Category - Teacher Training
Mudras to Manifest Energy
Bhutan, Buddhist, inspiration, Prayer, Teacher Training, Yoga, YTT
My last post talked about what Mudras are and what they represent. There are many mudras and variations in each country for usage and meaning. Ive put together a list of some of the most common ones found…
Mudras for Meditation
Bhutan, Buddhist, Myths & Legends, Prayer, Teacher Training, Yoga, YTT
मुद्राis mudrā, literally means a “seal” in Sanskrit. A mudrā is a symbolic gesture in Hinduism, Taoism and Buddhism, and a spiritual and energetic seal in the spiritual practice of East Asian religions. Some mudrās involve the entire body,…
Awakening Spring Green
Chinese, Chinese Medicine, Featured, Healthy Living, Seasonal Living, Seasonal Medicine, Seasons, Teacher Training
Spring = Wood energy = Liver In Chinese culture, the world is a harmonious place where all beings live in balance with Nature. There are rhythms and movement in the weather and Seasons, and we exist as part…
Slow Down for Kidneys Sake!
Chinese, Chinese Medicine, Healthy Living, Seasonal Living, Seasonal Medicine, Seasons, Teacher Training
“The wise nourish life by flowing with the four seasons and adapting to cold or heat, by harmonising joy and anger in a tranquil dwelling, by balancing yin and yang, and what is hard and soft. So it…
Yoga and Breast Cancer
Healthy Living, Personal, Teacher Training, Yoga, YTT
According to BreastCancer.org, “About 1 in 8 women in the United States (12%) will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime.” Breast Cancer Today Breast cancer is particularly close to my own heart, so to…
Yoga Journal Thailand Interview 2009
Teacher Training, Yoga, Yoga travel, YTT
from Yoga Journal Thailand Interview – Teacher Highlight – Cora Wen YJ: What was your childhood in your hometown (where), could you introduce yourself? CW: I was born in Hong Kong in a traditional Chinese family, and have…
Harmonising Yin Yang – published in Yoga Journal Thailand
Chinese Medicine, Featured, Healthy Living, inspiration, Teacher Training, Yoga, YTT
This is a translation of an article published in Yoga Journal Thailand April 2011 Harmonising Yin Yang To Squat or Not to Squat In Asia, it is natural to squat. It’s comfortable, and a part of daily life…
The ROM of Major Joints
Healthy Living, Teacher Training, Yoga, YTT
In my last post What is Range of Motion (ROM) we discussed ROM and how it is measured. It is something that is interesting to note, as we often assume in Yoga that all joints can move in…