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181: Teaching Hatha Yoga: Is a Hatha Yoga Teacher a Karma Yogi?
What is Karma Yoga and what is a Karma Yogi? The word Karma can be defined as action, work, or service. Karma Yoga is often referred to as selfless service or unselfish action. This is work that you do, without any consideration of a reward....

182: Should an Obese Person Become a Yoga Teacher?
There seems to be a stereotypical view of what a Yoga teacher should look like. Worse yet, there seems to be a preconceived notion about what a Yoga teacher should weigh....

183: Office Yoga: Corporate Yoga for the Office
Could Yoga increase office productivity? Can Yoga teachers help the corporate sector? What can Office Yoga programs do for large and small businesses? Let's look at solutions that Yoga can offer to the business world....

184: Yoga Insights: Walking Yoga Meditation
When you first start practicing walking Yoga meditation, you should set a steady pace and breathe naturally. Once you have established your pace, you should then try to focus on your breath without controlling it....

185: When Does One Become A Yoga Teacher?
When you teach a friend, co-worker, or family member, one Yoga technique, you have taken the first step toward becoming a Yoga teacher. This is the traditional way Yoga was initially taught before Hatha Yoga classes became such a "magnet" to the public. Large Yoga classes are not a bad thing, but it is easy to forget the way Yoga was taught for centuries....

186: Could a Blind Man Become a Yoga Teacher?
Yoga means union or unity. Where is the "unity" in discrimination? Discrimination originates from a closed mind. Discrimination works closely with intolerance and can lead to unjustified acceptance of blatant lies, or worse....

187: Learn Ashtanga Yoga For Strength And Flexibility
Ashtanga is a dynamic practice that allows you to build strength very quickly. If you want to learn ashtanga yoga, there are two main ways to approach it....

188: What Else Should a Hatha Yoga Teacher Know About Teaching Yoga Classes?
Just like Yoga teachers often say to their students, "Stay in the moment." Within your class, "it's all about Yoga" and anything else beyond that can be open to misinterpretation. Walk the middle path, avoid extremes, show loving kindness, and maintain a standard of professionalism within all of your Yoga classes....

189: The Aims of Hatha Yoga
Hatha Yoga can help you towards better health and calm your mind so that you can solve your personal problems, but I do want to stress two facts....

190: Yoga Being the Key to Modern Ailments
We tend to live on the run, geared to split-second timing, to noise, to newscasts every hour on the hour, to phones jangling and cars honking, subway trains, deadlines and keeping up with the Joneses and seldom sufficient rest, relaxation or sleep. None of this is conducive to peace of mind....