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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.
Yoga for Anxiety and Panic Attacks
Check out Timothy McCall MD's author page.
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.
Yoga Teacher or Referee?
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Savasana Dreaming
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Weighty Problems
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Enliven Your Teaching: From Routine to Animated
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Getting Creative with the Competition
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Tips for Teaching Yoga to Teenagers
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The Art of Verbal Communication
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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.
When a Pose Is Shaky
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Yoga for Psychological and Emotional Problems
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Kinesthetic Clarity
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Noncommittal Students
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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 Pros and Cons of Lengthy Bones
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The Yoga of Connection
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Teaching an Aging Population
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When Yoga Becomes Psychotherapy
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Make Light of Tight Hips
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Aligning Hips and Knees
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Does Music Belong in Your Yoga Class?
Consider the pros and cons of using music to complement your teaching.
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.
The Role of Diet in Yoga Therapy
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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.
Create a Theme-Centered Yoga Class
Discover how using themes can turn your yoga classes from mundane to memorable.
Teaching Hearing-Impaired Students
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When is It Stealing?
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Breathe Easy
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Guiding Students with Osteoporosis
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Beyond Asana: Other Yoga Therapy Tools
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Sequencing Meditation into Your Class
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The Gift of Mentoring
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When to Slow a Student Down
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Does Weight Matter?
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The Joy—and Challenge—of Teaching Beginners
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Defining “Vinyasa”
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When Your Students Become Your Teachers
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Teaching during Medical Treatments—Or Not?
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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.
How to Structure a Yoga Therapy Session
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Inverted and in Trouble
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Learning from Injury
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Yoga Sutra Study
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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.
How to Plan a Basic Class
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Teaching Students with Insomnia
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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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How to Exit Savasana
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Yoga in Schools
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How to Assess Teacher Trainings
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Climbing out of a Rut
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Admitting an Error
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Treating Knee Pain
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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.
Ethical Culture
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Behavior Management
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Coordinating Yoga Therapy with Doctors and Other Health Professionals
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The Rise of Eco-Friendly Yoga Studios
Find out why creating an eco-friendly yoga studio is becoming a popular business practice of ahimsa, non-harming.
Poses for Controlling Weight
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Taking Care of the Knee
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Postures for High Blood Pressure
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No Pain, No Gain?
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Postures for Low Blood Pressure
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Sitting Right
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Teaching With a Detached Retina
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Restoratives for Chemo Patients
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How to Teach Yoga for the Core
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Doing Yoga Therapy Safely, Part II
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Doing Yoga Therapy Safely, Part I
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Teaching Yoga in the Workplace
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