Archives for 2. Teaching Yoga
Is Gymnastics Yoga? ~Maya Devi Georg
A student recently sent me a video of a young girl, no more than 11 or 12 years old, doing gymnastics with the tagline: “Yoga!!” It made me pause. Sure,…
Yoga and Modern Society: Changing The Flow. ~ Chris Kiran Aarya
Its hard not to notice the daily influence of the broader society on yoga in this country. We see it in the slick ads, the beautiful yoga clothes, and the…
Yoga & Cuckoo Culture ~ Maya Devi Georg & Chris Kiran Aarya
Cuckoos are curious birds. They do not build their own nests, nor do they raise their own young. They are brood parasites. They lay their eggs in other birds' nests.…
Turning Fear Upside Down ~ Chris Kiran Aarya
Give up to grace The ocean takes care of each wave Till it gets to shore You need more help than you know -Rumi It was just over a week…
What’s The Deal With Savasana? ~Maya Devi Georg
In the almost 20 years I have been teaching yoga, my sister has attended only one of my classes. Her big take-away was that yoga was "a workout with a…
What The @#$% Is A Chakra? ~ Maya Devi Georg
I keep seeing workshops taught all over the world all about chakras. Workshops to "balance," "align," "tune-up," "detox," and "clear" Chakras. Except not a single one of those workshops (or teachers)…
Undesking: Yoga for Working Life, Part I ~ Chris Kiran Aarya
You wake up every day feeling stiff and its only getting ; The hours sitting on airplanes, in meetings, in your car, and in front of a computer are taking…
Why Shoulder Stand Is Obsolete ~ Maya Devi Georg
I stopped practicing and teaching shoulder stand (Sarvangasana) years ago. It was around the time I got a cell phone, and that is no accident. There's no reason for…
It’s Time To Dump Yoga Alliance ~ Maya Devi Georg
A few years ago I wrote an article about Yoga Alliance. I wasn't defending Yoga Alliance then, but I urged people to participate in the process by joining their boards…
Yoga, Plagiarism, & Exposure: 4 Things I Learned By Going Viral ~ Maya Devi Georg
A few years ago I wrote 6 Reasons To Stop Obsessing On Alignment. Posted on a major yoga website (now defunct), it went viral. It was shared over 500,000 times and…