On the Mat
Can We Get a Little Integrity Around Here?
Now that Facebook is deleting a multitude of fake accounts, I wonder when they will get around to deleting the fake yoga teachers? You know the ones I’m talking about. Yoga is more than just poses. There is a system of integrity behind it which seems to be almost forgotten these days. For example, I…
Read MoreHOV – Hard or Helpful?
If there is one place that causes the most confusion in creating yoga inspiration with the Theme Weaver method, it is using the HOV. What is an HOV? HOV stands for Human Operating Value. An HOV on the highway is the lane reserved for Higher Occupancy Vehicles. You have the sense of fullness. In this…
Read MoreYoga Theme: Always Be a Beginner
A Yoga Theme for Teachers Always Be a Beginner You: Why do you teach yoga? Theme: Enjoy being a beginner again. Going back to school. Theme for fall. HOVs: Ahimsa, Non-Judgment, Beginner’s Mind, Possibilities Anecdote: (Put here any brief story you have about when you went back to school, or learned something new.) Years ago,…
Read MoreWhat Makes a Good Yoga Class?
And what makes a really bad one? Greetings fellow yogis. I have just returned from a really crazy, really bad yoga class. It was so wrong, that my friend and fellow teacher wants her money back. It was so wrong, that I feel slightly mistreated. It was so wrong, that I am compelled to write…
Read MoreYoga Theme for Three Goddesses
Theme Weaver: The Goddesses: Kali, Sarasvati, Lakshmi Your Why: Put your reason for teaching here. Theme: Three Goddesses of Hindu Mythology HOVs: Self-reflection, Self-Knowledge, Clarity Anecdote: In Hinduism, the three Goddesses represent many facets of one self, the beauty, the fierce and the cultured academic. In yoga, Sarasveti the intellectual, might be represented by alignment-based…
Read MoreMaybe We’re to Blame?
There’s an ad going around featuring puppies and kittens and babies being born with the tagline, “We want to make Facebook like it used to be.” You know, before we effed it up. I’ll confess, I haven’t been as active on Facebook as I once was. But it wasn’t Mark Zuckerberg or the Russians that…
Read MoreTheme Weaver: Be A Beginner
Yoga Theme: Be a Beginner, Always Your Why: Write why you teach here. Theme: Be a beginner and have no judgment. HOVs: Ahimsa, Non-Judgment, Beginner’s Mind Anecdote: January is a good time to remember that no matter how experienced we are, we will always be a beginner on the mat.…
Read MorePractice is the Point
Practice is the Point, a ‘Theme Weaver’ Theme You: (Put your “Why” or reason to teach here.) I teach to help everyone find clarity in their practice, and purpose in their life. Theme: Practice is the point, a sports theme. The pose is just a stepping stone. HOVs: Practice,…
Read MoreA Yoga Theme for Spring Cleaning
Spring Cleaning 1. You: Put your reason for teaching yoga here. 2. Theme: Spring cleaning. Can also work with themes about habits and getting organized. 3. HOVS: Sauca, cleanliness, intention, samskaras, clarity 3. Anecdote: Open your class with any story or dharma talk about spring cleaning and getting organized. Perhaps mention the yoga Niyama Sauca…
Read MoreWho Do You Love? A Valentine’s Day Theme
You: Why do you teach? Write it here so you won’t forget. Theme: Who do you love? A take on ‘Safe or Sorry’? HOVs: Risk vs Reward, Santosha, Contentment and Tapas, or fire. Anecdote: On Valentine’s Day, I can’t help but remember the ones I loved. Did you date the good boy…
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