Archives for 2. Teaching Yoga
3 Types of Students It’s OK to Fire ~Maya Devi Georg
We've all had difficult students. They are the ones who show up late, refuse to follow directions, perform their own random sequence, and disrupt savasana. These are the folks that need…
How To Find The Right Yoga Teacher Training Program ~ Maya Devi Georg & Chris Kiran Aarya
Yoga is more popular than ever, with studios in every neighborhood (and in some cases every block) many sincere students fall in love with the practice and long to share…
Warum Asanas nicht alles sind ~ Maya Devi Georg
Asanas sind nicht das Ziel von Yoga, sie sind lediglich ein Werkzeug, um dieses zu erreichen. Allerdings gibt es viele Yoga-Lehrer und Schüler, die sich nur auf Asanas und den…
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…