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Take A Good Hard Look At Yourself ~ Maya Devi Georg
“Look at yourself.” What does the phrase mean to you? What images does it conjure, what memories are resurrected within you? It makes me thing of a David Sedaris short story,…
6 Reasons To Stop Obsessing Over Alignment ~ Maya Devi Georg
Settle down and unbunch your panties! Yes, yoga poses must be taught and performed in a way that eliminates the risk for injury. And, yes, the poses should be visually recognizable.…
Fanfare Or Fatronizing? ~ Maya Devi Georg
There is a growing phenomenon on social media. Yes, it is of yoga practitioners with tens of thousands of followers. And, yes, they post sexy selfies of themselves in asanas.…
Dear New Yoga Teacher ~ Maya Devi Georg and Chris Kiran Aarya
Maya Devi Georg and Chris Kiran Aarya. Congratulations! You have just graduated from your yoga teacher training course! While this means that someone certifies that you can teach a yoga…
Tits & Ass In A Mala: Queen Of The Cage ~ Maya Devi Georg
Maya Devi Georg In 2013 I wrote an article called Tits & Ass in a Mala: Yoga in the Media - it was obviously about the media and its portrayal of…
6 Ways to Tell if Your Favorite Celebri-Yogi Teacher Can Actually Teach ~ Maya Devi Georg
You’ve saved your pennies to attend the latest conference, mainly to take a class with your favorite celebri-yogi teacher. This celebrity teacher may have been featured on the cover of…
Tits & Ass In A Mala: Yoga In The Media ~ Maya Devi Georg
I’m getting really tired of seeing half-naked (or completely naked) women in yoga magazines and on yoga web sites. The images themselves are of young white women. They are depicted…
Teaching Yoga To Perfectionists ~ Chris Kiran Aarya
“At its root, perfectionism isn’t really about a deep love of being meticulous. It’s about fear. Fear of making a mistake. Fear of disappointing others. Fear of failure. Fear of…
Fear & Loathing on the Yoga Mat ~ Maya Devi Georg
There’s a lot of talk about spiritual jealousy, but our spiritual sides have very little to do with it… We’ve all experienced it. A beautiful young woman joins a class you’re…
Ethical Guidelines for Yoga Teachers ~ Georg Feuerstein, Ph.D.
As an integrated way of life, Yoga includes moral standards (traditionally called “virtues”) that any reasonable human being would find in principle acceptable. Some of these standards, known in Sanskrit…