Make Room for Emotions
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Pick up practical advice from top teachers on how to improve your yoga teaching career—from in-depth information on yoga anatomy to smart sequencing tips and expert insights to build (and maintain) your teaching business.
Pick up practical advice from top teachers on how to improve your yoga teaching career—from in-depth information on yoga anatomy to smart sequencing tips and expert insights to build (and maintain) your teaching business.
How Long to Follow a Sequence?
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How Tea Helps to Digest Yoga
Check out Angela Pirisi's author page.
Build a Yoga Community
Check out Brenda K. Plakans's author page.
Virtues and Vices
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A Stinky Situation
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Teach More than Asana
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The Anatomy of a Satisfying Side Stretch
Help even your stiffest students get the most from sidebends.
Correct with Kindness
Check out Melissa Garvey's author page.
Modifying Child’s Pose
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Attracting Beginners
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Working with Students Who Have Yoga Injuries, Part 1
Check out Timothy McCall MD's author page.
The Next Step
Check out Sara Avant Stover's author page.
Facing Uncertain Economic Times
Check out Jodi Mardesich's author page.
Teaching Through Tough Times – Yoga and Grief
Check out Sara Avant Stover's author page.
The Safest Approach to Great Glutes
A toned backside is a beautiful thing, especially when you learn to relax your posterior hip muscles.
How to Use the Body Affect the Mind
Various yogic tools take advantage of the links between mind and body, to benefit both.
Yoga for At-Risk Populations
Check out Molly M. Ginty's author page.
The YJ Interview: Ian Lopatin
Hip-hop yogi and Spiritual Gangster founder Ian Lopatin talks about Bikram, the beat, and making yoga more American.
How to Support Students’ Injuries During Yoga Class
Learn how to modify and teach students who tell you about a sprain, strain, or pain.
When Thieves Come Knocking
Check out Melissa Garvey's author page.
How to Protect Your Low Back in Forward Bends
Check out Julie Gudmestad's author page.
Neck Alignment Tips to Make You Love Triangle Pose
Learn how to keep Trikonasana from being a pain in the neck.
Understanding the Mind-Body Connection
Yoga deepens our understanding of the links between our states of mind and our bodies, and vice versa.
Pressures of Partnering
Check out Kelly McGonigal's author page.
Strength, Not Strain
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Marketing 101
Check out Sage Rountree's author page.
Marketing Yoga the Yogic Way
Check out Dan Charnas's author page.
Patience with Negative Students
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Anxiety Attacks in Yoga Class
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The Importance of Savasana
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Regaining Lost Confidence
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Body Language: Speak Volumes Without Saying a Word
Learn to let your body language convey relaxed authority and a centered focus on your students.
Dress for Success
Check out Sara Avant Stover's author page.
Check Your Neck: How to Avoid Neck Tension By Releasing the Jaw
Help your students safely relax the neck, shoulders, and jaw to release the tension that stores in those areas.
Tools for Teaching Postnatal Yoga
Check out Brenda K. Plakans's author page.
Strengthen Your Shoulder Muscles + Improve Shoulderstand
To soar skyward in Shoulderstand, press your arms strongly into the earth.
Class Clown
Check out Melissa Garvey's author page.
Assessing Your Students’ Progress in Yoga, Part 2
Check out Timothy McCall MD's author page.
Tools for Teaching Prenatal Yoga: The Third Trimester
Help your third-trimester students use yoga to ease physical discomfort and prepare for labor.
Assessing Your Students’ Progress in Yoga, Part 1
Check out Timothy McCall MD's author page.
Tools for Teaching Prenatal Yoga: The Second Trimester
Help your students get the most out of their practice during these middle months.
6 Ways to Plan an Inspiring Yoga Class
A veteran teachers explores the balance between planning and spontaneity.
How to Safely Teach Neck Rolls + Stretches to Your Yoga Students
While neck rolls and stretches can be great for calming stressed students, they're not safe for everyone. Here, discover the two things you should be wary about, and how to teach yoga exercises for the neck safely to your students.
Teaching Prenatal Yoga: What You Need to Know about the First Trimester
If you teach yoga regularly, you will have a pregnant student in your class at some point. Learn what to do to encourage a healthy first trimester.
Energize Tired Backbends
Check out Melissa Garvey's author page.
Use Your Imagination
Check out Timothy McCall MD's author page.
Substitute Solutions
Check out Dan Charnas's author page.
Balancing Business and Karma
Check out Meghan Searles Gardner's author page.
Repetition Versus Variety
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When Students Snore
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Seeking Balance
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All in the Family
Check out Sara Avant Stover's author page.
Babysitting at Yoga Studios
Check out Sage Rountree's author page.
Yoga Therapy for Rare or Undiagnosed Medical Conditions
Check out Timothy McCall MD's author page.
Have More Fun Teaching
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Righting the Wrists
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Know What You Know
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Ease the Discomfort of Chanting
Q: I am very fond of chanting—my students do not all have the same reaction.
How to Teach Savasana: Help Students Master Corpse Pose
Help your students fully experience the benefits of Corpse Pose (Savasana), through the exploration of their anatomy.
Sink into Stillness
Check out Sara Avant Stover's author page.
Exercises for Altitude Sickness
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Pregnancy and Teaching
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Learning the Business
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Manage Your Emotions: Advice From Ana Forrest
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Yoga for Chronic Pain, Part 3
Check out Timothy McCall MD's author page.
Addressing Scent and Sensitivity in Class
Check out Angela Pirisi's author page.
Tips on Flying
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Yoga and Hinduism
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Take a Breath
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Lost in Doubt
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Tools for a Spiritually Diverse Class
Check out Melissa Garvey's author page.
To Each Their Own, to Teach Their Own
Check out Dan Charnas's author page.
Ask the Mentor Teacher Panel 2010
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Yoga for Chronic Pain, Part 2
Check out Timothy McCall MD's author page.
Sound Advice for Teachers on Audio in Yoga Classes
Avoid audio fiascoes with these tips from a yoga teacher/sound engineer.
Should Students Adjust Students?
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Shouldering the Weight Burden
Check out Julie Gudmestad's author page.
Only When They’re Ready
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Bringing It Home
Check out Sara Avant Stover's author page.