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In my experience, lasting happiness is not possible with poor health. In this article, I aim to build a bridge between what yoga philosophy teaches us about happiness and the tools yoga philosophy gives us for complete health.
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Hypnotherapy is a deep form of guided meditation that can be used to reduce stress, heal a variety of emotional and mental challenges, enhance creativity, and expand someone’s spiritual experience of consciousness.
Next to being a form of transformative therapy in its own right, it can also be utilized in group settings and private yoga sessions. Unfortunately, many holistic practitioners don’t realize they can use hypnotherapy (guided meditation) techniques to enhance their existing practice.
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one of my teachers also taught me the importance of understanding the seasons of life (as explained by Jim Rohn in his book and famous speeches) and how to use them wisely. Because just as nature, so do we experience different seasons in our personal life. These different seasons can be likened to life, winter, spring, summer, and fall.
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There are two qualities noticeable when you observe the practice of an experienced yoga practitioner: A seemingly perfect harmony of strength and flexibility. Most people think flexibility is a requirement to practice yoga, but this is a misconception. Learn why yoga is one of the most effective disciplines to develop both strength and flexibility.
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Throughout history, menstruation has been seen both as impure and sacred in different cultures around the world. In cultures where the period was seen as sacred, there was a lot of knowledge about how to balance the menstrual cycle with the help of herbs, yoga, and diet. Only recently menstruation has become something to be completely ignored by both men, women, and the whole culture around it
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Depression is a far more common condition than most of us are aware of. If you are teaching yoga, the chances are high that in a class of 15 students, one student suffers from depression. Understanding more about this common condition, and understanding how to teach yoga for depression can help you assist your students on their path to recovery.
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Experience of a Student – How Ashram Life Positively Affected my Diabetes As an introduction, an ashram is a secluded place where yoga and meditation are taught in austerity. A lifestyle to which, as an insulin-dependent diabetes patient for more than 25 years, I devoted myself for a month. So here I am back from a 200-hour […]
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As a yoga teacher or coach, chances are you are often working with groups. And in other areas of your life, you are part of groups as well, such as your family or friends. How can you bring a new dimension to the groups and teams that you work with or just make part of, by using principles from yoga? How can yoga help to build a stronger connection with others?
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One of the great benefits of yoga is its accessibility for different levels, including elderly people and people with restricted mobility. For this group, Chair Yoga offers a large range of possibilities for following a full yoga class. Do you want to teach yoga to people with restricted mobility, yoga for elderly people or yoga that is accessible to people with disabilities?
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The question how to guarantee that your students feel safe in yoga class is a hot and happening topic in the yoga scene – and with good reason. Firstly, because of a number of incidents of sexual abuse among yoga teachers reported in recent years.Secondly, there is increasing awareness of the potential healing effects of yoga for trauma-related health issues. Therefore, people coming to your class might be more trauma-sensitive than the general population.
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