Newsletter September 2024 Hello Reader Welcome to this month's newsletter to inspire and support your yoga teaching. I've been asked a few times recently about teaching people with scoliosis, so that forms the subject of this month's article. It's quite a complex topic because needs and experiences vary a lot from person to person. The article talks generally about how to guide yoga students with scoliosis most helpfully, and what to avoid. This article also applies to people who have a...
2 months ago • 7 min read
Newsletter October 2024 Hello Reader I hope your autumnal yoga classes are going smoothly, and that the heating is working in your yoga room.😊 I've had a few new students this term and I always love it when a complete beginner comes to class for the first time. But their initiation has to be managed sensitively, and I've written about this in my article for this month, which you can read below. We had a lovely and interesting conversation with Ranju Roy at our Q&A meeting last month about his...
2 months ago • 7 min read
Newsletter November 2024 Hello Reader This November newsletter explores the role of fascia in yoga and how understanding fascia can enhance your teaching. As a Rolfer I work directly with the fascial system and it's a topic I often get asked about. It's a body system that has long been known to exist, but until the pioneering work of Andrew Still (the founder of osteopathy) and Ida Rolf (the founder of Rolfing Structural Integration), it was largely considered to be padding! Fascia is...
2 months ago • 6 min read
Yoga Teaching & Learning Newsletter August 2024 Hello Reader Welcome to this month's newsletter for yoga teachers. Here you'll find news and offerings to inspire and support your yoga teaching. I've been thinking this month about small habits and how they affect us, and the power of the repetition of small actions - in life and in yoga practice. Below you can read my reflections on how it's the small actions that make yoga classes so special. "Be faithful in small things because it is in them...
5 months ago • 6 min read
Yoga Teaching & Learning Newsletter July 2024 Hello Reader Welcome to this month's newsletter for yoga teachers. As usual you'll find news and offerings to inspire and support your yoga teaching. I've been streamlining the YogaUK mailing lists and systems this month, which turned out to be quite a job.📨 But a satisfying practice of saucha! 💖 The July newsletter has gone out to everyone on any list who have marked themselves as yoga teachers. I'll continue to do that each month, but I don't...
6 months ago • 5 min read
Yoga Teaching & Learning Newsletter June 2024 Hello Reader Greetings to everyone, and welcome to new newsletter subscribers. I hope you find something here to support and inspire you in your teaching. 💞 Scroll down for some reflections around counterposing in yoga practice and community news. First some dates for your diary - Back pain workshop on 22nd June at 10am-12 - a practical collaborative workshop for yoga teachers on supporting students with back pain within a yoga class. (CPD)Find...
7 months ago • 6 min read
Yoga Teaching & Learning Newsletter May 2024 Hello Reader I hope your yoga teaching is going well and that you find a nugget of something useful or interesting in this newsletter to support your teaching. This newsletter turned out to be quite long! The topic of back pain is an important one and I'm thinking of offering a 2-hour practical workshop on Zoom on the topic of dealing with back pain in class, where you can share experiences, and look at useful and safe practices and helpful...
8 months ago • 6 min read
Yoga Teaching & Learning Newsletter April 2024 Hello Reader Are you 'good at yoga'? Scroll down for some thoughts on what this question means and how it relates to our yoga teaching. See what you think. Go to the bottom of this newsletter to find the dates for the next 3 Q&A Zoom sessions for your diary. Do come along and join us if you've not been before!For those waiting for the new community hub for yoga teachers - it will be going live in the next few weeks. The alpha testing phase has...
9 months ago • 4 min read
Yoga Teaching & Learning Newsletter March 2024 Hello Reader At the last Q&A session we had a great conversation about necks and neck care in yoga classes. It's a complicated topic as necks are complicated! Scroll down for some further pointers that I've put together on keeping yoga students' necks safe. And also - a couple of other things to mention: The dates for the next 3 Q&A sessions are at the bottom of this email, plus the results of the recent survey. And, a yoga teacher community hub...
10 months ago • 5 min read
