Entries by derik

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Deepen Their Yoga Practice

Our first yoga teacher training began in 2003.  And since that time I have worked with hundreds of students who come for two basic reasons.  They either want to teach or to deepen their yoga practice. Be Inquisitive & Expand Your Options Mainstream yoga focuses on the postures.  However, the potential scope of yoga is far […]

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Traits of Yoga Teacher Training Students

There are lots of yoga trainings in Denver. Each with its own approach and clientele.  Here is a traits of yoga teacher training students that resonate with us. And, in full disclosure, the qualities that don’t. Yoga is not a fad for you.  You want to teach yoga (formally or informally). You know that life […]

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Yoga Pulled You Through Hard Times

It’s always fascinating to hear how people got into yoga.  For some the process was quite gradual. For others it was a more immediate and affirmative knowing.  “I did not even know it was possible to feel this way!?” For others the road to yoga may have been more rocky and could generally be classified into […]

Yoga Teacher Training Students

Who are the best yoga teacher training students for DYU’s program? Here is a robust list of the student qualities that most resonate with us. And, in full disclosure, the qualities that don’t make for a good match. You are the kind of person who…. Doesn’t see yoga as a fad, hell bent on nailing handstand […]

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Yoga and Intention Reactivation

The dust and confetti of the holiday season has finally settled and perhaps you have gotten some traction on your intention for 2019.  Mine is/was to give up sugar for 40 days. However, the path of living into a new lifestyle is rarely a straight line. More often than not, affecting life changes is a […]

Yoga and the Five Koshas

  Did you know that there are actually five of you?  ….Or rather, five distinct layers that constitute you.  Would you like to know what those five parts are and how you can support them through yoga? Early yogic scriptures, espouse that we are much more than a mold of skin and bones that then […]

Five Poses for the Summer Season!

Five Postures for the Summer Season! Summer is in full swing! There is so much to appreciate about this season; spending time outdoors, being more adventurous, travel and doing yoga on the deck! Yoga teaches us that we are not separate from our environment. Our constitution is powerfully influenced by the seasons as is our […]

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Are You Dedicated in Practice?

How often do we ask ourselves “Am I dedicated?” Almost by definition, yoga is limitless.  Yoga helps us live more skillfully in the world and ultimately, move beyond the constraints of an embodied life. From that perspective, all life experience is an opportunity to practice a yogic lifestyle and mindset.  The art of a yogic […]

Why Study Yoga Anatomy?

Anatomy is the study of the structure and function of the human body, broken down into its parts. Anatomy is the study of the components that create a unified whole. If you wanted to become a great artist, you would want to know how to blend colors. You would need to know the component parts […]