Changes in the Blog Format: Healing in Progress

A Sign on the Trail by Melina Meza

Sorry I changed the format of the blog so suddenly! It was actually a mistake on my part—I got a bit overly enthusiastic on Friday afternoon. I will be working on fixing the blog all weekend. But I realize that some of you may be confused.

To read the rest of this (or any article), simply click anywhere on the portion of the article that is displayed on the home page. You can still search the blog and you can still subscribe, but it may not be so easy to figure out. So here's a little help.

SEARCHING: To search with a text string, use the search box at the very top of the page. To search the archives, hover your mouse over the thin black rectangle at the upper right of the page (the dock) until you see the file cabinets. Click on the file cabinets to display the archives. To view the index (list of labels), however you mouse over the thin black rectangle at the upper right of the page until you see the tag symbol. Click on the tag symbol to see the index. For detailed information on searching, click the How to Search tab at the top of our home page.

SUBSCRIBING: To subscribe by email or RSS, hover your mouse over the thin black rectangle at the upper right of the page (the dock) until you see the "connection" symbol and the word "Subscribe." Click to open the Subscribe box. To become a Google follower, hover your mouse over the dock until you see the Followers icon and the word "Followers." Click to open the Followers box and click the Join this site button. For detailed information on subscribing, click the How to Subscribe tab at the top of our home page.

In the meantime, if you have trouble subscribing and want help, use the Contact Us at the top of the page to email me and I'll sign you up. After I sign you up, I'll send you a message telling you how to confirm your subscription (the confirmation process is one that I can't turn off). 

—Nina

Friday Q&A: Can You Help Us?

Hidden by Melina Meza

Q: Baxter and I would very much like to write a book on “Yoga for Healthy Aging” in the near future. And we’re betting that a lot of you would also like to see to a book on that topic by the two of us, along with input from our crew of regulars.

However, recent discussions with an agent and a publisher made us realize that these days publishers expect you to “bring your audience along with you.” So when you write a book proposal or pitch an agent, you actually have to give provide all your numbers, including your blog subscribers and numbers of hits, Facebook followers, and so on. And while we love all the subscribers and readers that we already have, we both feel our blog has the potential to reach a much larger audience. Recently we received this lovely message from a reader:

"Just a note to thank you all at YFHA for the helpful content you publish; it's no understatement to say that your site is, I feel, one if the top five yoga resources on the web - a true hidden gem."

So how about it, dear reader? If we promise to continue being a “gem,” will you help us out come out of hiding and find a larger audience for our blog?

—Nina

A: If your answer is yes, you can help by trying to get as many of your family members, friends, students, coworkers, etc. turned on to the blog. You can do this by sending email links to our posts and sharing links on Facebook and Twitter, asking the people you’re sharing with to do the same. If you’re a yoga teacher and it feels right to you, talk about our blog to your students and encourage them to become subscribers.

Finally, we’re open to your suggestions! So if you have any ideas, let us know either by commenting on this post or using the Contact Us tab at the top of the page.

(We have already outlined the book by the way, and we’re both feeling pretty excited it!)