Silence as a Teaching Tool
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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 to expert insights on building (and maintaining) your teaching business.
Finding the Answers
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Beginner’s Mind
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When to Teach Jumping
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Bandhas for Beginners
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Yoga for Depression, Part I
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The Difference Between “Tadasana” and “Samasthiti”
Tadasana (Mountain Pose) is the posture that invokes Samasthiti. These poses are not different. They are the same.
Lost in Translation: Tips for Teaching Yoga to Nonnative English Speakers
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Help Your Students Build Strength
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Playing the Gender Game
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Something for Nothing?
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Teaching Sattva
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Yoga Teacher or Referee?
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Yoga for Anxiety and Panic Attacks
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Creating Your Niche
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Teaching Ujjayi Pranayama Versus “Belly Breathing”
Are belly breathing and Ujjayi the same? And can the have the opposite of their intended effect on some students?
Breathing Easy
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Easing Back Pain
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Vipassana: A Simple Mindfulness Meditation
Enhance your yoga practice and go deeper in your meditation with this vipassana meditation tutorial.
Savasana Dreaming
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Weighty Problems
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The Anatomy of Safe, Effective Stretching
Important as it is, stretching is easy to misunderstand or overdo. Help your students—and yourself—learn the basics behind this crucial element of yoga.
The Art of Verbal Communication
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Getting Creative with the Competition
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Enliven Your Teaching: From Routine to Animated
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Tips for Teaching Yoga to Teenagers
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When a Pose Is Shaky
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Aligning Hips and Knees
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Opening the Heart
Just as you can practice heart opening in your thoughts and emotions, you can also experience opening the heart space in your physical body.
The Yoga of Connection
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Teaching an Aging Population
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Yoga for Psychological and Emotional Problems
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Kinesthetic Clarity
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When Yoga Becomes Psychotherapy
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The Pros and Cons of Lengthy Bones
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Noncommittal Students
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Make Light of Tight Hips
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Does Size Matter?
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Inspiring Your Students to Practice
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How to Firm Feet for Balance Poses
A footloose approach isn't always for the best. Teach your students to firm up their feet for strong balance poses.
Does Music Belong in Your Yoga Class?
Consider the pros and cons of using music to complement your teaching.
The Role of Diet in Yoga Therapy
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Online Yogis: Expanding Your Teaching into Cyberspace
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Create a Theme-Centered Yoga Class
Discover how using themes can turn your yoga classes from mundane to memorable.
Understanding Synovial Fluid: How Yoga Can Prevent Inflamed Joints
Yoga helps circulate the synovial fluid inside your joints, but too much fluid is a sign of inflammation. Here’s how your yoga practice can both prevent and heal inflamed joints.
Sequencing Meditation into Your Class
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The Gift of Mentoring
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Guiding Students with Osteoporosis
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Beyond Asana: Other Yoga Therapy Tools
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Teaching Hearing-Impaired Students
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When is It Stealing?
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Breathe Easy
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When to Slow a Student Down
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Defining “Vinyasa”
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The Joy—and Challenge—of Teaching Beginners
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Does Weight Matter?
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Teaching during Medical Treatments—Or Not?
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Learning from Injury
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How to Structure a Yoga Therapy Session
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Inverted and in Trouble
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When Your Students Become Your Teachers
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3 Ways to Know You’re Ready to Teach Yoga
Whether you've practiced for years or just found yoga recently, there are a few things to think about before you start teaching yoga.
Yoga Sutra Study
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Yoga for Sinusitis
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How to Plan a Basic Class
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The Nature and Use of Yoga Props
The use of props in Iyengar Yoga has been one of the fruits of Mr. Iyengar's innovative genius—and also the object of jokes.
Teaching Students with Insomnia
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How to Exit Savasana
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The Teacher’s Guide to Sadhana
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Yoga Tips to Thaw a Frozen Shoulder
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Yoga in Schools
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Treating Knee Pain
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How to Assess Teacher Trainings
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Admitting an Error
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Climbing out of a Rut
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Leading the Blind
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How To Determine Your Proper Pay For Teaching With These Tips
Dean Lerner reveals how to uncover what your proper pay should look like when you start teaching yoga.
No Pain, No Gain?
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Behavior Management
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