Is it OK to fall asleep during Shavasana? Shavasana (corpse pose): Sometimes, it is our favourite part of our yoga practice. We get to lie down and relax. How delightful! Shavasana, or corpse pose, represents the end of your yoga practice. It is time for your body to relax and for all motion to cease, except for the rising and falling of your chest and belly in sync with your breath. Often, people fall asleep in Shavasana. Many of us who have done it wonder, “Is it OK to fall asleep during Shavasana? The goal of Shavasana is: In this pose, your body is in a state of deep relaxation, yet your m ..read more

Discovering Anatomy “Practice becomes an exploration of your strength and flexibility.”  – Jessica (300h YTTC January 2022) Discovering Anatomy: When I embarked on the 300-hour Yoga Teacher Training in Goa, I wasn’t exactly excited about the anatomy part of the course. For me, learning anatomy felt like memorizing complicated Latin words for obscure parts of the body that I wasn’t even quite convinced were in there. I had the prejudice that anatomy was a square, Western science, something I felt like I hadn’t come to India for a yoga course to learn about. And I wasn’t feeling those suppo ..read more

TYPES OF YOGA CERTIFICATES IN INDIA Yoga Certificates in India – We are dedicated to bringing the highest quality training most conveniently. We have crafted programs that offer the individual the experience of deep self-study and an extensive study of yoga – in all its forms. Whether your goal is to teach yoga to others or to deepen your practice, we invite you to be a part of a community that will guide you through this truly transformative process. Here are the various types of Yoga certifications we provide at AYM Yoga School: 50 hour – Yoga Certificates in India The 50-hour Yoga Teacher T ..read more

Happy New Year 2024 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training at $499 Happy New Year 2024:- The desire to teach Yoga often comes from a place of love and appreciation of the benefits of the practice in body and mind. This training gives you the knowledge and leadership tools to lead students to experience all the benefits of this ancient system of practices. When people first come to practice yogYogahey usually think of the physical practice of poses; for that reason, the first emphasis of this training is teaching safe and therapeutic breathing and body movement, which naturally creates healthy posture ..read more

7 Easy ways to deepen your Yoga practice 7 EASY WAYS TO DEEPEN YOUR YOGA PRACTICE ──── ──── 7 Easy ways to deepen your Yoga practice –  Yoga is an ever-evolving personal journey. I have times when I love every moment on my mat, feeling deeply connected to my breath, my body, my heartbeat and the moment. Other times, my mind runs the show repeatedly, and I must become aware of repeatedly drawing myself back to my breath. And so the cycle goes. The Human Experience blesses us with an incredible yet mischievous mind, and yoga provides tools to help quiet the monkey mind and reconnect to our ..read more

How sitting is killing us How sitting is killing us How sitting is killing us – You’ve probably heard the phrase ‘sitting is the new smoking’. Well, it’s also the new obesity, diabetes and cancer. Sitting all day is killing us. From depression to diabetes and early death, the chair is deadlier than the gun. Technology is impressive in many ways, but the downside of it is a world in which most of us spend most of our lives sitting and staring at screens. Studies show that the average person in the developed world sits 12 hours a day – in cars, on trains and buses, at desks, on sofas in front of ..read more

SUN SALUTATIONS: WHAT ARE THEY AND WHY DO WE PRACTICE THEM? In the most literal sense, a Sun Salutation or Surya Namaskar, called in Sanskrit, the language of yoga, is a specific series of yoga poses performed in sequence. While the history of the physical practice of the Surya Namaskar sequence is a bit unclear, it is known that it was initially a sequence of sacred words honouring the sun that would be chanted at sunrise each morning rather than the sequence of poses we are familiar with today. Why do we honour the sun? As Shiva Rea, creator of Prana Flow Yoga and founder of the Global Mala ..read more

5 ways Partner Yoga is an excellent idea for couples Regular yoga practice suits all relationships because of its calming and happiness-boosting benefits. And it takes those benefits to the next level, primarily when you practice yoga with your partner. According to numerous scientific studies, love also directly affects our physical health by boosting our immune system, improving our cardiovascular functioning, and increasing our life expectancy. Nowadays, couples are often too busy connecting, so partner yoga is the answer. Partner yoga is designed for the physical and psychological connecti ..read more

Meditation and its benefits MEDITATION AND ITS BENEFITS What is Meditation? Meditation is a state where we can achieve the stage of a focused and one-point-centered (in Hindi, “Ekagrata”) mind because nothing is faster than the mind, not even light. That is why our sense is either present someplace or absent. Our mind is greedy, and it wants everything that it feels through the senses of the body (the mind is also the eleventh sense according to Indian philosophy); for fulfilling that need, it wanders around the outer world, and we know that we are not able to fulfill our all need at the same ..read more

Take a breath on the mat, and it works! ─── ─── Take a breath on the mat – When you want to become a Yoga Teacher, you are all about studying and practicing daily. You are physically and mentally preparing yourself to be a Yoga teacher. We go through different phases concerning practice-teaching life in our Yoga Teacher pieces of training. FIRST PHASE Appreciation: As you start teaching, some students will praise you and tell you they never had a class like this. They are pleased to meet you and practice with you. It motivates you and brings enthusiasm which is a good thing. It also brings so ..read more