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November 19, 2014

Got a yoga question? Feel free to pop on over to the YBC Yoga Forum and submit your question. It'll be answered in a future AAYQ post.

This week's yoga questions:

1. How would you address a large group of latecomers to your class?

2. How should I keep track of all the info I'm soaking up prior to my teacher training?

3. I have an incredibly tight lower back. Any advice for loosening it up?

4. I struggle to breathe when in downward dog and child's pose, any tips?

5. I can't get my legs off the ground in locust pose, what am I doing wrong?

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October 27, 2014

Got a yoga question? The YBC Yoga Forum is the best place to ask. I'll pick a few and answer them each week here. Have an alternate answer for one of the questions here? Leave it below in the comments!

This week's questions:

1. I am teaching my first class soon and I am nervous!

2. What should I be feeling in dolphin pose and do you have any tips for entering scorpion pose?

3. I can't get my body even in reverse tabletop pose, can you help?

4. I am terrified of handstand!

5. I am trying to stretch out my neck and shoulders with reverse prayer pose but am only feeling it in my wrists, what am I doing wrong?

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October 16, 2014

Welcome to this week's installment of Ask a Yoga Question. From now on, I'll be taking questions for the YBC Yoga Forum. Hop on over to ask your question!

Question 1 What are some more intermediate poses I can work on that don't involve upper body strength?

Question 2 I feel like I can't breathe when I do backbends. What can I do?

Question 3 I'm trying to be a better yoga teacher - what can I do to keep my students engaged and how can I explain poses better?

Question 4 Now that my leg muscles aren't as tight and I am moving out of the absolute beginner stage, what should I focus on in my practice?

Question 5 Every time I attempt wheel pose, my arms won't straighten and I can't lift my head off the mat. Why?

Question 6 How can I build my upper body strength so I can hold crow pose for more than a second or two?

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October 9, 2014

Keep sending in your yoga questions!

This week's questions:

1. I can't balance for longer than a few seconds on my wrists because they hurt, can you help?

2. I'm considering going to a yoga training instead of university. What are your thoughts? Do I need to go abroad for a training?

3. My knee hurts in pigeon pose, any ideas?

4. How often do you clean your mat and what do you clean it with?

5. What poses would you recommend post spine surgery? And what poses are best to tone the back muscles?

6. Could you recommend a few poses I could do at the office in a small space?

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September 30, 2014

Keep submitting your yoga questions! This week's questions:

When you started to teach yoga, did you think it might take away your practice as a student?
Do you have any tips for IT band syndrome?
What is the difference between aligning the front heel with the arch of the back foot and the front heel with the back heel in warriors?
Any tips or advice on how to start yoga at home?
I have migraines. I'm getting it sorted out medically, but what poses should I avoid? Is there any way to continue my practice without making it worse?
My shoulders round forward in chaturanga, what should I do?