OPEN MIND OPEN BODY

Ideas for Your Yoga Practice

Open Mind Open Body is a free monthly web-based newsletter, full of ideas to support your yoga practice and yoga teaching. All articles are written by Kelly McGonigal, Ph.D.

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March 2006 Newsletter Contents

FEATURES

Yoga Research

My monthly review of recently published, peer-reviewed articles about yoga and other mind-body practices. This month, summaries of four new studies:

1. Yoga and pranayama help overweight teens lose weight.
2. Stress management: a randomized study of cognitive behavioural therapy and yoga.
3. The effectiveness of body-oriented methods of therapy in the treatment of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): results of a controlled pilot study.
4. Using self-report assessment methods to explore facets of mindfulness.

Ideas for Your Yoga Practice

Inspiration for yoga students and teachers.

This month: "What do you do when difficult emotions come up during yoga practice?" An email exchange between a student and myself that brought both of us to tears - and reminds yoga teachers why we teach yoga in the first place.

Take A Deep Breath

Breathing and meditation practices to awaken compassion, awareness, and healing.

This month: A Breath Visualization. Bring an awareness to the spine that will make it easier to find a natural alignment and energy in any yoga pose.

KELLY'S TEACHING SCHEDULE AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Spring Quarter classes at Stanford University start the first week of April, and registration is now open. Visit my teaching schedule for class listings.

2006 ONLINE CLASS & COMMUNITY

This year's online class is called The Yoga of Connection, and is by donation (no minimum donation required). 52 weeks of ideas for your yoga practice and/or teaching, as well as applying yoga to everyday life. Join this year's group, which includes yoga students and teachers from throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, Africa, and Australia. Register at any time.

TEACHER TRAINING

The Spring 2006 Avalon Yoga 200-hour Teacher Training is under way. This means that my teacher training manual is being updated. If you have purchased the training manual in the past, you can now download updates for free. If you do not remember how to access the manual and updates, simply email me.

UPCOMING WORKSHOPS

Inner Idea Conference for Mind-Body Teachers

July 23 - 25, 2006

Hyatt Regency Lake Las Vegas Spa

I will be presenting three workshops: The Yogic Warrior, Imagery for Yoga Teachers, and The Art of Connection.

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