There’s a growing (ha) need for prenatal teachers — if you’ve been thinking about getting the certification, there’s a deal this weekend. YogaWorks (Union Square) is offering a prenatal training for “yoga teachers, doulas, labor and delivery nurses, childbirth educators, midwives, and pregnant women interested in deepening their practice.” Taught by Lamaze certified Childbirth Educator / [...]

New York Yoga and New York Yoga Hot, located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, are seeking to add to their current teaching staff. We are looking for talented and knowledgeable teachers with 4+ years teaching experience, teaching in the heat is a plus. Please list any additional certifications such as Restorative & Prenatal. [...]

Tao Porchon-Lynch is teaching a workshop at Strala Yoga next Saturday. She’s 91, and teaches yoga every day. Inspiring! Details: Explore the Body as Energy with Yoga Grand Master Tao Porchon-Lynch Saturday, July 24th, 2010 1:00pm – 4:00pm $25 on-line registration $20 in person at Strala $30 same day (if space is available) In this [...]

The function of high school, then, is not so much to communicate knowledge as to oblige children finally to accept the grading system as a measure of their inner excellence. And a function of the self-destructive process in American children is to make them willing to accept not their own, but a variety of other [...]

From Stephanie Sandleben, at Kula Yoga: Stephanie: So, in my own practice, I’ve been thinking about the difference between sensation, and tapas. And realizing that they’re not the same thing. Rough quote, I’m forgetting more of it, but her words hit the spot. It’s taken me years to realize that yoga is not the Marines, [...]

From Elias Lopez, at Abhaya Yoga: Elias, demonstrating Bakasana: You can stay here, with the toes on the ground. That’s the pink variation. Or you can lift one foot, that’s the blue variation. Or the other foot, that’s still blue. Or lift both feet, that’s the purple variation. Any color you wish; all colors are [...]

From Tara Glazier, at Abhaya Yoga: Student: Why do I feel like I’m pulling my shoulder out if its socket? [in Visvamitrasana] Tara: You might be! This wake-up call drew a big round of laughter from the class. It’s easy to forget that the asanas are serious challenges for the body. (She went on to [...]

We are looking for experienced, vibrant, and inspiring Asana teachers to make an impact in a growing yoga community. Please send resume, a photo (optional), and your availability Monday through Friday to Brooklynyogi@gmail.com. Please attach resume and install in the body of the email as well. We will be conducting interviews and auditions next week. [...]

Book 1, Sutra 4: At other times [the Self appears to] assume the forms of the mental modifications. Book 1, Sutra 30: Disease, dullness, doubt, carelessness, laziness, sensuality, false perception, failure to reach firm ground and slipping from the ground gained – these distractions of the mind-stuff are the obstacles. I’ve been thinking about obstacles. [...]

Yoga teachers often use the word grounded. It’s a verb (to ground through the feet) and an adjective (a grounded feeling). But what does that really mean? It’s a yoga cliche, a phrase that’s used so often it’s lost some of its punch. And most of us didn’t know the definition to begin with. Read [...]