Recent Philosophy/Spirituality Articles

• Secrets of Sanskrit
  

  By learning the ins and outs of the Sanskrit language, you can transmit the teachings of yoga on a deeper level.
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• Forgive Your Flaws
  

  Trying to live up to unrealistic expectations won't serve you or your students. Here's how to balance being a role model and a normal person with imperfections.
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• When Your Students Become Your Teachers
  

  It's not unusual to see yourself in your students. How do you learn from them while maintaining the neutral distance?
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• Only When They're Ready
  

  Learn when to bring yoga to family and friends—and when not to.
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• Teaching Through Tough Times
  

  Learn how to use your personal challenges to find your authentic voice, fortify your teachings, and inspire your students.
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• Teaching Yoga without Chanting
  

  Learn how to create a beneficial class without mantras, kirtan, or Oms.
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• When It's Legit to Quit
  

  How to decide when it's OK to leave your class, or leave teaching altogether.
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• Leaving a Legacy
  

  How today's leading teachers and their students balance tradition with innovation.
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• How Tea Helps to Digest Yoga
  

  Enjoyed for centuries as a healthy drink, tea also has merits as a postyoga refreshment with the ability to foster community and dialogue among students—while soothing the senses, too.
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• Hitting the Right Note
  

  Lull your students into deeper relaxation by integrating singing bowls to your teaching.
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• The Teacher's Guide to Sadhana
  

  Does being a yoga teacher mean sacrificing yourself to a regimen of personal yoga that can begin to feel more like overkill and obligation? Or does teaching yoga essentially give you a free pass when it comes to determining your personal practice?
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• Om-Inspired
  

  Getting comfortable with using chanting and kirtan in your hatha yoga classes can take your teaching to new heights.
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• Teach Mastery, Not Membership
  

  Cultivate in your students the self-reliance to help them master their own goals and become self-sufficient in their practice, rather than becoming simply "good" yoga students or members of a particular yoga style.
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• Teaching Meditation to Children
  

  Introducing children to yoga, meditation, and spirituality is one of the greatest gifts we can give them. It can set their future on a nourishing and creative course. As teachers, we need to know how to present this knowledge so that children of different ages will receive the most benefit from it.
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• Create a Yogic Holiday Season
  

  The holiday season can be joyful, a time to share what we have with family and friends. However, it can be a stressful time if we allow hectic schedules and commercial pressures to drive us. For yogis, the holiday season is a golden opportunity to practice yoga outside of the classroom, actually applying all the skills we have been honing over the year.
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