Yoga resources

Yoga Studios Section


Welcome to Yoga resources

Yoga Studios Article

Yoga Teachers, Prepare for the New Year's Rush - Part 2
Paul M. Jerard Jr.

Let's continue with more ideas for workshops and some specialty classes that may fit in as part of your regular class schedule. You don't have to use all of these ideas, but you may find one, or two, that fit with your clientele and your Yoga studio.

Prenatal Yoga: Again, this is much better suited for the female Yoga instructor, but this teacher should be trained specifically in Prenatal and Postnatal Yoga. There are too many complications for the average Yoga teacher; this is for a Yoga specialist.

Modifications and contraindications change for pregnant Yoga students each trimester. Jane Mackarness has written such a course, and we carry it at our web site. This field requires much more research than the standard 200-hour training, but can lead to networking with medical professionals and hospitals.

Kids Yoga: Specialized training might be needed, but patience is a key element for Yoga instructors who want to embark on this path. I teach children myself, and a Kids Yoga class has to be fun and include games. Vinyasa will be very popular with children, since they get restless with nervous energy.

Children can learn a lot, but Yoga teachers, who spend time with them, realize they are not little adults. Sometimes, the Yoga teacher's lesson plan will not be finished due to questions, answers, and kids just having fun being kids.

Hot Yoga: Most Hot Yoga classes originated from Bikram's style. Be careful not to use his sequences; he has patented them. Also, the Yoga teacher who wants to pursue this path should be familiar with how she or he will perform under conditions of serious heat. Hot Yoga is good, but it is not for everyone. Hot Yoga classes are usually held at a temperature of 105 Degrees Fahrenheit.

108 Sun Salutations: Many Yoga studios and ashrams have these workshops at the beginning of a season. This is good bonding time for the more physical Yoga students within your facility. You could always go out to your favorite restaurant afterwards.

Yoga with Weights: Sherri Baptiste just released a book on this subject. Bodybuilders have practiced combining weight resistance principles, with Yoga, for years, but Sherri may be on to something here. Yoga purists aside - the contracting of muscles during weight resistance training, and the stretching of muscles when practicing Hatha Yoga, can be a harmonious relationship.

© Copyright 2005 - Paul Jerard / Aura Publications

About the author:

Paul Jerard is the director of Yoga teacher training at Aura in RI. He's a master instructor of martial arts and Yoga. He teaches Yoga, martial arts, and fitness. He wrote: Is Running a Yoga Business Right for You? For Yoga students wanting to be a Yoga teacher. http://www.yoga-teacher-training.org



Yoga Studios News

yoga studios

(CBS) Ever wanted to be in a girl group? Think it might be cheerier than yoga in the morning? In Britain, there is a wall of sound belting out across the country from lots and lots of rock choirs. CBS News correspondent Richard Roth reports they're ...

Read more


Rock Choirs All the Rage in England - CBS News

For more information, or to register for the upcoming Young Writer's Summer Institute, visit Web site , or call the Western PA Writing Project at the University of Pittsburgh's School of Education at 412-624-6557. It takes more than paper and pens to ...

Read more


'Winterim' program gives young writers an outlet - PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW

The Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre of Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), New Delhi, will be formally inaugurated in Dhaka on Thursday. ICCR President Karan Singh will inaugurate the centre at a function with Information Minister Abul Kalam ...

Read more


Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre opens in city tomorrow - The Daily Star

CEDAR FALLS - A chorus of deep, even breaths is the only sound in Mary McInnis Meyer's yoga studio. Meyer pads quietly among her students, offering gentle encouragement. When she sees someone who could be doing better she stops to help them ...

Read more


Peace and quiet: New yoga studio free from distractions - Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier

Over the course of my life so far, I’ve lived in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, Chicago, New Orleans, and Virginia. Soon, I’ll probably be moving again. Sure, there are people who’ve moved way more than me, but I like to pull up roots and relocate ...

Read more


5 Reasons Moving Is Good For You - The Frisky

March 20: Big Al Hall’s CD release show (“Big Al Hall and Marching Rams”) at the Green Light Lounge, with the Barnraisers April 2: Onward, Soldiers CD release (“Ghosts In This Town”) at The Soapbox with Charlie the Horse Rhodes, prematurely ...

Read more


Winoca Records positions Wilmington artists for success - Star News Online

Imagine finding yourself doing yoga with Sting. That's exactly the, er, position Canadian ... Back home in Toronto in advance of a sold out show Friday at the CBC Glenn Gould Studio and a pair of upcoming shows in Hamilton she sat down with The ...

Read more


Browse by Tags - Nationalpost.com

Soprano Measha Brueggergosman just released her second album on Deutsche Grammophon. It pays tribute to night time, with European works in five languages. Measha Brueggergosman's new album "Night and Dreams" features works by a host of composers ...

Read more


Soprano Brueggergosman's 'long, languid' album is an ode to night - Deutsche Welle

Scatter-shot with casual pubs, inventive restaurants and myriad small shops, the near-east side’s Williamson St. is one that a resident may never have to leave. From the New Age shops and yoga studios to the hardware stores and plumbers that line ...

Read more


Tips for dining, drinking and living off-campus—Eastside Madison - Daily Cardinal

As part of our Housing Market series, we'll be posting reviews and rankings for each of Harvard's 12 residential Houses over the next few days. Click here to read more about our project. For those who like returning home to tranquility, a good ...

Read more


 
yogatolivebetter