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The debate for regulation of yoga teacher training (YTT) programs continues. In Austin, Texas, a contingency of yoga studio owners and practitioners, represented by the Texas Yoga Association (TYA), staged a yoga demonstration recently to support legislation excluding yoga teacher training programs from regulation efforts headed by the Texas Workforce Commission. Supporting the TYC in their anti-regulatory efforts was John Matthews, president of Yoga Alliance.
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011 by Amber Baker
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Yoga for Inner City Peace
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Growing up can be hard to do no matter where you live, but for children living in urban areas with high crime and poverty rates it can be down right stressful. These kids learn from an early age to remain ever alert, always ready to fight or flee. This type of stress can lead to decreased cognitive skills, depression, an inability to concentrate, and a host of emotional and behavioral issues. Not to mention the effects of long-term stress on the body. Yet, thanks to a growing awareness of the many health benefits of yoga, a nonprofit organization, and a team of dedicated scientists, some of these kids are learning how to find an oasis of peace within themselves.
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Friday, March 11, 2011 by Tosca Braun
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The Army Starts to Om
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As part of an overhaul to Army physical fitness training, yoga is being incorporated into new training protocols intended to minimize injury and optimize physical performance, endurance, and recovery time among trainees and soldiers. This is partially in response to research indicating the limited utility and detrimental health effects of pushing soldiers to the max in training and the field without affording adequate recovery or conditioning.
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Tuesday, March 08, 2011 by
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Yoga with the Boss
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Yoga just might be the new way to get a leg up on the corporate ladder as office yogis and yoginis are finding it’s an activity that they can share with higher ups. In fact, yoga is being touted as the “New Golf.”
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Monday, February 28, 2011 by Kelly Golden
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Pose of the Month: Utthita Parsvakonasana
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 What does it mean to be vulnerable? It means we can let down our guard, release the layers of armor that we’ve build around the deepest aspects of ourselves and dare to feel it all, the good and the bad. When approached with this intention, Utthita Parsvakonasana A ( extended side angle pose) can expose us fully, and teach us how to allow our authentic self to shine through. |
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Monday, February 21, 2011 by Timothy Burgin
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Are Yoga Teachers' Egos Getting Too Big?
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A mat-packed yoga class will often give a yoga teacher a natural boost to their self-esteem, self-worth, and ego. In excess, this ego boost can create celebrity-minded instructors with “the aura of high priest,” according to Casey Schwartz. But Casey does not put all the yoga-star fame blame on the instructors. She writes, “Becoming a yoga teacher allows an insecure person to act spiritually superior. But the dynamic is two-sided. For the yoga teacher to become inflated, the student must inflate.” Not only are yoga instructor’s egos becoming over-inflated, but their students are becoming more like rock-band groupies than detached seekers of truth. This in turn fuels the egotistical nature of their teachers, and thus drives this ego-driven process to repeat over and over.
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