Ananda Yoga® Resources
Printed Materials
Blog Posts
Helpful Beginnings and Fun Highlights
Especially for Yoga Teachers

- The “Right” Way to End Deep Relaxation
- Teaching the Art of Discovery – Part 1
- Teaching the Art of Discovery – Part 2: Teaching More-Advanced Asanas
- Teaching the Art of Discovery – Part 3: Discovery via Challenges
- Insights from a Master Teacher
- Are Your Students Bored?
- Keepin’ It Simple
- Burn Bright, Not Out
- Getting the Point
- Engineered for Upliftment
- New Twists on Energization – Free the Sacred Dogs!
- Helping Students Master the Asanas, Part One: Understanding Mastery
- Helping Students Master the Asanas, Part Two: Proportion
- Engage Your Core?
The Deeper Teachings of Yoga
- Is Jesus Christ a Guru?
- The Longing To Be Free
- Playing the Pauses
- The Art and Science of Happiness
- Asanas Can Teach Us the Deeper Side of Yoga (3-part series)
- Be Calmly Active and Actively Calm
- Rewire Your Circuits
- “I am free! I am free!” — Yeah, right.
- Karma Yoga Comes to Light in Asana Practice
- Bhakti Yoga – The Yoga of Devotion
- Gyana Yoga – The Yoga of Wisdom
Students with Unique Needs
- Ananda Yoga: A Natural Treatment for Insomnia
- Ananda Yoga for Tall Posture and Bone Strength
- Teaching Yoga to Seniors & People with Osteoporosis
- Prenatal Yoga Tips on Meditation
- Prenatal Yoga: Are You Ready for the Good News? Part 1
- Prenatal Yoga: Are You Ready for the Good News? Part 2
- Teaching Yoga for Round Bodies (33 pages)
- Teaching Yoga in a Health Care Setting
- Teaching Yoga in a Public School
- Nine Deep Relaxations and Visualizations
Unique Teaching Experiences
- Teaching Yoga in a Public School
- Miss Yoga Goes to Juvenile Hall
- Nuclear Yoga: Teaching stress reduction and yoga in the corporate world
- Taking God Out of “God”: A Crash Course in Semantics
- Yoga for Teens (Part 1)
- Yoga for Teens (Part 2)
- Yoga as a Healing Modality
- Higher Awareness Comes to the Gym
- Ananda Yoga Comes to a Women’s Prison
- Inspirations for Your Teaching
- Lessons in Love and Courage
Short Stories
- Returning to Yoga after a Back Injury
- Ananda Yoga Goes to the Movies
- Holding to Your Ideals
- The Joy of Teaching Meditation
- Big Yoga, Small Town
- Yoga is Growth on All Levels
- “Left and Right and All Around”: Yoga in a Restaurant, in a Gym, and in the Bible Belt
- “This is Why I Come to Yoga!”
- My Experience of Yoga (written by a middle school student)
- “Ugh! I Hate That Pose!”
- Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way
- Inspired to Teach
- Oh, What A Wonderful Day!
- How to Teach Spiritual Yoga in a Gym
- Inspired to Teach
Yoga & Meditation
Therapeutic Yoga
- Yoga Therapy Final Essay
- Winter Restorative Yoga Pose
- Yoga Alliance’s New Policy on Yoga Therapy
- Autumn Restorative Yoga Pose
- A Restorative Yoga Pose for the Summer
- My Healing Experience with Ananda Yoga Therapy
- 5 Tips for Improving Posture during Pregnancy
- Keeping on Track with Knees
- The Great Knee Quiz
- Ananda Yoga For Persons with Multiple Sclerosis
- An Ayurvedic Approach to Ananda Yoga – Part 1
- An Ayurvedic Approach to Ananda Yoga – Part 2
- Isometric Strengthening of the Vastus Medialis
- Italian Study: Ananda Yoga Proven to Help Multiple Sclerosis Patients
- What Is Therapeutic Yoga?
- Assessing and Correcting Posture
- Healthy Hips in Hatha Yoga
- Yoga after a Hip Replacement
- Therapeutic Yoga for the Lower Back
- Can Being Too Flexible Be Harmful?
- Thoughts on Lengthening Ligaments
- Ananda Yoga for Persons with Multiple Sclerosis
Miscellaneous
- Can You Teach Ananda Yoga® in a Fitness Center?
- Training Teachers to Teach Yoga in Public Schools
- What? Fortune Cookies without Cookies?
- The Perfect Warm-Up
- More Perspectives on Warm-Ups
- Asanas to Help Improve Posture During Pregnancy
- Pregnancy Posture Tips
- A Yoga Teacher’s Guide to English Verb Forms
- Inversions and Cardiovascular Problems
- Keepin’ It Simple
- Living in the Spine
- Magnetic Protection
- Are You Ready to Own a Yoga Studio?
- Rendering Grateful Service