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Yoga in the Bedroom?

January 28th, 2010 kate

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If you’ve ever had a sleepless night, you know how frustrating it can be to lay in bed wide awake, mind spinning or body aching, when all you want to do is sleep. Insomnia affects 54 percent of adults in the United States at one time or another. Luckily, studies have shown that yoga can help—and you don’t even have to get up out of bed to do it, says a recent article on TheGlobeandMail.com. Try reclining poses like Balasana (Child’s Pose), Supta Baddha Konasana (Reclining Bound Angle Pose), or Viparita Karani (Legs-Up-the-Wall Pose) if your bed is beside a wall.

“It’s not a magic button,” Graydon Moffat, a yoga teacher who suffers from insomnia, told The Globe and Mail. “But I know that I’m not just
lying down there and tossing and turning – I’m restoring my body.”

Have you ever tried doing yoga when you couldn’t sleep? What poses helped you most?

Read the whole story on:http://blogs.yogajournal.com/yogabuzz/

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VA Yoga Teachers Fight State Regulation

December 2nd, 2009 kate

Three Virginia yoga teachers took action Tuesday to stop the state’s efforts to regulate yoga teacher training programs. The teachers filed a federal lawsuit claiming that teaching yoga is a form of protected free speech, according to a recent Washington Post article.

“Yoga is the study of the self through direct experience,” Suzanne
Leitner-Wise, a plaintiff and president of U.S. 1 Yoga Teacher Training
told the Washington Post.
“You simply can’t put regulations on that. It’s just dumb.”

Do you think the argument will hold up?

Read the whole story on:http://blogs.yogajournal.com/yogabuzz/

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Michigan Charges Yoga Schools Licensing Fees

April 13th, 2009 wynona

Yoga teacher trainings fall under the same category as schools that teach bartending, pet grooming, medical assistance, and business, according to Michigan state officials, reports the The Detroit News.

The Michigan Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth has begun notifying the 25 teacher training programs in Michigan that are registered with Yoga Alliance that they must pay licensing fees or close their doors. As of April 11 four schools had filed for licenses, four were in the process and another four have closed, says the article. “The remaining 17 have not responded. Their owners could face 90 days in jail and/or a $1,000 fine, according to the 1943 statute.”

Do you think yoga teacher training programs should be considered trade schools?

Read the whole story on:http://blogs.yogajournal.com/yogabuzz/

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