Author: Judy Wellsworth
Source: articledashboard.com
Have you seen the way that, YogaYoga For Fitness, yoga is being used for anyone who wants to loose weight? You might even be close to someone that has used it for that reason. Many will say that yoga will help someone to keep a good weight by getting them into a regular habit by doing all the right poses that come with yoga. The idea behind yoga for loosing weight comes from the idea that it can make you well all over. The well-being of the body is to be healthy and free from all the damage that is caused by the environment. This also means the calories you take in. yoga will also help to raise your metabolism and this is what is needed to help you to loose weight. There are still some that do not go with the idea that yoga does not provide what is necessary for helping a body to loose weight. They say that even if the yoga is done each day on a regular basis, it will not help you to loose weight. You need to keep in mind that yoga still is in the running for being able to accomplish great things in weight loss. When combined with a good diet and better lifestyle it is a good thing for loosing weight. Loosing Weight and the Exercise You NeedIn general, the poses that yoga has are thought to give you a good loss of weight. The techniques that are used for yoga such as the bending, inversions, twisting, and others are helpful for loosing weight. These particular exercises are a good way for you to stimulate the body's endocrine system. They will help raise the metabolism which will help you to burn more calories than before. When you complete the poses of the sun salutations, camel pose, shoulder stand, rabbit and plow poses, you are able to give your metabolism what it needs to go higher. For those that are overweight, might find that these are hard for them to do and they need to do them very slow and easy. The Right Diet and LifestyleExercises that come with the yoga are not the best for loosing weight if they are not done, YogaYoga For Fitness, with a diet and lifestyle change. If you are trying to loose weight through yoga then you will need to change your lifestyle and start to eat right. A yoga diet will incorporate high amounts,, YogaYoga For Fitness, Yoga For Fitness, of fiber, whole grains, and vegetables. The yoga diet will be low in fat and will not include any foods that are processed and no animal proteins. To make sure that you have a better time with the weight loss, you will need to stay away from the foods that are not allowed. Period!Your lifestyle will also need to change. Alcohol and anything that is not healthy for your body needs to be stopped. You will also need to respect the others you are around and, YogaYoga For Fitness, give yourself a positive outlook on the things you do for yourself. This is the main thing that yoga will focus on.
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Teaching Hatha Yoga: Difficult Students and Fitness Centers
Author: Paul M. Jerard Jr.
Source: articlemarketer.com
What would you do if you had, YogaYoga For Fitness, to substitute your Yoga class for an Aerobic Step class? What if one of the Step Aerobics students gave you a case of misplaced aggression because he or she was disappointed the Step Aerobics class was canceled?If you are considering teaching Yoga in a fitness center, or health club; imagine the following situation. A Power Yoga teacher is called, by the fitness center she works for - to substitute her Power Yoga class for the regular Step Aerobics Class; this is her story."This morning I substituted for another fitness class and had a woman literally scowl, once she found out that Yoga was filling in the time slot for the Step Aerobics class. She looked at me, and said, that it wasn't against me, but she just didn't see the point in stretching. "I can't loose weight by stretching. I need cardio." I told her that she might be surprised and she might see Yoga in a different light. She replied "Not likely," and walked away from me. Though she said it wasn't personal, I took it so. I really thought hard about all the things, YogaYoga For Fitness, I wanted to say, but found that everything I wanted to say had a negative tone. I told this person, as she walked away that I was not going to argue with her because I saw no point in it. I felt hurt by her attitude, what can be said to people like this? What can I do to let it "roll off of me?" Can you respond in love and still get the point across?"Let's find some realistic solutions for this Yoga teacher. In a nutshell: This particular health club member is full of negative energy. You are doing your job by substituting for the Step Aerobics class. She decides, Yoga For Fitness, to take it out on you, but it is all misplaced aggression. She would have acted the same way toward anyone teaching anything, except a cardio based fitness class. Fitness centers are doing the best they can to serve their clients, on tight budgets. This particular fitness center wants to make sure there is a class for its members, because the Step Aerobics instructor is out. This is obvious, but, this person decides to attack what you do - just to lash out at somebody.What you did is the best thing by avoiding an argument. Showing loving kindness was wise for many reasons. Management will usually back the members, no matter how obnoxious they are.Many Yoga instructors currently teach Yoga in, or have taught Yoga at, fitness centers, in the past. When a racquetball court is in full swing, a fitness center is not always an ideal place to teach meditation. My advice: Design a prepared handout, which highlights the researched benefits of Power Yoga. Some fitness center clientele don't understand, YogaYoga For Fitness, what Yoga is or what it can do for them. Pass them out with a smile. If the class wants to work hard, give them their money's worth (a serious challenge). They will believe Power Yoga can get them fit, when they can see and feel it.Those scenarios are the reasons why some Yoga teachers do not teach in fitness centers anymore. When I teach Yoga to anyone, I want to make sure the students want to be there, YogaYoga For Fitness, for Yoga. In a health club, Yoga is just part of a big fitness menu - Like ice cream on an apple pie in a restaurant. So, very few of the members see it as something special.Lastly, you are a Yoga teacher, but you are human too. Negative people do not think much before talking, but they do upset everyone all day and every day. You did the right thing by displaying, YogaYoga For Fitness, self-restraint. Remember the saying: "You cannot please everyone all the time."Copyright 2007 - Paul Jerard / Aura Publications
Paul Jerard, E-RYT 500, is a co-owner and the director of Yoga teacher training at: Aura Wellness Center in, Attleboro, MA. He has been a certified Master Yoga teacher since 1995.
http://www.riyoga.com
Source: articlemarketer.com
What would you do if you had, YogaYoga For Fitness, to substitute your Yoga class for an Aerobic Step class? What if one of the Step Aerobics students gave you a case of misplaced aggression because he or she was disappointed the Step Aerobics class was canceled?If you are considering teaching Yoga in a fitness center, or health club; imagine the following situation. A Power Yoga teacher is called, by the fitness center she works for - to substitute her Power Yoga class for the regular Step Aerobics Class; this is her story."This morning I substituted for another fitness class and had a woman literally scowl, once she found out that Yoga was filling in the time slot for the Step Aerobics class. She looked at me, and said, that it wasn't against me, but she just didn't see the point in stretching. "I can't loose weight by stretching. I need cardio." I told her that she might be surprised and she might see Yoga in a different light. She replied "Not likely," and walked away from me. Though she said it wasn't personal, I took it so. I really thought hard about all the things, YogaYoga For Fitness, I wanted to say, but found that everything I wanted to say had a negative tone. I told this person, as she walked away that I was not going to argue with her because I saw no point in it. I felt hurt by her attitude, what can be said to people like this? What can I do to let it "roll off of me?" Can you respond in love and still get the point across?"Let's find some realistic solutions for this Yoga teacher. In a nutshell: This particular health club member is full of negative energy. You are doing your job by substituting for the Step Aerobics class. She decides, Yoga For Fitness, to take it out on you, but it is all misplaced aggression. She would have acted the same way toward anyone teaching anything, except a cardio based fitness class. Fitness centers are doing the best they can to serve their clients, on tight budgets. This particular fitness center wants to make sure there is a class for its members, because the Step Aerobics instructor is out. This is obvious, but, this person decides to attack what you do - just to lash out at somebody.What you did is the best thing by avoiding an argument. Showing loving kindness was wise for many reasons. Management will usually back the members, no matter how obnoxious they are.Many Yoga instructors currently teach Yoga in, or have taught Yoga at, fitness centers, in the past. When a racquetball court is in full swing, a fitness center is not always an ideal place to teach meditation. My advice: Design a prepared handout, which highlights the researched benefits of Power Yoga. Some fitness center clientele don't understand, YogaYoga For Fitness, what Yoga is or what it can do for them. Pass them out with a smile. If the class wants to work hard, give them their money's worth (a serious challenge). They will believe Power Yoga can get them fit, when they can see and feel it.Those scenarios are the reasons why some Yoga teachers do not teach in fitness centers anymore. When I teach Yoga to anyone, I want to make sure the students want to be there, YogaYoga For Fitness, for Yoga. In a health club, Yoga is just part of a big fitness menu - Like ice cream on an apple pie in a restaurant. So, very few of the members see it as something special.Lastly, you are a Yoga teacher, but you are human too. Negative people do not think much before talking, but they do upset everyone all day and every day. You did the right thing by displaying, YogaYoga For Fitness, self-restraint. Remember the saying: "You cannot please everyone all the time."Copyright 2007 - Paul Jerard / Aura Publications
Paul Jerard, E-RYT 500, is a co-owner and the director of Yoga teacher training at: Aura Wellness Center in, Attleboro, MA. He has been a certified Master Yoga teacher since 1995.
http://www.riyoga.com
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