Sometimes a student at my yoga class may ask me this – am I ready for an advanced class? Do you think I am ready for more demanding yoga postures? This is a question that I answer based on what I see of my student’s progress as well on their own assessments and fitness goals. Let us speak today advanced yoga classes, what they entail, readiness for them, and why, in the end, i...
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Is This The Right Yoga Class For Me? How to Tell
The other day I was chatting with a cousin who lives abroad. He asked how to choose a yoga class for himself. When he did a Google search for yoga classes close to home, he got a few options; some of them being highly recommended by students too. But how do I know which yoga class is right for me, he asked. When I do start to attend a class, what do I look for in a yoga class ...
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Yoga Helps Overcome Adversity & Change Perspective on Life
The Bhagavad Gita describes yoga very aptly, as the journey of the self, through the self, to the self. This is something that the students of my yoga class in Bandra as well as I often feel is true. While most yoga class descriptions will typically tell you about the physical journey a yogi undertakes, the journey is so much more. It is about a seeking of the self, about looki...
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Yoga Class Etiquette – A Few Pointers
When I was writing my last blog post about yoga and personal hygiene it occurred to me that yoga classes in Mumbai – and elsewhere – ought to have certain rules or accepted norms of behavior that makes class more pleasant for the instructor as well as the students. Apart from personal hygiene, there are other little do's and don'ts; yoga class etiquette and courtesies that make...
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