It’s challenging to think that simply lying with your legs up wall yoga pose may improve your mental or physical health. However, as yogis have known for thousands of years, the most basic postures can have the most profound results. This ancient position has so much to give, especially in a world beset with stress […]
We all know how yoga poses affect our bodies, but have you ever considered how they affect your thoughts, feelings, and psyche? I was thinking about this the other day while taking a vinyasa-style session. The teacher made up the poses as she walked along, putting them together spontaneously as the session progressed. I was […]
Congratulations on completing your RYT 200! What an accomplishment and time for self growth. Even after the self inquiry and transformative experience, you might still have some questions on the more technical side of things. Like, “Okay, I’m a yoga teacher but now what?” “What does this mean for me?” “How do I start teaching?” […]
1. Serve others and share your Yoga passion. Above everything you have to be committed and willing to serve other people and help them on their healing and spiritual journey. You have to understand that teaching a yoga class is not about you but always about your students and their process. You need to become […]
These days yoga studios are popping up right and left. From Costa Rica, to Croatia, Morocco, and of course, Bali, Yoga teacher trainings are covering the globe faster than eager study abroad college students. Though Yoga itself has been around for centuries, it has only recently exploded into the next biggest cultural phenomenon. Yoga leggings […]
Your Shades of Yoga RYT 200 or RYT 300 hour yoga teacher training course will take you beyond the basic principles of Hatha Yoga; teaching you how to take your own (and your students’) yoga practice to the next level by, among other things, engaging the bandhas to improve your physical form while simultaneously controlling the flow of prana […]
There are so many different styles of yoga, but there is one that differentiates itself further from the others: Yin Yoga. Yin Yoga is still a physical style of yoga but it has a completely different approach to the practice: a yin approach. The yin approach is all about the practice of surrender. When you […]
Till a few weeks ago, I used to practice yoga almost every day. I’d diligently go through vigorous practice on a daily basis, punctuated occasionally by a couple of off days. Seeing that I used to give the practice a couple of months miss altogether, I was pretty smug with this routine. A year ago […]
t is common to hear yoga teachers encouraging their students to keep coming back to work on those tight areas in the body. Promising their students that by returning to class they will increase their flexibility and in turn, range of movement. What most students don’t realise is that flexibility is not achievable if these classes are […]
