
Ilonka Michelle O’Neil is a writer, with a background in nursing. She teaches Vinyasa and Yin in the Boca Raton area. She volunteers for Yoga Gangsters and also Connected Warriors, a free yoga program for veterans. She is interested in healing trauma through yoga, and her passion is teaching yoga to parents of children with special needs. She blogs for Leslie Glickman's Yoga Journey.
All posts by Ilonka Michelle O’Neil
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Yoga
Ilonka Michelle O’Neil | May 6, 2015Should We Clap at the End of a Yoga Class?
Why do people clap at the end of a yoga class? Are they really that inspired? Maybe. Some yoga teachers are amazing! Are some students sucking up to their teachers with the accolades?
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Yoga
Ilonka Michelle O’Neil | March 3, 2015Yoga Teachers – Don’t Call it a “Belly”
We are more sensitive of certain body parts, like the belly. Yoga teachers, here's why you shouldn't tell your students to draw in your belly.
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Yoga
Ilonka Michelle O’Neil | January 19, 2015For All My Yogis With Short Arms
I have short arms. There, I said it. Because of this, some yoga poses do not come naturally or easily to me. I use yoga props if available.
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Lifestyle
Ilonka Michelle O’Neil | December 16, 2014An Inspiring Story of Yoga Helping Our At-Risk Youth
Read the inspiring story of how yoga has helped a community of at-risk children. Hopefully it is the start of many more youth yoga programs just like this!