WHY YOUR YOGA TEACHER TRAINING DIDN’T TEACH YOU ONE SKILL YOU REALLY NEED.

WHY YOUR YOGA TEACHER TRAINING DIDN’T TEACH YOU ONE SKILL YOU REALLY NEED.

  What’s the single most important skill you need to be a good yoga teacher? Proficiency at Asana? Expert knowledge of yoga philosophy? Great sequencing?   Well, all those things are helpful, but you can be the most flexible, knowledgeable...

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PATANJALI, PERSONAL EMPOWERMENT (AND HAIR STRAIGHTENERS)

PATANJALI, PERSONAL EMPOWERMENT (AND HAIR STRAIGHTENERS)

Towards the end of a yoga retreat in India I was facilitating, three apparently unconnected events intertwined to give me a deeper insight into both myself and many of my students.   Firstly, a fellow traveller asked me “How do you travel...

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Hey Yoga Teacher! Get your hands off me.

Hey Yoga Teacher! Get your hands off me.

I’m about 20 minutes into a yoga class. The large male teacher appears from nowhere and puts his hands on me while I'm in three legged dog. He hasn't asked for consent. He hasn't asked about injuries. He hasn't even made eye contact during the...

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Yoga and meditation at Lake Inle in Myanmar

Yoga and meditation at Lake Inle in Myanmar

This is the fourth in a series of blog posts about the Myanmar Yoga Adventure. Read more and WHY we're taking a yoga retreat to Myanmar with our students here.     We leave the golden Pagodas of Bagan to travel to our third destination on the ...

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Buddhas, Balloons and deep meditation in Myanmar

Buddhas, Balloons and deep meditation in Myanmar

Can you imagine what it would be like to meditate in an ancient Buddhist pagoda? That's one of the most memorable experiences at our second destination on the Adore Myanmar Yoga Adventure.  Read about our first destination and WHY we're taking a...

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Yoga and MeditaTion Retreat in Myanmar 

Yoga and MeditaTion Retreat in Myanmar 

  This is the second in a series of blog posts about the Adore Myanmar Yoga Adventure (Nov 2018) and how this exciting trip to Myanmar is supporting local communities as well as inspiring our students. Read the first post here.   On the very...

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Why run a yoga retreat in myanmar of all places...?

Why run a yoga retreat in myanmar of all places...?

  Myanmar (or Burma as it was known until recently) isn't at the top of many people's yoga travel bucket list. You'll find yoga retreats and adventures pretty much everywhere, especially in Bali, Fiji, India, Sri Lanka and Central and South...

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