Extra Gentle Yoga

Extra Gentle Yoga

Extra Gentle Yoga: A free video class AND a discount on her retreat! By Natasha Scott, E-RYT500, IYTA, SOYA lead trainer for Penticton, BC One day a co-teacher asked me to substitute teach a gentle yoga class for her. I had no idea how to teach this as I had never in...
To See or Not to See

To See or Not to See

To See or Not to See – That is the Question   by Mugs McConnell SOYA, ERYT500, IYTA Back in 1978 I did my initial yoga teacher training at the Sivananda Ashram in the Bahamas. Swami Vishnudevananda and his disciples worked diligently to train us in the science of yoga...
Viparita Dandasana

Viparita Dandasana

Viparita Dandasana: Inverted Straight Rod Pose for Arthritis Submitted by Helen Mikuska, E-RYT500, IYTA, SOYA lead trainer in Calgary, AB Arthritis is inflammation of the synovial joints of the body and is one of the most common of all disabling diseases, afflicting...
Eyes Wide Open

Eyes Wide Open

By Mary-Louise Parkinson, President IYTA It was a normal, general hatha yoga class. One held every Monday morning at the exquisitely beautiful Mollymook Beach on the NSW South Coast. The major distraction of the class, other than the golden sandy beach and clear blue...