Articles and other free materials on yoga

NEW BOOK for yoga students and teacher trainees!

Yoga Student Handbook: Develop your Knowledge of Yoga Principles and Practice (Jessica Kingsley Publishers)

An accessible guide on the history, anatomy and philosophy behind yoga, showing how yoga students can develop and grow their personal practice. By offering students and teacher trainees guidance on how to move on to the next stage in their learning, this practical companion helps to deepen their understanding of holistic yoga practice. Including insights from renowned yoga professionals, including Lizzie Lasater, Andrew McGonigle, Graham Burns, Tarik Dervish and more, this book offers practical ways to hone yoga skills and knowledge. 

Yoga Teaching Handbook: A Practical Guide for Yoga Teachers and Trainees (Jessica Kingsley Publishers)

This trusted companion offers help and guidance on the day-to-day practicalities of teaching and running a yoga business. Including insights from renowned yoga professionals, including Liz Lark, Lizzie Lasater, Andrew McGonigle, Katy Appleton and Tarik Dervish and more, this book offers practical ways to hone teaching skills. It features topics such as working with common injuries and conditions, breath, sequencing, incorporating philosophy and myth into class, and the links between yoga and Qigong and Ayurveda. It also provides key information on how to get the most out of a yoga business, with advice on setting up and running a studio, and planning and leading retreats.

Free soothing yoga practice

Click here for a soothing, relaxing yoga practice recorded for Singing Dragon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fX9YGYPjIw&t=6s. 

Article

Below is an article on diversity and inspirational teacher, Jaz Mullings Lambert, featured in the first issue of the new-look Spectrum, the magazine of the British Wheel of Yoga:

spectrum-article-diversity-sep-16

Blog Posts

I attended an inspirational breakfast with Arianna Huffington who explained the concept of the ‘third metric’ as expounded in her book Thrive. Go to http://bit.ly/1x0HHvc for a short blog post on the event.

I also post occasionally on the Huffington Post UK Blog. Click here for a post on the passing of yoga master, BKS Iyengar: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/sian-oneill/a-christmas-tribute-to-a-_b_6362200.html

Reviews

Check out a review below for ‘Teaching Yoga: Adjusting Asana’ by Melanie Cooper published by YogaWords:

Teaching yoga review

And below is a review of ‘Yoga for Travellers’ by Jennifer J Ellinghaus published by YogaWords:

Book review- Yoga for Travellers

Below is a review of the new, sensitively written book by Andrea Warman and Liz Lark on ‘Caring with Vitality’:

Book review- Caring with Vitality

 Caring with Vitality - Yoga and Wellbeing for Foster Carers, Adopters and Their Families