Ayurveda in Yoga Teaching

Part of the Yoga Teaching Guides series, this handbook by Tarik Dervish shares Ayurvedic principles and practices for yoga teachers to integrate and enhance their classes.

Tarik Dervish guides yoga teachers through integrating Ayurvedic principles and practices in their teaching, and gives an authentic historical context for Ayurveda within a yoga practice. Chapters include creating a course or lesson plan from an Ayurvedic perspective, adapting sequences and classes to the seasons, and teaching asana, relaxation and pranayama in line with students' Ayurvedic types.

Enabling yoga teachers to use and integrate Ayurveda principles and practices in their teaching, Tarik Dervish offers practitioners the skills needed to adapt their classes, and deliver workshops and courses that will meet the needs of students throughout the changing seasons and stages of life.

The book includes chapters on teaching asana, pranayama and yoga nidra with an ayurvedic approach, how to adapt to the seasons, integrate marma points and courses and lesson planning.

Part of Singing Dragon's Yoga Teaching Guides series, Ayurveda in Yoga Teaching is essential for those wanting to deepen their understanding of yoga's sister science - including its authentic historical context - and incorporate Ayurvedic principles in yoga teaching and sequencing.