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Yoga in Practice: Ten Solutions for Depressed Yoga Students (Part 1)

Yoga teachers often struggle with methods for helping their students deal with a variety of ailments. Depression is serious, and is one of many ailments, but much like stress, it can be the “root cause” of many more problems. So, let’s look at ten ways to turn a Yoga student’s life away from depression.
Obviously, severe [...]

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Yoga in Practice: Teaching Yoga

When most people consider the idea of teaching Yoga, they usually perceive the superficial physical requirements of a Hatha Yoga instructor. There are many styles of Yoga, and Hatha Yoga is just one of them. In fact, within the sub-styles of Hatha Yoga, there are a number of “gentle” styles. So, being really flexible, young, [...]

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Yoga in Practice: In Search of the Perfect Yoga (Part 3)

This is the last in this series of answers to statements about Yoga students who are searching for the perfect Yoga, or the perfect Guru.
“You can’t teach me anything about Yoga, I already know it.”
You are absolutely right. There is an old Chinese saying, “A closed mind is like a closed book: just a block [...]

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Yoga in Practice: In Search of the Perfect Yoga (Part 2)

This is a continuation of answers to some very “interesting” statements about Yoga and its many styles. Please don’t take the statements in quotations too seriously; let’s hope these answers will open minds.
“Mine is the best Yoga style and all others are inferior.”
Many students make this claim and I “set them straight,” right away. If [...]

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Yoga in Practice: Anger Management (Part 1)

Yoga has been able to help many of mankind’s ailments, but what about anger management? How can Yoga prevent rage and the burning desire for revenge? Many people say: “Don’t get mad, get even.” Is this what we are talking about?
As any Yoga practitioner knows, Yoga has nothing to do with “getting even.” However, revenge [...]

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