Three yoga basics to master BEFORE you do Yoga Teacher Training

Three yoga basics to master BEFORE you do Yoga Teacher Training

Once upon a time, prospective yoga teachers practiced and studied under master teachers for several years before becoming teachers themselves. Today, may yoga teacher training courses will accept students with little or no experience of yoga. Which...

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How meditation helps a social worker at home and at work

How meditation helps a social worker at home and at work

Tami Forsyth is a social worker who completed her Meditation Teacher Training with Adore Yoga. Tami shares how her family, co-workers and clients have benefited from her training as she uses her new skills to help others learn to meditate.   I'm a...

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What I learned in Meditation Teacher Training

What I learned in Meditation Teacher Training

Joanna Frankham, a certified health coach, is a graduate of the Adore Yoga Meditation Teacher Training. In this blog, she offers some insights into her personal learning and how she’s using her skills in meditation facilitation in her daily life...

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How Yoga Teacher Training Changed Me

How Yoga Teacher Training Changed Me

I didn’t want to be a yoga teacher. I just wanted to learn more about the thing I loved. Yoga had made a big difference to my life at a time when everything seemed to be falling apart. I was depressed, anxious and facing many challenges that seemed...

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Pranayama -  How yoga breathing brings balance

Pranayama -  How yoga breathing brings balance

Does your regular yoga class include pranayama? Pranayama, yoga breathing techniques, can have a more profound impact on your health and wellbeing than any number of yoga poses. Depending on the technique you choose, pranayama can: Soothe anxiety ...

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How yoga nidra saved my life. Twice.

How yoga nidra saved my life. Twice.

When I was 21 I had a nervous breakdown. Well, that’s what the doctor said. A toxic combination of untreated depression, exam worries and self-medication with a variety of substances tipped me into a year of hell.   Nobody knew what to do with me....

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THE BARRIERS TO ADVANCED YOGA TEACHER TRAINING

THE BARRIERS TO ADVANCED YOGA TEACHER TRAINING

I’m deeply committed to high quality yoga teaching. It’s been my life, my passion, and my reason for getting up in the morning for over 25yrs. But I’ve been listening to a number of yoga teachers in recent months who would love to undertake advanced...

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Self love for valentines day

Self love for valentines day

Looks like Valentines Day is on the way again.  Are you hoping for flowers and romance?   While it’s nice to be adored, it’s a truism that we have to love ourselves first. No matter how much attention is showered on us by friends and lovers, if we...

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Meditation? I'd love to but I don't have time...

Meditation? I'd love to but I don't have time...

Yeah, that was me. I'd spent years thinking about meditating, reading articles about it and telling my friends how good it was. I even bought a meditation cushion. But I never got around to actually meditating. I tried to concentrate on those...

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The day i lost my yoga students

The day i lost my yoga students

  At first, I thought it was the weather – a wet week often sees student numbers drop at the yoga studio. Then the sun came out, but the students didn’t return.   In my heart of hearts, I knew why my students had gone. I was a rotten teacher. I...

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