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  • The Relationship between Yoga, Meditation, and Self-Hypnosis
    Each one of these healing methods is thousands of years old. The exact origins of meditation and self-hypnosis are not known. We do know that Yoga existed over 5,000 years ago in the Indus Valley. Despite the evidence that each of these methods creates peace of mind, within the practitioner, they have only recently gained worldwide attention for their results.
  • Yoga Teachers, Prepare for the New Year's Rush - Part 3
    This is the last article of this series, and by now, you should be getting some fresh ideas that will help you design a couple of new Yoga classes in your studio.
  • Yoga Teachers, Prepare for the New Year's Rush - Part 1
    The doors will fly open on January 2nd with enthusiastic mobs of Yoga students. What can you do to prepare for the busiest stretch of the year? How can you keep their interest all year long?
  • Your First Chair Yoga Class in a Senior Center
    Chair Yoga has become more popular in senior centers, but can also be found in nursing homes, physical rehabilitation units, adult day care centers, and some Yoga studios. However, the vast majority of us will attend a Chair Yoga class in a senior center.
  • How to Become a Successful Yoga Teacher
    A balanced approach to physical, mental, spiritual, influential, and monetary success is easier for most of us to live with. Let’s take a look at the five successes and see how you can build on them, help others, and live the best life you can.
  • Yoga Teachers, Prepare for the New Year's Rush - Part 2
    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.
  • Facts about Martial Arts for Kids - Part 3
    Over the long-term, the wrong after school activities result in very expensive health and psychological care. Therefore, look at martial arts as preventative medicine, and as a bonus, your child is staying out of trouble.
  • Yoga in Practice: Excuses for Lack of Practice
    At one time, or another, we all think, “Why am I here?” Sometimes we think, “Why do I even bother?” Thinking about giving up is a temptation for all of humankind, but we continue to pursue our goals just like our ancestors did.
  • Facts about Martial Arts for Kids - Part 4
    As a parent, you want your child to get the optimum martial arts experience every time they train. This can only happen if the martial arts school establishes clear guidelines for conduct and if all the children participating are “team players.”
  • The Link between Yoga, Mindfulness, and Weight Loss - Part 1
    From nutritional and fitness experts in New England, the first question I heard right away was, “How can Yoga burn that many calories?” Soon to be followed by comments from many fitness experts, across the United States, were remarks like, “Most Yoga students don’t practice vigorous styles of Yoga.”
  • Yoga Teachers Lead by Example - Part 3
    Behavior toward neighboring Yoga schools, Yoga teachers, and their students, should be cordial. Like the old saying goes, “If you do not have anything good to say, do not say anything at all.” When we speak of other Yoga teachers, or former Yoga teachers, in a hostile manner, what do we teach our students?
  • Yoga in Practice: Helping Negative People - Part 1
    Do you know someone with a perennial dark cloud over his or her head? You’re thinking: “I want to avoid negative people, not waste my time helping them out.” What if this person is a family member, or loved one, who has turned bitter for some reason? You care deeply for this person and want to help.
  • Yoga and Christianity a Conflict?
    Some critics argue that Yoga and Christianity cannot co-exist, and yet we know that Yoga is not a religion. Are the Salem witch trials still so close to our hearts?
  • Yoga in Practice: Helping Negative People - Part 3
    Remember the saying, “Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you have fed him for a lifetime.” You can always give away material, but what is more valuable than knowledge and acquired skills?
  • What Do You Really Want from Yoga?
    Are you looking for a healthy mindset, fitness, spiritual guidance, holistic health, self-improvement, success, or just more oxygen? Yoga can deliver all of these, but I doubt you find all of this “under one roof.” The reason is that there are many kinds of Yoga, and some ashrams, or Yoga schools, will address some of the above-mentioned needs as priorities.
  • The Foundation of Martial Arts: Yoga
    Why does “climb the mountain” stance look so much like Warrior I posture? Is it coincidence, luck, or a common link? Why does Kundalini have movements that resemble punching, kicking, and martial arts foot work? Are Kung Fu forms an extension of Vinyasa? Each has been referred to as meditation in motion.
  • The Truth about Karate for Kids - Part 2
    This section covers two extremely valuable life skills that many adults pay a “king’s ransom” to attain. Adults pay a life coach, business coach, or read plenty of self-improvement books, to gain this knowledge and develop these life skills. However, within a Karate class, children can be molded toward a lifetime of achievement.
  • Yoga in Practice: Projecting Happiness
    We are all human, living life with its many “ups and downs,” but how can we keep our spirits up in difficult times? Projecting happiness is free and does not require a lot of money. Here are some ideas that will help you to be happier, and hopefully, more worry free.
  • Yoga in Practice: Turning Arguments into Treasure
    Ever wish you could take harsh words back? Do you wonder how you could have prevented an impending conflict? How could an argument turn out to be a hidden treasure?
  • Yoga in Practice: Ajna Chakra
    Do you think that Tiger Woods ever focused on missing a putt or losing a golf tournament? Whatever you envision, can easily become your reality.
  • Yoga in Practice: Speak with Mindfulness
    Within the average Yoga class, or ashram, the principles of mindfulness are mentioned for the benefit of Yoga students, their friends, and the people they associate within the course of a day. Mindfulness is living in the moment, and putting the wisdom you have learned, during Yoga class, into practice.
  • Yoga Teacher Certification for the Rich and Famous
    There are cost-effective, and less expensive solutions, to learn to teach Yoga by becoming a certified Yoga instructor, without the cost of an “arm and a leg.”
  • Yoga - The Solution for Insomnia
    If you are continually staying awake over trivial matters, these solutions will aid you to get a good night’s rest. Remember - not every solution will work for everyone, so try the easiest ideas and make them fit into your lifestyle.
  • Restorative Yoga for Stress Management
    Are you looking for a way to release stress, tension, and pain from your body? Are you tired all the time and feel the need to rest, but you know you should get some exercise? How can you do both? The answer is to start regularly attending Restorative Yoga classes, and reap the rewards of healing without a tremendous amount of effort.
  • Time to Practice Yoga
    There are many things that we know, we should do, but there’s never enough time. Would you like to have more time for your family, Yoga practice, and some quality time, in your life? Maybe, work keeps you too busy, from doing the right things, for yourself, and your loved ones. So, what can you do?
  • Goal-Setting and the Obstacle of Life
    What can you do to stay on track, when life throws so many obstacles in the way? How are you supposed to keep your chin up when the economy is down? How can you practice positive thinking “under fire?”
  • The Truth about Karate for Kids - Part 5
    Having manners, showing courtesy, and displaying mutual respect are part of every Karate class. It is nice that we have become “technically advanced,” but we do not have to leave tradition behind. As children grow, the child who displays manners, courtesy, and respect will succeed in life.
  • Blog First for an Internet Presence
    Business owners from my generation, and the generations before, had accepted the idea of investing in failure. We even had a formula of “cost per information call,” to justify investing, in advertising, that would not show a profit for months or years.
  • Facts about Martial Arts for Kids - Part 5
    Children learn much more about violence on the television, playing with video games, and dealing with daily life, than they will ever learn in a karate class. Even if a Karate teacher was the classic “evil sensei,” that you may have seen in the Karate Kid movie or on Kung Fu Theatre, most children can think of far worse violence.
  • Communication Skills for Yoga Teachers
    Here is an oxymoron for you: Some of the best Yoga teachers are great listeners. This is a general guideline for Yoga students who aspire to teach some day. Listening skills, in Yoga, start when you take your first class, as you learn by hearing, watching, and doing.
  • Facts about Success Programs for Kids - Part 1
    What is the importance of an early childhood success program? What is a good success program for kids? When should my child start a success program? Can’t I just wait and let my child make up his or her mind?
  • Secrets of Successful Yoga Studios
    Each Yoga studio should be a haven for students to find what they seek, without putting up with inferior service. They face far too much of it, outside the Yoga class. You should know the needs of your students and promise only what you can deliver.
  • Tired of SEO Theories and Algorithms: Try Blogging
    For a small business, with a website and commercial Blog, you should be able to establish your natural search engine rankings. Sometimes, these are called “organic rankings” and you don’t have to pay a penny for them. It may take a few months or more to establish yourself, and you should make regular posts.
  • Live for the Moment and Put Worry on Hold - Part 2
    For once, I am going to endorse procrastination. When it comes to worrying, you should put it off. Do everything you like to avoid worrying. Worries don’t help us; and in fact, they make many bad situations worse. On top of that, most of what we worry about never comes to pass.
  • Chair Yoga for Senior Independence
    Until a certain age in life, words like dignity, quality of life, and independence seem to be more suitable for descriptions, or reasons, why independent nations had revolutionary wars, than for senior independence. However, for seniors, these words reflect the need to stay the course of independence.
  • A National Holiday for Tolerance and Parenting (Part 2)
    Take control of children by shutting the Xbox, Play Station, television, and music off. If you want to send them to their room, take all the toys away. "Stick to your guns," and don’t back down if you are right. Your children will be better for it, and they will grow up as balanced adults because of your courage "to stand up and be counted."
  • A National Holiday for Tolerance and Parenting (Part 1)
    Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is explained in classrooms, to our children and grandchildren, in simplistic terms. Just this past week, I was surprised to listen to local children’s views on the subject. They explained discrimination with such acceptance that I just listened in amazement.
  • Yoga for Kids: Building Self-Image (Part 2)
    Children have to be taught to appreciate themselves as they are. Self-worth cannot be calculated by the skill of one single activity, and Yoga is the sum of many different activities, within a given class.
  • Yoga in Practice: The Impact of Yoga Teachers on Society (Part 1)
    Let's look at some of the ways Yoga teachers, Yoga classes, and the many styles of Yoga have gently changed the world today.
  • The Truth about Options for Yoga Teachers (Part 1)
    When, or if, you decide to become a Yoga teacher, you should start with a basic Yoga teacher training course that gives you an overview of all of the fields within Yoga. If you decide to specialize, it is best to do it when the need becomes apparent.
  • Yoga in Practice: A Peaceful Planet
    Non-practitioners often accuse Yoga practitioners of too much self-indulgence. The common concern is that too much self-awareness will cause the Yogi, or Yogini, to worship the inner being. Before you get too excited – you and I know this is not true, but the world needs some time to adjust to Yogic philosophy.
  • Yoga in Practice: Anger Management (Part 2)
    So how can this violent chain of events, within the mind, be prevented? How can the ego and intolerance be controlled? - Through self-realization - also known as, “Vichara.”
  • Protecting Your Yoga Teaching Business
    When or if, you want to become a Yoga teacher - would you be thinking of litigation and Yoga? The old saying, "the truth hurts," applies to legality, ethics, and teaching Yoga. You can always "bury your head in the sand" and hope that you are never involved in a legal battle. After all, what kind of a student would sue his or her Yoga teacher?
  • Universal Laws of Yoga (Part 3)
    Yoga was interpreted in many ways by a variety of cultures and partial facets of Yoga have grown independently. Some Hatha Yoga styles do not even practice meditation.
  • Yoga in Practice: The Impact of Yoga Teachers on Society (Part 2)
    Much like the counter-culturists of the past, Yoga teachers and Yoga practitioners do not have to operate within the confines of a system. A social worker or school teacher may feel like, "their hands are tied by the system," but Yoga teachers have much more freedom to change the world - one person at a time.
  • Facts About Yoga Business Coaching Services
    There was a time when the use of the words, 'Yoga' and 'business,' in the same sentence, would have been considered 'shameful.' However, when you have a Yoga studio, pay for a lease, advertising, insurance, utilities, and more - you know this is serious business. Whether you own a Yoga studio, or are an independent contractor, your money is 'on the line,' and possibly your life savings.
  • Yoga for Kids: Building Self-Image (Part 1)
    Let’s look at the positive aspects for children within a typical Kids Yoga class. Although, Yoga is a vast subject, and there are a number of topics to discuss; children are better off being taught to focus on four components within a Hatha Yoga class.
  • What You Should Know Before You Write Web Sales Copy (Part 2)
    What is the most effective form of advertising you can think of? If you said, “The Internet,” you are right - in terms of Return on Investment (ROI); but every effective form of advertising depends on good sales copy.
  • The Truth about Options for Yoga Teachers (Part 6)
    We know that Yoga training helps people in every aspect of health. However, Partner Yoga integrates Yoga with touch, bonding, and sometimes, a bit of humor.
  • Yoga in Practice: In Search of the Perfect Yoga (Part 1)
    What is the perfect Yoga? Is it hot Yoga, based on correct alignment; Vinyasa Yoga, only to be performed with props; or do props take something away from Yoga practice? What about Yoga styles which are not from the Hatha Yoga tree? So - what exactly is the right Yoga for you?

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