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Getting Off Track and Back on…. A Yoga Teacher Shares His Journey
I would like to share a few lines with you to keep you in the loop of my progress with yoga (specifically) the online chair yoga course. Three days ago (9/3/16) I celebrated my one year anniversary as a stroke survivor. One year since everything in my (and my wife's)...
Why Core Strengthening Helps with Organ Prolapse as we Age
"My doctor says I don't need surgery any longer!" Those words came from one of my 70-something year old Chair Yoga students recently. She was beaming from ear to ear. Guess what the proposed surgery was?..... prolapse repair. Shhhh... most people don't want to talk...
How to Turn a Factoid into a Yoga Class Sequence
How can we continually come up with something "new" every time we teach? Follow the 70/30 formula. Which is 70% of what you teach in a Yoga class is familiar to your students and 30% is new (or a new twist on an old thing!) How can we fill in that 30% that keeps...
Students and Teachers: How they Come and Go
I read an interesting article about the importance of Community to support our health. One of the suggestions was to find a Yoga studio or Yoga gathering... because love, joy and spiritual nourishment often reside there. I will say firsthand I know that to be true. As...
SI Joint Test: Does Compression or Traction Feel Better?
When did "SI Joint" become such a household phrase? Maybe it is because people are becoming more in-tuned with their low back pain and want to zero in on the source. Or maybe there are more diagnostics that identify an SI joint issue....or maybe there are more...
Your Energy Tank – How Many Classes Do You Teach a Week?
Sipping passion tea in the summer breeze, a Yoga therapist-in-training and I had a wonderful chat about teaching Yoga to people with physical, mental and emotional challenges. She teaches at the local military base to active personnel, as well as other places... and...
Sharing Yoga at a Better Breathers Club at a Local Hospital
Stepping up and stepping out into our local communities gives Yoga a louder voice. If you find yourself stuck in a teaching rut at studios and gyms - consider spreading your wings! Here's Justine Shelton, Co-Director of the Yoga Vista Studio, presenting to the Better...
How To Train Your Observation Skills
One of the final course assignments in our Online Chair Yoga Certification Program is to go out into the community and observe people's postures and come up with beneficial Yoga asanas. This observation practice brings together 3 necessary skills needed for a Yoga...
We Are Just as Needed as Physical Therapists and Doctors!
We Are Just as Needed as Doctors, Physical Therapists and other Healthcare Professionals I (Sherry) had the wonderful opportunity to spend a week with my family during my North Carolina visit. In that one week, we celebrated my Mom and Sister's Birthdays and my...
Why Yoga Teachers Care
Lorna is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. Probably in her mid 80's by now. Her skin glows and she says her blushed cheeks and pink lips are all natural gifts. I had not seen her for a few months at my regular Assisted Living Chair Yoga class. I missed her....
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