We are excited to announce a new teacher for Alberta Yoga College public classes. You may have already met Tammy Brigidear, a familiar face as a student in morning and evening classes. She will now transition to teaching Monday mornings at 9:30 am starting September...
6. Success Will I Be Able To Do Those Pretzel Poses Someday? Many people start yoga thinking the goal is to be able to one day do those bendy poses you see on Instagram and at the back of the yoga books. Well, whether you can is not the point...
1. Yoga Flexibility Am I Flexible Enough to Do Yoga? Absolutely! Flexibility has been greatly overrated as an essential or necessary quality for a yoga teacher – or any yoga practitioner. Equally, or more important, are mindfulness, breath...
I have been teaching and attending on line yoga classes for well over a year. On-line teaching enabled me to continue to guide students through their practice and keep a little bit of normalcy and connection in their lives when we were all isolated. I evolved as an...
Yoga Straps Recently I wrote a blog here on Yoga Bolsters. Now I want to provide insight on the value and incredibly wide uses for Yoga Straps for your yoga practice. Yoga Straps were first popularized by Yogacharya BKS Iyengar in the 1970s, and they are now becoming...
Yoga Alliance is the largest non-profit association representing the yoga community, with over 7,000 Registered Yoga Schools (RYS) and more than 100,000 Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT) from the US and around the world. Its certification of Yoga Teachers and Yoga...
The Google search to find Yoga Near Me or Yoga Teacher Training Near Me is one of the first place most potential Yoga Instructors and other Yoga Students look to find the best program. But is easy access the most important criteria in looking for Yoga Teacher...
1. Am I good enough or have enough experience? Many of our best graduates had a little experience when they started. We give you all the knowledge you need to begin teaching with competence and confidence. 2. What if I have many other commitments, children, a job or...
What are Yoga Bolsters and Who Needs Them Anyway You Ask? Many of you will have done yoga classes with never a bolster in sight, or maybe they are off to the side gathering dust. Indeed, Vinyasa, or Ashtanga have a flow where Yoga Bolsters may not be as practical. But...
It is a long word! Proprioception. I’d never come across it until I’d been doing yoga for some time. But now I see it as a vital component of our yoga benefits toolkit. I wrote about in my recent book, The New Yoga: From Cult and Dogma to Science and Sanity. But when...
Is Yoga a Good Career? In my opinion, yes! But it is more complex. Do you want to be an entrepreneur, an educator, or work for a studio? Here are some considerations to help bring your dream bringing a yoga career to life. Teaching yoga classes. Let’s be honest, most...
Health Professionals such as physicians, nurses, physiotherapists, massage therapists, dental hygienists and respiratory therapists have all graduated through our doors, attracted by our scientific, evidence-based approach to yoga. For them, doing yoga teacher...