Nathaniel West

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Depending on the age of your Yoga students, they will most likely be ready and willing to make up a story or two. To help, you can set the scene, and identify a problem the characters will face, before beginning to tell the story. You can let each child tell a part of the story, breaking it up into

How can you mentally engage children when teaching kids Yoga postures? When you teach a kids Yoga class, you must put your creative thinking to work. Children become engaged when the class is interactive, fun, silly, or intriguing. In order to make it intriguing to kids, you might have to think like a kid again.

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Heartwarming Portraits of African Baby Animals Sleeping by Brett Blumenthal

North Carolina-based artist Brett Blumenthal (previously featured here) first began composing portraits of African baby animals, when she became pregnant. A deep animal lover, Blumenthal’s desire was to capture the beauty and vulnerability of a baby animal, which equates the fragility of a newborn.

Composed with delicate brushstrokes and neutral colors, the hand-drawn images are produced by the use of a combination of watercolor markers, water, and pen and ink. The ethereal designs are a light-hearted expression of wildlife. The juxtaposition between what is on paper and the true untamed nature of the animals makes each illustration irresistibly cute.  You can find her entire collection in her equally adorably named Etsy shop Tiny Toes Design.

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When one decides to become a Yoga instructor it is gratifying to see so many people reduce their stress levels. In today’s impossibly fast paced world, more people than ever are suffering from anxiety.

If you watch Yoga students from the moment they come in to our classes to the moment they leave a tremendous transformation occurs. Most students have a facial expression of happiness as they leave their Yoga school. When one decides to become a Yoga instructor it is gratifying to see so many people reduce their stress levels.

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When you are ready to practice the Rose Meditation at the end of your Yoga practice, you may wish to put some warm socks on and to gather a Yoga bolster, blanket and an eye bag, if you are using these props. It is also a good idea to turn off your cell phone, if you are able to, so that you will not

The month of February is replete with images of diamond rings, dozens or red roses and heart-filled gifts of all shapes and sizes. The sentiments of these expressions of love can be heart-warming or heart numbing, depending on one’s experience with other people.

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How important are the ethics and professionalism component during a Yoga teacher training? What value will ethics and professionalism...

Any time you are sitting at the front of the class, in a teaching capacity, your role must fit comfortably into Yoga teacher / student relationship guidelines. This concept of role playing is a difficult transition for any intern, regardless of past experience.

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Participating in a prenatal class with a certified Yoga teacher yoga will keep your body limber and in shape, as well as ease the countless tension always building up in the muscles. It is the perfect workout if you want to tone the muscles and prepare your body for the experience of labor.

When Amy heard about a couple prenatal yoga programs in town, she felt it should be something to check into. She had never tried yoga before, but her sister-in-law Ashley was a regular and had tried to get her to go. Thankfully, her physician had said she could incorporate light exercise into her life, and this is why she hoped yoga would be the thing to help her feel better.

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Yoga is a deeply enriching practice, which produces positive results that cover the spectrum - from increased flexibility, to reduced pain, and a heightened sense of well being. Yet, some will ask: “What about inner peace?” How can the daily practice of Yoga lead to greater levels of inner

Yoga is a deeply enriching practice, which produces positive results that cover the spectrum – from increased flexibility, to reduced pain, and a heightened sense of well being. Yet, some will ask: “What about inner peace?” How can the daily practice of Yoga lead to greater levels of inner peace?

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Meditation creates a space for addicts to examine the events that trigger their cravings, to observe their reactions, and to substitute...

With Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras we are taught the higher value of meditation.  Yet, Hatha Yoga classes are filled with people who focus on the physical body.  You can’t blame the masses for taking care of themselves physically, but the mental and emotional Yogic benefits are worth consideration.  Yoga meditation is being taught to support groups for the purpose of eliminating addictions.

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Perhaps one unacquainted with yoga could compliment a yoga practitioner friend on that skill, who could share what he or she has learned about nonattachment from yoga – therein bringing another into the essential practice. From there, a cycle of creative communal adjustment to each moment as it

A summer or two ago I was browsing a local newspaper and saw an advertisement for a $5 sunset yoga class on the beach. Everything in that description appealed to me, so I penciled it right into my calendar. When I arrived at the small local beach for the class, however, there was nary a yoga mat in site. I asked a few beach-goers if they knew anything about the class – if it was perhaps farther down the beach, or had changed to another day of the week or time of night. No better idea from anyone.

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