By The Elegant Outlaw
The podcast currently has 145 episodes available.
In our highly stimulating environments, mantra utilizes concrete words spoken aloud which serve as a very impactful tool to shift one's focus even among distraction. Nikita offers insight to to the implementation of this practice and even offers the additional (also very concrete) tool of Mala beads for sharpening concentration. She invites us to bring this effective tool into our practice and our teachings.
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With upmost respect for the scientific and somatic elements of the yoga practice; Nikita brings to our attention that sanskrit mantra evokes deities of mythology. This practice carries a distinctly mystical (or even magical) element to it and she points out that perhaps there exist room for this magic even in an increasingly fact-based reality we exist in.
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Meet Nikita Ahuja, yoga teacher and artist! Nikita's teaching practice is informed by a disciplined ashtanga practice combined with her upbringing in a traditional Indian household where yoga was introduced to her in the form of Sanskrit mantra, philosophy, pranayama, and Ayurveda. Her parents shared practices of repeating different mantras and eating (or fasting from) specific foods to reach a state of balance, depending on the situation or imbalance she was experiencing. There were specific practices denoted for sleep, anxiousness, lethargy, loss, celebration, etc. In this episode Nikita speaks to implementing Mantra as a tool for alignment & awareness both in our activities of daily life as well as our practice of teaching yoga.
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Did you know that there are 7 patterns of functional movement, all of which are easily identifiable in the postures (asanas) of yoga? Together we explore what functional movement is and just how beneficial it can be to mindfully integrate this information into our practice of teaching yoga. Through mindfully teaching and consciously creating sequences we help our students recreate healthy habits & patterns of movement!
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Each yoga student is a unique and complex being, composed of mind, body and spirit. How do we support the WHOLE being in each one of our classes? This is an opportunity to reflect upon your classes with an analytical eye to evaluate the support you are offering the practitioners in your community.
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Contrary to popular belief, creating accessible asana for community classes is much more than simply modifying poses to be "easier" for students. Accessibility, especially in yoga practice, is a complex & multi-faceted topic. In this episode, I outline a 5-point framework to begin creating classes that are truly for all bodies, levels, ages and more. This is by no means a step-by-step guide (if ONLY it were that easy), but rather interdependent variables to constantly evaluate and re-evaluate. .
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This is also insight into the first module of our 300-YTT, as the curriculum is inspired by the 3 values of the Elegant Outlaw Collective ACCESSIBILITY, SUPPORT & FUNCTIONALITY.
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The long awaited 300 Yoga Teacher Training is NOW open for registration! It was a slow & arduous journey of thoughtful curriculum development and credentialing process, but it is very satisfying to bring you such a comprehensive program. The curriculum for this registered yoga school is naturally based on the 3 values of the Elegant Outlaw Collective: Accessibility, Support & Function.
If you are interested in learning more advanced & subtle techniques to teaching...learn more here!
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Especially with the increase in students being referred to yoga practice, more often we see students with pre-existing injuries and problem areas in the body. Eric Finger (Austin- based physical therapist and yoga practitioner) discusses concepts such as regional interdependence, the path of least resistance and more. These topics help us to avoid exacerbating already-existing injuries in our yoga students.
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Yoga should be a healing modality for body, mind and breath/spirit, but unfortunately sustaining injuries in practice is a reality. But why and when do injuries occur? In this episode, Eric Finger (Austin-based mobile physical therapist) and I explore this topic of provoking injuries. More importantly we speak about how to prevent injuries in yoga practice.
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Eric Finger (Mobile physical therapist, father of three, triathlete and yoga practitioner) speaks to his own personal injury in yoga when a well-intentioned teacher "assisted" him into a deeper range of motion in plow pose. Even so, Eric acknowledges the wealth of benefits that this practice has to offer. After thorough evaluation and assessment, Eric will still refer some (not all) his own clients to yoga practice. He gives us some insight to this process and additionally, we explore some of the elements that contributed to this injury in practice and of course what we as teachers can do (and not do) in preventing situations like this.
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The podcast currently has 145 episodes available.