challenging, as is reaching up for her feet when she is supine on the floor.

  —Sharon

  
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• Preventing Carpal Tunnel
  

  I'm a transcriber and I use my hands a lot. Which poses should I be cautious with? Specifically, do weight-bearing poses such as Adho Mukha Svanasana (Downward-Facing Dog)—which I love—increase the risk of carpal tunnel?

  —Mimi

  
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• Ask the Mentor Teacher: Annie Carpenter
  

  Master Vinyasa flow instructor Annie Carpenter answers your most challenging yoga questions.
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• Ask the Mentor Teacher: Timothy McCall
  

  Yoga Teacher and medical doctor Timothy McCall answers your most challenging teaching questions.
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