1. Serve others and share your Yoga passion. Above everything you have to be committed and willing to serve other people and help them on their healing and spiritual journey. You have to understand that teaching a yoga class is not about you but always about your students and their process. You need to become […]
These days yoga studios are popping up right and left. From Costa Rica, to Croatia, Morocco, and of course, Bali, Yoga teacher trainings are covering the globe faster than eager study abroad college students. Though Yoga itself has been around for centuries, it has only recently exploded into the next biggest cultural phenomenon. Yoga leggings […]
Your Shades of Yoga RYT 200 or RYT 300 hour yoga teacher training course will take you beyond the basic principles of Hatha Yoga; teaching you how to take your own (and your students’) yoga practice to the next level by, among other things, engaging the bandhas to improve your physical form while simultaneously controlling the flow of prana […]
There are so many different styles of yoga, but there is one that differentiates itself further from the others: Yin Yoga. Yin Yoga is still a physical style of yoga but it has a completely different approach to the practice: a yin approach. The yin approach is all about the practice of surrender. When you […]
Till a few weeks ago, I used to practice yoga almost every day. I’d diligently go through vigorous practice on a daily basis, punctuated occasionally by a couple of off days. Seeing that I used to give the practice a couple of months miss altogether, I was pretty smug with this routine. A year ago […]
t is common to hear yoga teachers encouraging their students to keep coming back to work on those tight areas in the body. Promising their students that by returning to class they will increase their flexibility and in turn, range of movement. What most students don’t realise is that flexibility is not achievable if these classes are […]
Having upset stomach and not knowing what to do for your practice? An important aspect in our teacher training is to learn how we listen to the wisdom of our body. During our Self Practice, we write down our observation of our body and adjust our sequence to accommodate what our body exactly needs at that point. […]
Forward Fold or Forward Bend Poses are one of the “must-do” poses in a yoga class. Yet many of us can do it better and safer. So, during our teacher training we enter the forward folds slowly and step by step to ensure the safety of our spines. What is a Forward Fold Poses? Technically speaking, this is […]
A yoga class can be themed around so many things. The theme can be about a spiritual idea, as well as strengthening certain parts of the body, or a yoga class may aim for an emotional release. Even if you don’t theme your class around a spiritual theme, it’s still nice to inspire your students with yogic […]