Yoga Teacher Support Center
Spiritualize all levels of yoga practice
Learn how to reach your students on all levels: physical, psychological, spiritual.
- Teach students with unique needs
- Use the life force in asanas
- Facilitate personal spiritual experience
- Stay inspired in your teaching
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Future Directions for Yoga in the West
Nov 2, 2011
Enjoy Gyandev’s popular keynote address to the 2011 Keynote for Yoga Alliance Leadership Conference More…
Helping Students Master the Asanas, Part Two: Proportion
May 2, 2011
How to teach your students not to look like the picture in the book. More…
Oh, What A Wonderful Day!
February 8, 2011
This short story won an Energy Expressions contest among Ananda Yoga teachers. More…
Higher Awareness Comes to the Gym
November 24, 2010
I didn’t think I could use there what I have learned at Ananda. But my heart said, “Go for it. If it doesn’t work, you can always find another job.” More…
Yogananda’s Views on Hatha Yoga
September 20, 2010
Was Yogananda “uninterested in hatha yoga—disdained it, actually—and never taught it.” ? More…
New Twists on Energization Free the Sacred Dogs!
June 8, 2010
It’s common for some personal—often unintentional—variations to creep into one’s practice.... More…
Helping Students Master the Asanas
May 11, 2010
“Will I ever be able to do ____?” [Fill in the blank with a popular yoga asana.] This is a question that I often receive from my students... More…
Yoga for Multiple Sclerosis
April 9, 2010
Completed in 2008, this research study on the effects of Ananda Yoga on persons with multiple sclerosis showed improvements in balance, strength, anxiety, depression, vitality, concentration, and sense of well-being. Download the study (PDF, 252KB) More...
Yoga After a Hip Replacement
March 23, 2010
Have you ever had a student come to your class, having recently had a total hip replacement, and tell you her doctor gave her no restrictions in movement whatsoever... More…
Inspired to Teach
February 26, 2010
The story of Fran Zabica, a yoga teacher whom her physicians called “the strongest person we have ever seen.” Originally published 11 years ago. More…
The Joy of Teaching Meditation
By Savitri Simpson
January 29, 2010
One woman I taught was the mother of four children, the youngest ones being triplet daughters, plus she had a… More…
All authors are graduates of Ananda Yoga Teacher Training.

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