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More Communication Skills for Yoga Teachers

...When Yoga teachers gather in a workshop to hear a lecture about communication - what is the first topic that comes to mind? Is it cueing skills, voice inflection, or when to ask a student for permission to assist? Those are important issues for anyone who teaches Yoga, but lets take a look at many more areas that could use some work.

Communication is a two way street. How can we exchange ideas if students are made to feel stupid for asking questions? Granted, Yoga classes cannot operate like an open forum, if you have a lesson plan in mind, but a student who is experiencing pain should not have to feel bad for asking about it. Nor should he or she have to wait until the end of class to ask an impatient teacher about his or her pain.

listen Empathically: When a student asks a Yoga-related question du...more

Yoga Proving Popular for Kids

...You may know the benefits of yoga for adults, but do you know about all the benefits your kids can gain from a little yoga practice each week? Yoga is rapidly gaining favor as both an alternative and a complement to traditional kids sports. It is yogas wide range of benefits that is making it increasingly popular with all types of kids. Physically, yoga improves kids strength and flexibility, as well as their balance and coordination. Mentally, its breathing exercises improve kids ability to focus and relieve anxiety.

What can yoga offer my child?
The ability to control stress
Children are sometime under a great deal of stress. Yoga can help your child learn how to relax. Through yoga, your child learns how to breathe correctly, taking longer, slower breaths, and relaxing his body through breath. He can then apply this to his world when he encounters challenging situations.

A healthier body
Did you know that 17.1% of children from the ages of 2-19 years of age are facing obesity in the United States?1 Thats 1.1 million children! The good news is there are great benefits from practicing yoga. Yoga is a powerful technique for children to begin moving their bodies in ways that feel good, as well as learning to take care of and respect their bodies. Yoga can also help your child become stronger, and gain endurance and flexibility. If your child is involved in another sport, a regular yoga practice is a great cross training activi...more

The Purpose of Yoga- Enhanced Intelligence

...ical health, and enhancing your intelligence.

After all this nurturing of body and mind, you may want to meditate before bedtime. You could start with a ten minute session of breath awareness, good thought, and mindfulness.

The results will be that you sleep better and your dreams will be better. Thats right If you think good thoughts during meditation, at night, your dreams tend to be good ones.

When you wake up the next morning, your intelligence must be enhanced, with all of the educated choices you made the day before. At the very least, you will wake up with the power of Yoga in your heart and your mind.

Copyright 2007 Paul Jerard / Aura Publications<...more

Yoga Versus pilates - Which Should I Do?

... way of exercising. In fact, it is a lifestyle change that many people need to take seriously. This type of program is centered on the spiritual healing of the body as well as the physical aspects. It uses a wide combination of breathing and movements to get the body back into its targeted range. Yoga is something that encompasses the entire lifestyle in ethical, spiritual and physical form.

It is important to note that yoga is centered on meditation and that the poses that are done are done to allow for better concentration and better medita...more

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