Yoga Instructor Training: Mantras for Tranquility
You may have covered mantras in your yoga teacher training, but there are many different purposes for this practice. Creating a state of…
You may have covered mantras in your yoga teacher training, but there are many different purposes for this practice. Creating a state of…
In addition to these specific asanas, the practice of controlled breathing relaxes muscles and calms the autonomic nervous system, reducing vascular pressure and lowering heart rate. Recommended poses and breathing exercises vary depending on individual experience and degree of symptoms. As you should have learned in your foundational yoga teacher training, most of the recommended asanas for varicose veins are inversions which are contraindicated for high blood pressure, stroke recovery, eye problems, and heart conditions.
The cost of becoming a yoga instructor varies by the school and the qualifications required of instructors. To become a yoga teacher in specialized schools like Bikram or Iyengar can cost much more than training for certifications at other schools.
Teaching Yoga requires a certain level of commitment, both to yourself and the students who are learning from you. Just as life is always…
Within Yoga are many techniques, which have taken off on their own. Sometimes, a generic name such as: Progressive relaxation, stress…
Many Hatha Yoga styles provide a basic framework for yoga teacher training, which suggests that a teacher complete a minimum of 200…
You will learn how to be an expert in yogic breathing (pranayama) and standing poses. Breathing is an art that instructors must master. There are ins and outs to each pose and you will be able to increase the effectiveness of the postures. The names of different positions are taught. An additional learned topic will be the spine and how it relates to body movement. Poses can be exhausting; however, this will teach you how to maximize your energy. You will have the ability to hear and practice chants and Sanskrit mantras.
When an intern is immersed in a Yoga instructor training course, he or she begins to put pieces of knowledge together. Concepts like skeletal compression and how to decompress one’s back begin to seem obvious.
Teaching Yoga to children can be a challenging but an extremely rewarding experience. Yoga classes for children are often filled with a lot of laughter, plenty of fun and a little bit of frustration sprinkled here and there. If you plan on teaching Yoga to young students, there are a few things that you should be ready for.
Let us look at some ways to group techniques, within a Yoga class, and keep them interesting for each session. Please keep in mind that there are thousands of ways to design lesson plans. The only time a lesson plan is wrong is if it can potentially hurt a student.