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How to positively influence your students -a communication course for yoga teachers

November 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I’m creating some new courses- this one I’m really excited about. It’s very unique as far
as I know… If you are a teacher, especially if English is NOT your first language, then I highly
recommend you to come. Past graduates of Yoga Elements teacher training get %15 discount!
 
I created this course out of a long study […]

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Yoga workshops in Bangkok - Anusara Yoga with Jonas Westring

November 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Planting Seeds of Change:  Celebrating the New Year
A Weekend of Anusara Yoga® with Certified Instructor Jonas Westring
 
Friday Jan 9
18:00-21:00 Hip Opening Heaven, Fantastic Forward Bends, Deep Meditation.
This first session clears out the old and opens your being to fresh possibilities for the New Year.
 
Saturday Jan 10
10:00-13:00 Freedom is truly your True […]

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Sonic Yoga coming in July

June 23rd, 2008 · 2 Comments

 
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Sonic Yoga
DJ Fallout and Vinyasa FLOW guided by Adrian Cox
Coming to elements on Wednesday nights in July

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Speechless yoga

June 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment

 
The antidote to a noisy city life!
 Come float and drift your way through this silent, Friday night hip-opening flow class with Adrian Cox.
You will de-stress your body and soothe your senses with chill-out yoga, Tibetan chimes, dream-like ambient music,
candle light, incense, and zero chatter. All levels welcome!
Join Friday nights only in June at 5:45PM

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Has yoga peaked?

May 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment

(it’s gotten ridiculous)
Although we cringed when that one American model coined the term yoga butt, it probably did more good than bad in that it probably was good marketing to get people in the door to yoga studios. I’ve heard Bikram yoga aficionados declare similarly when confronted with the facts that it’s a fairly soulless […]

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Tags: advertising · bangkok · chicken · kfc · marketing · skytrain

Advertising nausea in Bangkok

May 25th, 2008 · 2 Comments

 
I have no peace in Bangkok lately. The advertising is getting so in-your-face that it’s becoming impossible not to ignore. Sometimes I’m thankful my Thai language skills are deteriorating , at least I don’t have to fully process all garbage.

Being on the Bangkok skytrain is the worst. I PAY to get on the train […]

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Tags: bangkok · derren brown · hypnosis · manipulation · marketing · neuro linguistic proramming · nlp · psychology

yoga and weight loss

May 9th, 2008 · 3 Comments

ok ok, if you know me at all you’d know that I’m really the last person to address yoga for weight loss, buuuuut when my editor at Bangkok Post suggested this title I figured I would make a go at it. After all, it’s a legitimate and worthy goal. This should probably appear in […]

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Tags: dieting · food · weight loss

April newsletter for Yoga Elements Studio

March 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Yoga Elements Studio Newsletter
April 2008

 

in this issue

:: New Yoga Podcast!

:: Upcoming teacher trainings

:: Bangkok Post and BLOG

:: April Workshops

Greetings!
When I started yoga elements studio six years back, I remember the day it dawned on me that I needed to buy a telephone. For some reason, that poignant moment really made me realize […]

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Easy, pain-free backbends

March 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

A yoga perspective on one wonderful little neck bone
(Bangkok Post article)
I had been teaching yoga for years before I found out about it. None of my earlier teachers had even said the word. After I discovered my own hyoid bone, it was like a light turned on inside me. It’s a gem of […]

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Tags: asana practice · bangkok post · cobra pose · hyoid bone

Yoga Beyond Just Posture- workshops with Adrian Phillip Cox in Prague

March 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments

A weekend of dynamic vinyasa yoga, breathing, and philosophy with Adrian Phillip Cox
Lotus Center, Czech Republic
April 12-13 2008
Adrian teaches dynamic Vinyasa yoga using foundations in Ashtanga, and Ayurveda while incorporating esoteric techniques of mantra, visualization, and energy work. Originally certified to teach yoga under Cyndi Lee of Om Yoga in New York City and the […]

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Tags: workshops and teacher trainings · yoga about the world