• Yoga is a practice that connects body, heart, and mind.
• Many yoga teachers feel uncomfortable with marketing due to societal programming.
• Marketing should be seen as sharing rather than bragging.
• Workshops provide a space for deeper learning and community connection.
• Hosting workshops can help teachers grow personally and professionally.
• Workshops can diversify income streams for yoga teachers.
• Creating a workshop requires understanding its unique value compared to regular classes.
• Effective marketing involves transparency and authenticity.
• Teachers should focus on their purpose and intention in offering workshops.
• Self-study and following one's passion are key to deepening yoga practice.

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• Understanding the history of yoga provides context for modern practice.
• Yoga's origins may trace back to ancient Egypt or the Indus Valley.
• The Vedic period introduced the first yogic texts, the Vedas.
• Patanjali's Yoga Sutras formalized the philosophy of yoga.
• The Bhagavad Gita outlines different paths of yoga beyond physical postures.
• Tantra and Hatha yoga emphasized the physical body for spiritual awakening.
• Modern yoga emerged in the late 19th to early 20th century.
• Krishnamacharya is considered the father of modern yoga.
• The yoga industry faces challenges of commodification and cultural appropriation.
• Practitioners should strive to honor yoga's roots while adapting to modern needs.

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• The eight limbs of yoga are a path to mental, spiritual, and emotional liberation.
• Yama and niyama are ethical disciplines and personal observances that guide how we live our lives.
• Asana refers to physical postures and prepares the body for meditation.
• Pranayama is breath control and helps create different energies within the body.
• Pratyahara is sense withdrawal and techniques to let go of external distractions.
• Dharana is concentration, which creates mental clarity and is important for meditation.
• Dhyana is meditation, a state of oneness with the object of focus.
• Samadhi is absorption and liberation, the ultimate goal of yoga.
• The journey of practicing the eight limbs is valuable and can bring more union and alignment to our lives.

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