My Yoga Practice

My Yoga Practice
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Thoughts, stories, and lessons for teachers of modern postural yoga.

Episodes

  1. 10/30/2019

    A Simple, Yet Wonderful Sequencing Method

    A vital part of any professional asana teacher’s repertoire of skills is their ability to put together sequences of poses that are intelligent, effective, varied, and interesting; and which leave the practitioners who come to these classes feeling satisfied, and enriched through repeated experiences of authentic yoga practice. To that end, I created a simple process for sequencing any type of asana class that gives just enough structure to satisfy the desired outcomes that exist for most asana classes, but also allows enormous freedom and creativity to have infinite other types of outcomes. I knew I was on to something when I started showing this structured process to other experienced asana teachers. They would almost all say to me, after having a look at it, “ Oh yeah, that is pretty much what I do in my head when I sequence my classes”.

    32 min

  2. 10/22/2019

    Teachers Touching Students

    This week’s podcast is about one of the more controversial topics being discussed in the yoga world today: physical contact between teachers of asana and their students. While most of what we teach is transmitted verbally, the actual learning more likely takes place, in the context of an asana practice, through what the student feels when they follow your instructions. Oftentimes, it is appropriate to enhance the kinesthetic experience of asana with hands-on adjustments. Touch is an extremely powerful mode of communication and transference of energy. Use it wisely. There are benefits to the practitioner that simply can’t be given in any other way. The flip side of the power of adjustments to help is that they can harm or misguide as potently as they can do good.

    28 min

  3. 10/15/2019

    Working at The Tapas Point

    When coming into a pose with a range of depths, the tapas point is the point of depth where limitations in range of motion, strength, or skill prevent one from going more deeply without losing the alignment or other quality of work that you have determined to be in line with your chosen desired outcome.

    31 min

  4. 10/08/2019

    Desired Outcomes

    This week’s podcast is about teaching that’s based on knowing what your desired outcome is for what you are doing, then executing it so that your teaching has clarity and consequence.

    19 min

  5. 09/30/2019

    Maty and Me

    To provide context for the teaching methodology that I will present in this season, I want to introduce you to my teacher, Maty Ezraty.

    19 min
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