Supta Nitambasana

Supta Nitambasana – Supine Hip Stretch Pose With Helen Mikuska, SOYA lead trainer in Calgary, Alberta Do you feel unstable when you practice lateral flexion in a standing position?  Do you have shoulder issues that are irritated when you reach your arms...

Professional Pain Care Distance Mentorship

Professional Pain Care Distance Mentorship – for Yoga Teachers, Yoga Therapists, and Health Care Professionals.  Offered by SOYA graduate Neil Pearson PT, MSc, BA-BPHE, C-IAYT, ERYT500 By Jools Andrés Already well established as a physiotherapist and...

TEACHING ELDERS YOGA

Many graduates from the SOYA Teacher Training find themselves out in the community once teacher training is complete, receiving requests from all walks of life for yoga classes. In 2014, I was asked to teach yoga to Elders at the Prince George Native Friendship...
Cobra Pose Modified for Low Back Pain

Cobra Pose Modified for Low Back Pain

Bhujangasana: Cobra Pose Modified for Low Back Pain. Do you have difficulty with prone spinal extensions? Does your lower back tend to jam when you practice them?  If so, try out this pose out. In this variation of Cobra utilizing a blanket and strap, it can help to...
Cuba Yoga Adventure

Cuba Yoga Adventure

New Year & New Intention, Cultural Cuba Yoga Adventure Looking for a sacred way to begin 2020, spending some time with pranayama, meditation, and asana? Setting a new intention in a sacred space? Here is an opportunity to visit a country you may never have visited...
Asanas for Balancing the Body

Asanas for Balancing the Body

The 6 Kinds of Yoga Asanas for Balancing the Body By Mugs McConnell, SOYA, E-RYT500 The Hatha Yoga Pradipika tells us there are 8,400,000 different Yoga poses due to so many ways to modify and deepen the asanas. This wonderful science of Yoga, born from the forests...