...aching Yoga as therapy? The truth is: A personality without compassion should not be teaching classes in any subject. There are a rare few people, who derive pleasure from pushing others into pain. They should not be working with the public in any type of care-giving capacity.

Where will Yoga therapy go in the future? It is only a matter of time for Yoga to be integrated into standard medical therapies. Being cost efficient, and without negative side effects, has made a very strong case for proponents of Yoga therapy. As studies continue to reveal the results of a holistic and pro-active approach to health, standard medicine will evolve.

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Insider Secrets to Marketing Your Yoga Teaching Service, Part 5

...nt emphasis to see if you can recapture some excitement or find a trend.

Monitor your drop out rate and know your stats. Are you losing more students out the back door, while focusing on bringing new students through the front door? This is very common, but many health clubs and Yoga studios make the mistake of taking repeat business for granted.

When you have a small number of Yoga students to track, you dont have to drive yourself crazy with statistics. If you grow into a large Yoga studio, you have to pay attention on a weekly basis. Who is out? Why are they out? and so on.

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Yoga and Meditation - Questions and Answers

...lays. I do not mean by this that the aspirant does not experience changebut the changes are mostly internal and usually apparent only to the practitioner.

Q. How is yoga just the stopping of thoughts in the mind? Is that all there is to it?

A. No. It is much more sophisticated than that. It is also pretty technical, but there is no avoiding that.

Yoga is the suppression of the modifications of the chitta, is the beginning statement of the Yoga sutras as well as being Patanjalis definition of yoga. Meditation establishes our consciousness in the true self and renders the chitta (mental energy, mind substance) free from outer-caused modifications or vrittis (waves). We should look at this further.

To the purusha the chitta is the sole object in the form of its modifications. And chitta w...more

Should Yoga Teachers Be Marketing Themselves?

... Why would you listen to anyone, who tells you so?

Therefore, if you are a Yoga teacher, or thinking about becoming a Yoga instructor, marketing is part of the job. Whether we like it, or not, we market ourselves everyday. In fact, everyone markets themselves at work, home, or play, so we may as well do a good job of it.

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