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How Close Should We Get to our Students?
How close should we get to our students? I think every Yoga Teacher asks this question time and time again. How can we be compassionate, caring, involved and available to each and every one of the lives we touch in our Yoga classes? I am sorry to say that I don't have...
A Tutorial on How to Stretch the Piriformis Muscle
I spoke with a 20-something Yoga Teacher this week who told me she was teaching 5 "scripted" Hot Yoga classes every week. For 60 minutes, she guides a roomful of students through the same routine. I thought about all the great questions that come up randomly while I...
How to Go Forth and Teach Chair Yoga at your Local Libraries
Tips from Lori in Canada! I just had to tell you how amazing my life is today! Last summer I went to several libraries regarding teaching Chair Yoga to over 50's who can't get down on a mat and the response was overwhelming. This summer my life has been blessed...
Considerations in Teaching Yoga Using Study Protocols by Justine Shelton, C-IAYT
Overview Protocols are needed for studies to confirm that Yoga is indeed effective in treating Chronic Low Back Pain. Their nature is to take an asana treatment plan that can be applied across a broad population to substantiate the positive effects of the practice....
Damaged basal ganglia cause Parkinson’s and Huntington’s diseases
Justine and I read alot about health, wellness, aging, Yoga and especially senior health. We often are sending each other articles and links about some interesting news or tidbits and asking each other what we think. It could be anything from some medical research...
Why Teach Yoga at Senior Care Facilities
The courageous and the lonely. That is what I see in the beautiful people at the various Senior Care facilities where I teach Chair Yoga. Almost all of them are in wheelchairs with some kind of physical or mental limitation. I would say half are stroke survivors and...
Teaching Ideas outside the Box
I had conversations with six different Yoga teachers this week. From Michigan and Indianapolis, to N. Carolina and Arizona and two fairly local to where I live in California. All of us are in the age range between 50 and 70. And what amazed me about these individual...
What to do with Students who get Dizzy in Yoga?
Do you worry about your students? How can we not! We worry when they don't show up. We wonder how they are doing with that sore shoulder, or the low back twinge they told us about. And we often worry that they might trip, fall and get hurt ... and especially not to...
Get Your Students to Take their Shoes & Socks Off
How can we keep on bringing new ideas into our Yoga Teaching? How can we learn new ways to explain or reinforce important concepts? How can we get out of our own teaching rut? I have a simple answer that takes a little work on our parts. There are two steps involved....
Traveling the Rural Ireland Countryside to Teach Chair Yoga!
What makes us smile? It's hearing from Yoga Teachers like yourself who share how much they are learning from our free Teacher resources, our online workshops, certification programs, and our YouTube video vignettes. I think you know by now that our small team of...
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