Yoga Teaching
Remembering Nancy Gilgoff
Reflections on Nancy Gilgoff's Teaching "As a teacher give freely, don't hold back." From her website: Nancy Gilgoff began practicing Ashtanga Yoga in 1973 with...
Short Ashtanga Practices
Download Short Ashtanga Practices Here Short Ashtanga Practices Firstly, we have to pay homage here to the orginator of this idea David Swenson. His Ashtanga...
The Yoga Teacher-Student Relationship
Is it really such a big deal, after all? Can’t we be adults about it like any normal relationship, apply our regular ‘boundaries’ and operate...
Quality Over Quantity in Practice – Less is More
The trouble is, from every angle in the modern-world these days we are given to believe that more is, indeed, always, more. We have been...
Yoga Adjustments
Nb. This is me, I admit. All of us change over time with experience - as these photos show. My attitude towards adjustments has changed...
Is Stopping Students in Practice a Useful Teaching Technique?
This is the current style of teaching as it’s passed down from Mysore. Teachers trained here usually carry on this approach where sometimes the...
Tips for Downward Facing Dog
(Adho mukha svanasana) This is a posture you probably spend most time in throughout your whole practice. It’s fundamental then, that we get...
Reflections on The Role of a Yoga Teacher
The role of the yoga teacher is not an easy one to navigate. Learning is not done by gathering information. Often a student has arrived...
