Changing the Face of Yoga Podcast
106 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsHosted by Stephanie Cunningham, a yoga teacher herself who is committed to sharing yoga with anyone, especially the over 50's.
Stephanie created this podcast to share how yoga can be practiced by anyone with amazing benefits. Yoga teachers themselves will share their stories; discussing why they teach, who they teach, how students benefit. Every fortnight or so, we will release a new episode. We will talk with teachers about teaching children, curvy bodies, the elderly but also those that each yoga to support students with diabetes, cancer and mental health issues.
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Episodes
Anatomy in Teacher Training
October 10, 2017 21:52 - 46 minutes - 42.5 MBAnatomy in Teacher Training 5:35 Maria Kirsten's method of teaching anatomy: knowing the family around a movement. Donna Farhi notices that in teacher training, students are taught to mimic a shape. 15:30 Spiral of training, teaching, questions, back to training, etc. Especially for short-term teacher training, make a commitment to life-long learning. Driver's Licence analogy: P, L and full licence. Integration is critical and takes time. 21:09 Maria's story of her training cycles. Moved towa...
Trauma Care
October 03, 2017 22:04 - 30 minutes - 28 MBTrauma Care with Katie Overcash 2:20 What causes stress -natural disasters, medical interventions, abuse, neglect, military related, grief and loss. 3:00 What can traumatic stress look like in a yoga class - Trauma comes in through the senses, can become stuck in the body. People with trauma stress can be hyper-aroused or hypo-aroused with little time in between. Non-traumatised people can go between these states and self regulate themselves. People with trauma cannot and can become stuck. ...
Inclusion
September 26, 2017 22:14 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MBInclusion 3:55 Yoga - Sanctuary or Oppressive? 7:35 Yoga teacher's unequal and often unacknowledged power 12:00 Anti-oppressive teaching methods 19:30 Communication, Empathy and Boundaries 33:49 Tips to teach in an inclusive manner in large classes 38: 40 Contacts www.sofya.co.uk [email protected] Download the podcast here
Refugee Yoga Project
September 20, 2017 02:00 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBRefugee Yoga Project 2:12 Danielle's story and the beginnings of the Refugee Yoga Project 9.16 Teacher preparation for teaching for the Refugee Yoga Project Weekend intensive, Mentoring and Class design 20:30 Free 8 week sessions around Sydney with instructional videos in Tamil, Arabic, and Nepali for students' personal practice. 23:15 Students' descriptions of the benefits of yoga classes. Decrease in anger and chronic pain. Contact details: email: [email protected] website: ww...
Ahimsa - Creating safety
September 13, 2017 07:00 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBAhimsa - a safe class with Christine Wushke 2:40 - Ahimsa - creating a safe environment in class to be a healing space. Need presence and attunement to your students to receive feedback about how they are doing. Slowing everything down, looking for resistance and blockages. 8:00 - Students not connecting with their bodies and forcing their bodies to do poses 10:30 - Trauma informed yoga. Hakomi trauma theapy. Frontline yoga, teacher is tracking the room for trauma activation. 17:00 - Adjustme...
Yoga Volunteering
September 06, 2017 07:03 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MBGiving Back through Yoga Volunteering Patti Stevens of Live Balanced Naturally 1:00 Introduction: Aerobatics, Zen of Las Vegas, volunteering, Patti's travels. 5:23 - Teaching Yoga, Reiki, Qi Cong as a Volunteer in a Substance Abuse Facility for Women and Their Children. Low income individuals who have never experienced these types of modalities 9:20 Benefits for Clients: Breathing, meditation, relax, focus and movement. Patti Introduced Drum meditation as a tool for personal journey in med...