Common Mistakes of Yoga Teachers
If students seem to be dropping away from a class, perhaps some of the common mistakes of yoga teachers are being made. Here are some of the mistakes, and how to correct or avoid them in our yoga classes.
How Yoga Teachers Can Prevent Student Injuries
Yoga goes right to the heart of the matter with hard hitting asanas that target very specific regions of the anatomy. That’s what makes yoga so unique. Because of this, forcing the body to go down into an asana before one is physically prepared or with improper alignment has a high potential for injury.
Independent Study for Yoga Teachers
Yoga teachers might consider going into a more specialized area of Yoga. If you like working with kids, perhaps children’s Yoga is an area to explore deeper. Maybe you recently had a baby, realized the benefits of prenatal Yoga, and would like to continue helping expecting mothers. Perhaps your interest lies in the meditation and pranayama (Yogic breathing) aspects of Yoga, and you would like to learn how to help others heal through breath and meditation.
When does one become a Yoga Teacher?
Should you read Yoga books to become a Yoga teacher? Yes, you will have to read and much more. Yoga books, DVD’s, and CD’s set a foundation of Yoga teaching knowledge, but there is much more to this, in order to become a Yoga teacher.
The Purpose of Yoga: Peacefully Co-existing with Others
Yoga has always contained ethical guidelines and methods for people to co-exist in harmony. The Yamas and Niyamas have changed a little…
Teaching Hatha Yoga: Yoga on the Ball
Some Yoga certification courses devote a day or two to the the use of stability balls for a prop or for therapeutic use. With that said…
Should an Obese Person Become a Yoga Teacher?
There seems to be a stereotypical view of what a Yoga teacher should look like. Worse yet, there seems to be a preconceived notion about what a Yoga teacher should…
Could a Blind Man Become a Yoga Teacher?
Imagine a case in which a Hatha Yoga teacher, who had been teaching for years, was being refused from a Hatha Yoga teacher training…
How to Find the Right Yoga Teacher?
Does your teacher show compassion for you and other students? Does your Yoga teacher take the time to lead you through a guided meditation or relaxation? Meditation and relaxation are major aspects of Yoga practice.
Specializing Versus Generalizing as a Yoga Instructor
All involved directors were interested in my offering my knowledge of the form, resulting in my own class in it at the private studio, and workshops in it at the YMCAs (with the appropriate qualifications to students of my non-certified status, as well as discretion on my part as an instructor, of course). My general knowledge set up prior opportunities and good working relationships with the directors and other teachers, while my more specialized knowledge allowed me to contribute something new and fresh (as well as gain great teaching experience, and frankly much-needed cash flow, for myself).