Restorative Ananda Yoga® Teacher Training Online Info Session
Free Info Session Sign Up Restorative Ananda Yoga® Teacher Training (Online) Info Session Recorded on June 11, 2022 Questions? Sign up to receive the recording of the free info session and meet your instructor Melody Hansen. Name* First Last Email* Phone* Location* City AfghanistanAlbaniaAlgeriaAmerican SamoaAndorraAngolaAnguillaAntarcticaAntigua and BarbudaArgentinaArmeniaArubaAustraliaAustriaAzerbaijanBahamasBahrainBangladeshBarbadosBelarusBelgiumBelizeBeninBermudaBhutanBoliviaBonaire, Sint Eustatius and SabaBosnia and HerzegovinaBotswanaBouvet IslandBrazilBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryBrunei DarussalamBulgariaBurkina FasoBurundiCabo VerdeCambodiaCameroonCanadaCayman … Read More
Asanas for the Yoga Sutras
Asanas for the Yoga Sutras Oct 10–Nov 14, 2021 (6 SUNDAYS) Take your teaching of Ananda Yoga® to the next level. This one-time offering focuses on the practice and teaching of the Level 2 Ananda Yoga® asanas that were formerly covered in The Essence of the Yoga Sutras, an in person course at The Expanding Light Retreat. It is offered … Read More
Restorative Ananda Yoga® Teacher Training
Restorative Ananda Yoga® Teacher Training 5-Week Professional Online Training for Certified 200-hr Yoga Teachers Dates: Oct 18 – Nov 22, 2023 Expand Your Skill Set with Restorative Yoga In today’s fast-paced and over-stimulated culture, more and more yoga students and teachers are turning toward a calming, slowing, and introspective yoga practice. Restorative yoga is the answer! Whether you plan to … Read More
Overcoming Obstacles
Overcoming Obstacles by becoming an Ananda Yoga teacher As director of the Ananda Yoga Teacher Training Program at The Expanding Light Retreat, I’m fortunate to meet yoga practitioners of all ages and backgrounds, who have dedicated themselves to a regular practice of yoga and who want to deepen their understanding of yoga as a tool for spiritual growth. During the … Read More
Yoga Therapy Final Essay
Author: Kyle McDonald Kyle McDonald C-IAYT 2017 Yoga Therapist/ Healing Arts Instructor Children’s Integrative Therapies, Pain Management & Supportive Care Department / Hasbro Children’s Hospital Rhode Island Hospital Cancer Institute Reflecting on my own journey of healing, I know that Raja Yoga, the 8-limbed path, is a lifestyle system, which affects mind, body and spirit and has the potential to … Read More
Can Being Too Flexible Be Harmful?
In When Does Flexible Start to Mean Harmful?, Lorraine Kreahling asks, Does too much stretching cause injuries? Ten to twenty years ago, when I was teaching yoga in San Francisco, one rarely heard of people being injured from practicing yoga. During this time I worked both as a chiropractic assistant and in sports medicine research. To the extent that we … Read More
Inversions and Cardiovascular Problems
Have you ever been suspicious of the contraindication, “Don’t do an inversion if you have a cardiovascular problem”? After all, how dangerous can Matsyasana or Padahastasana — or Balasana, for goodness’ sake — really be? This is a safe and conservative guideline for new teachers, but the more we learn about anatomy and physiology, the more we see when this … Read More
Yoga after a Hip Replacement
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, encouraging her to do whatever she likes? It can and does happen — and you’re right if you’re suspicious as to whether the doctor is giving correct advice. But are you … Read More
