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...You are average, Melanie. How could I be average? I had been practicing hot yoga for nearly five years when my husband of 32 years passed away. I started adding more days to my weekly practice to heal and meditateto release anger and frustrationto handle the stress of separation and it worked. Was I really average?

I was 56 years old and I found that I fit the statistic of the average age of widowhood. I felt too young to be a widow and as my practice improved I knew that the door to a happy life was not closing. Yoga helped me see that the possibility of a healthy and full life was ahead of me and that there were no limits to my flexibility. Because each posture addresses so much of the inner mind, my adjustment to this new chapter was enhanced by a positive focus and a consistent practice. After a few months of reflection, I decided to participate in my yoga teachers first Yoga Teacher Training along with sixty other yogis from around the world. While I was not the oldest, I was close to the oldest enrolled for five weeks of intense training, six days a week from 7am until 9pm or later. I did itI completed my training and while I was not convinced that I would be teaching, I wanted to share my knowledge. With a body that was more toned than ever, I began sharing the message wherever I traveled. Yoga can change your life! became my theme song.

With meditation and concentration, I sent a message out to the universe that I wanted more than ever to participate in this new life; explore my new freedom and challenge my fears. The following year I attended yoga retreats in Brazil, North Carolina and Costa Rica and later Santorini, Greece. I took adv...more

Insider Secrets to the Business of Teaching Yoga, Part 1

...d desperately scratch out a living, without the proper business skills.

Speaking of Yoga business competitors, you would be better off to network with other local Yoga teachers. Some of the neighboring Yoga studios, in Providence, RI, refer prospective Yoga students to me, and I do the same for them. You cant fill every Yoga niche and do you want to really try? Even McDonalds has a limit on the menu and we can all learn from this. Better to do one or a few things very well, than do nothing well at all.

Yoga Business Is this an Oxymoron, a Conflict of Interest, or Blasphemy? Do you feel guilty taking a Yoga students money? Why should you? What do your Yoga st...more

ayurvedic beauty Care

...ga is an important aspect of ayurvedic concepts of beauty care. Women who want to keep their youthful beauty needs to practice yoga on a daily basis. Practicing yoga can also relieve women off menstrual problems and can help them with easy delivery at the end of their pregnancy.

beauty Care in Ayurveda does include the use of natural cosmetics derived from such plants like sandalwood, turmeric, ...more

Yoga: Three Reasons You Should Not Do Yoga posture The Chair

...nal organs, diaphragm and the heart which provides the extra power for the entire body. Practicing this posture helps proper digestion and helps with problems related to immune system.

The Chair posture strengthens and tones the arms and shoulders. It increases blood flow to the knees and ankles joints, and can reduce the flat feet. It can also relieve pain at the joints and the sciatic pain.

The Chair posture is a great asana bringing lots of benefits to a practitioner. However, there are a few health conditions where this posture should not be practiced.

There are three important reasons no...more