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The first impression a potential student receives is through a phone call or an Email. It is extremely rare to advertise in your local newspaper and have Yoga students drop out of the sky into your studio, without an initial phone call or an Email inquiry.

Potential Yoga students will have questions, may be seeking directions, or just want to feel comfortable before visiting your Yoga studio. Now, lets look at a procedure for answering an initial inquiry from a potential Yoga student.

Any person who answers the telephone should have a smile on his or her face. Some prospects may not be pleasant, but the person who answers the phone for your Yoga teaching service must be.

The objective is to get a prospective Yoga student to make an appointment of some kind. When answering t...more

Do You Know The Differences Between Yoga And Pilates?

...and exhale through the nose, whereas pilates employs the traditional athletic mode of breathing in through the nose and out through the mouth while performing an action.

Lastly, it can generally be done with just a mat (although sometimes props are used), while instructors ensure everyone's in proper form; pilates, on the other hand, has specific machinery designed to assist practitioners.

Athletes and dancers often engage in "pilates for sports" classes, either in large groups or one-on-one with an instructor. However, one needn't attend a class to get started with pilates -- in fact, there are many videos (Eleonora goya, dian ramirez, leslie sansone, kathy Smith, Denise Austin, karen Voight, The Method yoga, MTV, Prevention, etc). Of cou...more

Yoga For Weight loss - Losing Weight With Yoga

...omeone who eats whenever they're stressed. Your yoga exercises help you to calm down. This isn't something that you will notice immediately, but over time you'll find that you no longer react as you once did. You'll get rid of your stashes of chocolate bars, because you no longer need them.

So if you've been considering yoga, sign up for some classes. You'll be amazed at the changes which yoga will bring into your life.

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Yoga and the Breath

...in question and then let go entirely. You may not even realize that your muscles are locked until you try to contract them.

* Keep your breaths smooth and easy during your yoga practice. Everyone breathes at their own natural rate, but becoming conscious of your breath does not mean controlling it in any way. Notice your breath and relax into your own natural rhythm.

* Breathing faster, in and out, is a natural reaction to stress or excitement. It stands to reason then, that relaxing breath in yoga should accentuate the exhalation. Breathe in naturally a...more

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