Category: Teaching Yoga

Yogic and Vedic

Margaret Kruszewska
I attended a  presentation today on yoga and noticed that the lecturer used the terms "Vedic" and "yogic" interchangeably.  While not entirely wrong, it not really right either!  There are schools of yoga that consider yoga to have arisen from the Vedic traditions, (the written text of the Vedas), however yogic practices existed before Vedic times.  (more…)
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Pranayama and Breath

Margaret Kruszewska
If you've ever attended a yoga class and heard this word pranayama, you know it has to do with working with subtle energies and breath.  In some schools it is considered an advance practice while others, such as the one I trained with, introduce pranayama techniques from the beginning.   (more…)
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Yoga Videos

Margaret Kruszewska
I've been reviewing popular yoga videos and DVDs on the market. That means I actually do the yoga class - and I'm doing it as a beginner to really check out how good it might be for a newcomer to yoga. (more…)
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Teaching Yoga: What it Takes

Margaret Kruszewska

Teaching YogoI have taken a year off from teaching regularly after an intense 5 years of teaching; sometimes as many as 15-18 classes a week. But one of my spiritual teachers mentioned to me last week that I should be teaching again.

Today I receive an inquiry from a studio that has an open time slot and would I be interested. Somewhere in my beginning...

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Yoga Tech: Can Yoga Be Virtual?

Margaret Kruszewska
It took me a year to figure out how this whole yoga on a web site would work. In the beginning I just couldn't see it. I was used to real students in a real studio in real time. There were so many factors to consider when teaching a live class: the mood in the room as you begin and then how it changes during the class, whether there are more men or women attending, what the weather...
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Yoga Class Sampling

Margaret Kruszewska

As I’ve mentioned in previous entries and in my articles, there are many approaches to learning and practicing the yoga postures.

One of the main differences you may experience is whether the teacher emphasizes holding the poses for several breaths (or several minutes) or leads the class through a steady flow of movements from one pose into the next. In addition, both ways can also have invigorating sequences or calming, restorative sequences. Continue Reading: Yoga Class Sampling