When checking in with yourself means “no one home”
A common phrase I see not just in yoga classes, but among coaches in general (especially the short social media posts designed to garner interaction and feed the algorithm) is to "check in with your b
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Yoga Teachers, Are You Aware of the Stories You Tell?
Offering a trauma informed space means working to cultivate safety in all aspects of your yoga classes--on and off the mat. This includes the icebreaker games you play before classes and the stories you tell online. Recently I attended a yoga teacher
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Watch your words. Furniture is functional; people shouldn’t have to be.
Recently I watched a yoga series for low back issues and the instructor looked at the camera, smiled, and said something to the effect of, "you really wan
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Is Your Yoga Class Too Fast To Be Accessible?
Imagine your student cuing up your yoga video. You walk them through the sun salutation at a moderate speed; you think you're doing it slowly enough. Then, you tell your student you're going to do them more quickly. You might even suggest 10 sun salutations in 5 minutes, which
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