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How Can Yoga Teachers Benefit From Knowing Yoga Anatomy?

Yoga is not a ‘one size fits all’ practice. Every person is different and every body structure is unique. When teaching yoga asanas, it’s no longer just about providing instructions...
Teaching Yin Yoga: 10 Tips for Teachers

Slow-paced and gentle, yin yoga is a practice that stresses the deep connective tissues. It provides a chance to get away from endless to-do lists and de-stress the mind and...
Free 30-Day Yin Yoga for Beginners Program

If you’ve been wanting to try out yin yoga but don’t quite know where or how to start—this program is perfect for you! Our 30-Day Yin Yoga For Beginners program...
How Can Yoga Teachers Benefit From Knowing Yoga Anatomy?

Yoga is not a ‘one size fits all’ practice. Every person is different and every body structure is unique. When teaching yoga asanas, it’s no longer just about providing instructions...
Teaching Yin Yoga: 10 Tips for Teachers

Slow-paced and gentle, yin yoga is a practice that stresses the deep connective tissues. It provides a chance to get away from endless to-do lists and de-stress the mind and...
The “Ugly” Truth of Yin Yoga

Yin Yoga, a popular style of yoga, is often misunderstood and has garnered a reputation for being a restorative and easy practice. However, the truth about Yin Yoga is that it...
Experiential Anatomy as Yoga Therapy

The human body is an amazing structure that performs numerous functions every second. Each part of the body is responsible for their own functions, and yet they all work together...
What is The Difference Between Yin Yoga and Restorative Yoga?

Similar in their slow-paced style of practice, yin yoga and restorative yoga have their share of differences. Both practices have become popular in recent years, and are practiced holding postures...
Yoga Anatomy Fundamentals

206 bones, 600 muscles, 6 types of moveable joints…does this sound like more than you want to know or learn about? You’re not alone. Studying anatomy can be an overwhelming...
Why Should You Do Your Online Yin Yoga TTC with Sampoorna Yoga Online Academy?

Slow-paced and meditative, yin yoga is the perfect practice to balance the fast-paced lives most of us lead today. It’s no wonder that yin yoga is now one of the...
Importance of Yoga Anatomy to Teach Yoga Safely

Adduction, abduction, flexion…are these familiar terms? Or perhaps strange concepts that sound too complicated? We feel you. Yoga anatomy can be a fearful and confusing subject for many teachers. But...
Balancing Yin and Yang

‘Life is best when lived in balance’, ‘balance your body and mind to balance your life’, ‘balance is everything’…sounds familiar? Whether it is work and play, rest and movement, diet...
What Is Fascia? What are the Benefits of Fascia Release in Yoga?

We often read or hear about the importance of popular organs and systems like the heart, lungs, kidneys, liver, brain, etc. When we talk about movement, we hear about the...
How to become a certified Yin Yoga teacher? Qualifications, where to teach, career and more

Gaining popularity fast is Yin yoga, a slow-paced, passive style of yoga. Practitioners are turning towards yin yoga in the pursuit of striking a balance between yang and yin practices,...
9 Reasons to Try Yin Yoga

Have you always signed up for fast-paced, yang styles of yoga like Ashtanga and Vinyasa? Is the slow-paced and introspective Yin yoga practice right for you? Have you wondered if...
Functional Anatomy: Why is it Important for Yoga Teachers?

If you have looked up yoga teacher training courses, you would have noticed every good course includes a module on anatomy and physiology. You might have wondered why it is...
Yin Yoga in the Time of Covid

The Coronavirus pandemic that wreaked havoc in our lives nearly three years ago is back with another variant. Omicron XBB.1.5 and BF.7 are among the new variants on the block,...
Myths of Anatomy & Physiology

There are several myths about yoga anatomy and physiology you might have heard. This tends to create ambiguity and even a sense of fear towards yoga anatomy. Many regard the...
Benefits of a Regular Yin Yoga Practice

The benefits of a regular yin yoga practice are multi-fold for the mind and body. The challenge that most of us face is in sticking to the routine. It’s important...
Can Yin Yoga Help You Lose Weight?

Many students will ask you if yin yoga can help you lose weight. The common answer is that holding postures for longer stretches and strengthens muscles, and helps in toning...
What is Yoga Anatomy?

What is yoga anatomy? Why is it important to have an understanding of functional anatomy? What does a yoga anatomy course consist of? Do these questions sound familiar? As yoga...
The Next Big Thing in Yoga

Hot yoga, power yoga, aerial yoga…sound like familiar styles of yoga? Popular at one time, these fast-paced and dynamic forms of yoga are now making way for yin yoga. Gaining...
5 Common Questions About Yin Yoga

It takes time and effort to calm our “monkey mind” that is constantly in a state of ‘go-go-go’. Gaining immense popularity worldwide is yin yoga, a slow-paced and mindful practice....
What are the benefits of Yin Yoga?

We live fast-paced, stressful lives that take us from one task to the next without much time to pause, reflect and relax. Our parasympathetic nervous system gets little time to...
Physiological and Psychological Impact of Yin Yoga

We know yin yoga is gentle and meditative, and it is known that one after-effect of the practice is to relax the body and mind. But how does it relax...