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Inner balance eluding you? This will help.

January 2, 2018 By Rupali Embry 4 Comments

quote - Mark Twain

Twice a month we get the perfect chance as teachers to inspire in our students an appreciation for the introspective side of their nature. The days of the full and new moons are great opportunities to draw attention to our feminine side and give permission to honor it. These are some of my favorite times […]

Filed Under: asana tip sheet, inspiration, members only, teaching methodology, techniques, yoga blog Tagged With: ardha chandrasana, asana, asana study, asana tips, chandra namaskara, devotion pose, flow, goddess pose, sequencing, skandhasana, yoga benefits, yoga pose, yoga stretches, yoga teaching, yoga tips

Build a fun, well-rounded class of folds, backbends and twists

July 11, 2017 By Tania Ingrahm Leave a Comment

Vinyasa Short: Folds/Backbends/Twists

Here’s an idea you can build on…plan your class with three types of poses in mind: forward folds, backbends and twists. Folds, backbends and twists are complimentary—your body will begin to crave them as you move through class. Basically you’ll follow the pattern Rupali suggests in this Vinyasa Short on Folds/Backbends/Twists. She shows three repetitions […]

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Asana tip sheet #39 – Vasisthasana variation

September 20, 2016 By Tania Ingrahm Leave a Comment

Tania in vasisthasana variation

Vasisthasana in its full expression is a strong side plank pose fired up with lots of internal power. Gratefully, it lends itself nicely to modification for a variety of student levels and abilities. (We cover full vasisthasana in this earlier post.) This variation of vasisthasana is a more-forgiving level of this pose…but there are easier […]

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Yoga for osteoarthritis? Here’s how it can help.

September 6, 2016 By Rupali Embry 4 Comments

Yoga helps arthritis sufferers

Many times doctors refer patients to us yoga teachers because, other than prescribing painkillers, they have nothing left in their little black bags for folks living with chronic-pain conditions. Osteoarthritis is one of those conditions. Osteoarthritis a joint disease in which the healthy cartilage that normally cushions bones at the joints breaks down through wear […]

Filed Under: techniques, yoga blog Tagged With: arthritis, chronic fatigue, Epstein-Barr, fibromyalgia, gentle yoga, osteoarthritis, stress relief, yoga and arthritis, yoga benefits, yoga teachers, yoga tips

Conquer bharadvajasana with this preparatory sequence

August 23, 2016 By Rupali Embry Leave a Comment

Bharadvajasana

Bharadvajasana is one of those weird and wacky poses that I absolutely love. The first time I did this pose I thought, ‘What the heck—?! Who thought this one up?!’ Of course, no one actually THOUGHT bharadvajasana up, if you subscribe to the belief (and I do) that asana evolved from the lived experience of […]

Filed Under: inspiration, techniques, yoga blog Tagged With: teaching methodology, yoga class sequencing, yoga teaching, yoga tips

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