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YOUTUBE: Yoga for Mental Health

by Arundhati Baitmangalkar October 24, 2019

written by Arundhati Baitmangalkar

1 week ago by arundhati_baitmangalkar Why we called 911 during a yoga class? . This weekend for the first time we called emergency services to help us with a student in yoga class who couldn’t move after sun salutations. The student was in excruciating pain:( . My teacher @mspore handled the situation beautifully. Kept the student calm, called 911, call the husband (who is also our client). Long story short, turns out it was a severe case of a back spasm. Today, the student is at home resting and recovering. . Why am I telling you this? ✔️ It’s super important to tell your yoga
2 weeks ago by arundhati_baitmangalkar Did you know? . I get asked often what other workouts should I do apart from yoga? . While yoga itself is can be someone’s sole ‘workout’ (for lack of a better word. Let’s assume we’re only speaking of asanas). I m a big fan of mixing your workouts. . I’ll give you some recommendations but here’s what I do in a given week - home yoga practice, Bollywood dance for cardio, TRX because yoga doesn’t have any pull action and it compliments well and a weights class. . Sometimes we tend to become very flexible in a yoga practice
2 weeks ago by arundhati_baitmangalkar Why yoga teachers need to stop saying “namaste”? . is an ancient Indian way of greeting where the palms come together and you bow your head down. . Namaste has a much deeper significance. In short it means, the divinity in me bows down to the divinity in you. Acknowledging that we are more alike than apart and everyone deserves the same level of respect. . Depending on where in India you are from, namaste maybe pronounced slightly differently. For example, I’m from southern India and we say namaskara. Up north, you’ll hear more namaste. . A lot of yoga
3 days ago by arundhati_baitmangalkar You may not want to hear this... . Let’s talk about periods please. (Bye if you decide to scroll over to the next post) I specifically want to highlight the role of yoga and what we should do during our period. . 1️⃣ You can absolutely do yoga during your period. But... . 2️⃣ You shouldn’t do everything during your period. You should ideally skip inversions, deep backbends, strong twists and core work...WHY? . 3️⃣ It’s a time of change and some strain for the body. Ideally, a softer, more gentle yoga practice is better. You’re looking to conserve energy
2 weeks ago by arundhati_baitmangalkar Who else is a sucker for a good quote? . Why I love this one? . 〰️ As yoga teachers don’t hold back from sharing what you know with your students. Even if that means you go above and beyond. . 〰️ We’ve been doing some deep study with our advanced teacher training group. And being a yoga teacher is a LOT of work. Especially if you want to do it right...that’s why we only offer the advanced training once in a couple of years to a small group of yoga teachers. . 〰️ Also on a personal note, don’t