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Ideas for Your Yoga Practice

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Take care,

Kelly

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March 2007 Newsletter Contents

Support for Yoga Teachers

Two updates to the list of organizations that offer grants for yoga teachers:

YogaEd offers free 2-day to 7-day teacher trainings (in Los Angeles) and a paid stipend ($200-600) to classroom teachers, PE teachers, and already certified/registered yoga teachers who agree to teach the YogaEd program in their hometowns for 3 months.

Visit http://www.accelerated.org/yogaed.php for applications and details.

Yoga basics awards $300-$600 teacher training scholarships on a competitive basis, but only members of its online community may apply. For more info, visit www.yogabasics.com and scroll down the home page. Scholarship recipients must be living in the U.S. and attend a Yoga Alliance registered training program in the U.S.

Research

Research Summaries

1. Effects of Yoga on Quality of Life and Flexibility in Menopausal Women: A Case Series
2. Mindfulness Meditation Alleviates Depressive Symptoms in Women with Fibromyalgia: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial
3. Innovative Interventions for Disordered Eating: Evaluating Dissonance-Based and Yoga Interventions
4. A Randomized Trial of Yoga for Adolescents with Irritable Bowel Syndrome
5. A Pilot Study on Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction for Smokers

Submit a perspective or article to the 2007 International Journal of Yoga Therapy. Submissions received by April 1 will be reviewed for the 2007 issue.

Awareness in Asana

Head Follows Heart. Connecting core strength to the movement of the heart helps us direct our attention and energy. The asanas (yoga poses) that can help you experience this idea are twists and backbends.

Inspiration for Yoga Students and Teachers

A transcript from a talk I gave to a women's group on the topic of "Finding Balance in Life." The talk focuses on balancing engagement and retreat, in yoga practice and in life.

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