...traindications for particular asanas.

You should always be ready to use props, modify poses, or suggest and alternative pose.

A complete discussion of this subject is a whole other article, but I will say that you should carefully quiz new students about health problems and physical limitations, and always recommend checking with doctor.

Some will be conservative in their manner and dress

Some of your students will wear workout clothes, but others will come to class in casual street clothes that you would not see in most studios. It is not uncommon for them to leave their socks on, and we have seen a few that do not even take off their shoes.

Be especially cautious about doing adjustments least you offend someone.

Liz does not invite them to spread their buttock flesh to make contact with the sits bones after all, you do not touch that part of your body in public!

Do not say much about the spiritual aspects of yoga

There are some fundamentalist Christians that put forth the idea that yoga is the work of the devil. liz had one class sabotaged by a woman who insisted that chanting OM was calling the devil. There is not much you can do to change peoples minds about this, but you should be aware of this problem.

You also need to think about everything you say in class and decide if that could be misinterpreted as a call to change ones spiritual attitude. Most of your students will have established their religious outlook on life long before they start a chair yoga class. You probably shouldn't talk much about chakras, the Sanskrit names for asanas, awakening Kundlini energy, or any of the more spiritual as...more

Yoga - You Need The Right accessories

...What's the best thing about yoga? It can have an amazing impact on your physical and mental well being, but won't cost you an arm and a leg to get going.

The first thing that you will need to purchase before attending any class is a yoga mat. There are many different types of yoga equipment that you will come across when searching for your mat ... just make sure you find one that is comfortable for you. There are extra thick mats, yoga towels, extra long yoga mats, yoga rugs, cotton mats and covers, mat rolls, mat blankets, yoga blankets, mat bags, and aero mats. More often t...more

Yoga - Trendy Now, But Originated Long Ago

...Though the Western world has turned the ancient practice of yoga into a form of exercise, these moments are much more. Although trendy today, Yoga has been around for a long, long time.

Quite literally, the word "yoga" means "a bringing together of the parts in order to create a union ..." The term was taken from the Sanskrit language, which most people know, though we seem to have forgotten yoga's religious roots. Many thousands of years ago, high Hindu priests came up with a way to combine certain disciplined and highly spiritual movements. The original goal of yoga was to intertwine both the body and the mind until the two could be...more

Yoga For Drivers Back And Neck Pain - 1

... helps to tone, energize and relax drivers so that they become more centered and focused on driving safely.

Is your car right for you? The driver should place both hands together, pointing forwards. If the steering wheel is not offset then the driver is pointing straight at the centre of the wheel. The danger of having an offset wheel is that most drivers end to rotate the middle of the spine to compensate for its position, producing long term back strain and back pain.

Two major contributors of neck pain while driving are insufficient headroom and inadequate se...more

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