Avoiding Knee Pain
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Ulterior Motives?
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Savvy Sequencing
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Finding Balance
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Dump the Slump: Yoga Lessons For Better Posture
Good posture is possible even without your mom nagging you. One key is stretching and strengthening the muscles around your shoulder blades.
Overcome Your Obstacles When Teaching With Mirrors
Maty Ezraty gives advice on teaching with mirrors and how we should overcome these obstacles.
An Introduction to Yoga Therapy
Yoga therapy utilizes poses, breathing techniques, and meditation to benefit and improve overall health.
Breaking In: Why Can’t I Get A Teaching Job At A Studio?
Maty Ezarty breaks in on how to get a studio job after certification. Read on for crucial tips to jumpstart your career.
Teaching Motivation
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Teaching an Injured Student
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Reading the Room
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Staying Fresh
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Teach Mastery, Not Membership
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Rethinking Shoulderstand Scholarship
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Sock Police?
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Yoga for Water
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So You Think You Want to Be a Yoga Teacher
Before you take the leap into becoming a yoga teacher or instructor, here are some serious factors to consider.
Uncontrollable Muscle Shaking
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Share the Greatest Gift of Yoga with Meditation and Children
Present your knowledge of yoga in a fun and creative way through meditation and children.
Assessing Range of Motion in Downward Dog
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Yoga for Fuller Bodies
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Welcoming Pregnant Newcomers
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Q&A: Do I Need to Make Changes for Prenatal Teaching?
Gurmukh answers how pregnant yoga teachers can modify their methods.
Q&A: How Do I Balance Motherhood and Teaching?
Gurmukh offers advice for balancing parenthood with teaching yoga.
Ask Our Expert: Dean Lerner
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Mourning a Miscarriage
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How to Build Contraindication Confidence?
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Down Dog Rotation Remedy
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Create a Yogic Holiday Season
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Assessing Range of Motion in Squatting Poses
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Keeping Students Motivated
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Understanding Uttanasana
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Equanimity for the Ambitious
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Adjustments for Up Dog?
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How to Teach Meditation for Grounding
Meditation encourages students to apply the strength and balance generated during asana practice to learn how to manage their minds.
Help Your Students with RSS
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Aadil Palkhivala Explains How to Teach Ujjayi Breath
Some students struggle to grasp the source of Ujjayi breathing, while others tend to exaggerate it. What's the best way to teach Ujjayi breath?
When Religion and Yoga Are Confused
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Ask Our Expert: Desiree Rumbaugh
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Ask Our Expert: Leslie Peters
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Ask Our Expert: Tony Sanchez
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How to Save a Class
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Teaching the Spiritual Essence of Yoga with Integrity
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The Truth About Cracking + Popping Joints
There are many myths about joint cracking. Here's what you need to know.
Branding a Style of Yoga
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The Yoga Teacher’s Employment Contract – Part 3
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Asana as the Foundation of Higher Living
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The Myth of the Ideal Neck
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Yoga Wanderlust for Teachers
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Forging a Powerful Mind
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The Yoga Teacher’s Employment Contract, Part 2
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Debunking the Tucked Pelvis
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One-on-One Time
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Using the Five Elements to Purify Our Being
How to use nature's five basic elements to find balance and harmony in the body.
Two Layers of Stretch
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The Yoga TeacherÂ’s Employment Contract, Part 1
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Yoga in the Silver Years
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Healthy Joint Stress: Through the Hands of a Yogi
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Ethics, Adjustments, and Cathartic Release
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Karma: Facing our Destiny with Free Will
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Child’s Play: Kickstart Your Imagination By Teaching Yoga To Kids
Teaching yoga to kids can be difficult - but if you can restart your imagination, you'll learn as much from them as they learn from you.
Keeping the Joints Happy
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Insurance and Dually Trained Yoga Teachers
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Yoga and Samkhya: Purifying the Elements of the Human Being
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Yoga for Emotional Trauma
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Exercise and Sacrifice
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Teaching Context
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How Integrative Medicine May Affect Yoga Teaching and Business
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Rework the Taoist Idea of Yin and Yang for the 3 Tissues of Your Body
Differentiate these tissues by understanding the Taoist yin and yang so you can help your students open their bodies appropriately.
How to Choose a Yoga Teacher Training Program
So you've decided you want to be a teacher. With so many excellent choices, how can you be sure you're picking the right one for you?
The Ethics and Liabilities of Touch
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Yoga: The Path to Universal Being
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The Legal Implications of Health Advice, Part 2
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Teaching the Essence of Yoga
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How to Teach a Multi-Level Class
Learn how to teach an effective multi-level class that benefits students of all experience levels.
Lifting the Arms, Part 3: Lengthen Latissimus Dorsi for Higher Reach and Deeper Backbends
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The Debate: Teach With English or Sanskrit Pose Names?
It's a central debate in the West: should we use the Sanskrit names when we teach? You may be surprised to learn just how many reasons there are to do so.
Love, or Living Without Regret
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