Radiantlyalive.com's Articles in Yoga

  • Qualities Needed For Participating In Yoga Teacher Training
    The word yoga means ‘union’, that occurs among mind, body and spirit. In today’s world, most people are becoming just as aware about their mental and spiritual health as their physical health. Skillfully teaching yoga can be challenging day to day, as the popularity of yoga is increasing across the world. Yoga is more complex than just learning and practicing.
  • Yoga Teacher Training – Importance of Feeding Back With Feedback
    We do not become yoga teachers just by taking yoga teacher training or getting yoga teaching certification. Being a good yoga teacher is more than knowing the body, postures and giving instructions to students.
  • The Drama of Dharma: the Yogic Training of Duty, Action and Freedom
    It’s two days after the Balinese holy day of Galungan, which celebrates the victory of dharma (virtue, right action) over adharma (evil, chaos). In astrology, Saturn best represents the concept of dharma, a principal of primary importance to the yogi.
  • The Yoga of Strength Training and Body Building
    A friend who’s a fitness buff, and who became dedicated to yoga a few years ago, struggles with oscillations between the gym and the Shala (yoga school). The big question is how to get the benefits of both? What you do in the gym will set back your yoga practice and what you do in the Shala will undermine your strength training.
  • 5 Tips for Creating More Generosity and the Best Relationships Through Principles of Yoga
    Ahimsa - Create as much positive good as you can for others. Simple things, like telling people you love and appreciate them, work wonders. Particularly those who help you on a regular basis. A sincere and genuine thank you to these friends (gardeners, mail handlers, recycling folk, newspaper deliverers) can have powerfully positive effects.
  • The Pratyahara of Geography
    Three key words in business are: location, location, location. Yogis, in the business of enlightenment, can learn something here. Business wisdom advises that if the store is not well placed, success is doubtful no matter how saleable the goods.
  • Is a Yoga Teacher Training Right For Me?
    Teaching yoga is different from learning yoga. Even if one has much experience in yoga, he/she requires yoga teacher training to get prepared better to teach effectively with ease. This is because, in yoga, teachers teach largely by their presence rather than their techniques.