The Art Of Yoga And It’s Amazing Health Benefits

The art of yoga is a rather tough subject to discuss today. Globalization seems to have a devastating impact on this ancient concept. To facilitate people’s understanding, the mysteries of yoga and all its intricacies have been simplified into the modern day version of yoga practice. Western civilization may find its contents to be mystical and complex, thus finds it hard to understand. To be on the safe side, it is good to gain a thorough understanding of a particular subject before you begin... Read more »

Can Yoga And Yoga Meditation Cure And Relieve Stress?

Stress is something that is grasping more people today than it has ever done in mans history. It seems like as we move forward, and technology moves forward, that we have to work and move faster which ultimately causes stress. Can an ancient practice called yoga and yoga meditation be the cure and reliever that so many people need today? It is quite strange how the two can mix. How can today’s people do yoga, most people would say, however, more and more people don’t hold such a view.... Read more »

Yoga Instructor Training - Yoga For Cancer Recovery

Yoga cannot replace the medical treatment that cancer survivors must experience. However, gentle, restorative yoga speeds the recovery process and provides therapeutic healing to a ravaged body. Cancer does not discriminate, and strikes young and old with impunity. The good thing about yoga is that it offers an appropriate therapy, exercise program, and even life path, for anyone young, old, or in between. The benefits go far beyond improved flexibility and relaxation. Yoga sets cancer survivors... Read more »

Yoga Solutions for Back Pain

Almost everyone has had some sort of back pain during the course of their lives. For most, it eventually goes away. For some, however, back pain never goes away. Yoga could be the answer to back pain. Recent studies show that regular yoga practice can have an extraordinary effect on relieving the stiffness and agony of chronic back pain. Yoga provides relief from back pain in several different ways. This has to do with the way the spine is affected by the alignment and function of all the parts of... Read more »

Become a Certified Yoga Teacher - Do You Have a Passion for Your Job?

Among Yoga teachers, there is a common thread, which we may refer to as a “calling” toward teaching classes. A passion stirs inside each one of us to become a yoga teacher because we see how much the Yogic path has helped us personally. We see what a difference Yoga can make in any person’s life. Let’s consider what factors motivate people to go to work. We might be able to boil these prime motivations down into three groups. The desire for money, status, and passion, are... Read more »

Yoga For Losing Weight

With America tipping the scales on obesity, and weight-related health problems, it is more important than ever for all of us to stay fit. Many of us have already gone past the ideal weight category. We need to find our way back to a healthy, fit form. Yoga cannot entirely replace the benefits of regular aerobic activity, such as walking, but yoga can provide the basis for a healthier lifestyle. What Hollywood and the “get skinny quick” master minds of modern marketing would have you believe... Read more »

Yoga Teacher Ethics Standards

No overruling organization for yoga instructors determines official, professional behavior standards, or even certification. Yoga professionals still debate over where certain lines should be drawn. Yet, certain ethics are inherent in the yogic path, and yoga instructors will do well to adhere to them. The most important thing to remember, as a yoga teacher, is that you are helping to shape the well-being of your students, through your instruction. Respect the place that you occupy as a teacher.... Read more »

Secret To Breathing And Relaxing With Yoga

Turbaned gurus, sing-song mantras and bodily contortions . . . the promise of true enlightenment and omphaloskepsis (contemplation of the naval) completes the cliche. But don’t knock yoga till you’ve tried it, and then only with respect. Yoga means to bind together — variously joining sun and moon, left and right, male and female, and any number of yins and yangs — through ascetic techniques of meditation and exercise. The goal is physical and mental balance. Indian Hatha’... Read more »

Teaching Hatha Yoga - Instilling Positive Thoughts in Your Students

There are times when Yoga students are temporarily struggling with negative thoughts. This happens to many people because moods can change over the course of hours, days, or weeks. There are also times, when some people have a natural negative default mechanism in their thinking. For Yoga students to see reality, and experience self-worth, they must develop their awareness skills. A person who is constantly negative may not even realize it. For anyone to change, they must first be aware of the need... Read more »

Teaching Chair Yoga - The Real Need for More Trained Instructors

If you think, for a second, that there are enough Yoga instructors available already - think again. Each geographic area has different needs, but optimum health is needed everywhere. When looking at the needs of students with Multiple Sclerosis, Arthritis, Parkinson’s disease, Ataxia, and students who are recovering from a stroke, this need is only the “tip of the iceberg.” The need for instructors, who can teach Yogic health maintenance, from a chair, goes far deeper than any of... Read more »