Not exact matches
When I first started practicing
yoga, I thought this statement had to be false, and that it was just a saying that instructors would use to get their
students to lie down for a few minutes
without fidgeting or getting up to leave.
It is the foundational text for Aṣṭāṅga
yoga and is essential reading for all serious
students of this method, though it can be very difficult to penetrate for the beginner, especially
without the presence of a qualified teacher to explain it.
Yin
yoga encourages
students to find their edge and to bring the body to the appropriate depth
without going too far.
In fact,
without seeing, acknowledging, celebrating and connecting with your
yoga students, one might argue that your
students won't learn anything lasting or empowering at all.
To summarize their conclusions about Culturally Competent
Yoga Teaching at Bennett: a yoga teacher can not just walk into a classroom of students and attempt to teach them yoga without taking into account their unique histories, experiences, and social, emotional, gender, cultural, spiritual and religious needs, and an examination of the teacher's own background and relationship to understanding those student ne
Yoga Teaching at Bennett: a
yoga teacher can not just walk into a classroom of students and attempt to teach them yoga without taking into account their unique histories, experiences, and social, emotional, gender, cultural, spiritual and religious needs, and an examination of the teacher's own background and relationship to understanding those student ne
yoga teacher can not just walk into a classroom of
students and attempt to teach them
yoga without taking into account their unique histories, experiences, and social, emotional, gender, cultural, spiritual and religious needs, and an examination of the teacher's own background and relationship to understanding those student ne
yoga without taking into account their unique histories, experiences, and social, emotional, gender, cultural, spiritual and religious needs, and an examination of the teacher's own background and relationship to understanding those
student needs.
It seems like common sense, I know, but you'd be amazed how often most
yoga teachers just project their knowledge and skill set onto their
students without seeing them at all,
without taking into account any of the needs that brought them to class in the first place.
Many
yoga poses, if done
without it, can be very risky to
students» backs and sacrums and just make the pose more unstable.
I believe that a good
yoga instructor must be able to identify each class the
student who is suffering, which is distracting, which is in excess, which is trying to draw attention, and
without breaking the mood,
without attracting attention the other, be able to give your touch to each one, walking between them.
You might suggest that
students bring in a towel on
yoga days so that they can lie on the floor
without concern.
We meet every
yoga student where you're at —
without pressure or judgement — with diverse
yoga classes for all skill levels.
How to offer
students a vision of the deepest aspects of
yoga in an authentic and satisfying way —
without pretense and
without running the risk of offending
students committed to a specific spiritual path.
Students help decide how to transition from one learning activity to another
without losing focus, for example, by using tools such as «hook ups» stretching exercises designed to increase blood flow to the brain (see Brain Gym at http://esl.about.com/od/englishlessonplans/a/braingym.htm),
yoga stretch walks, sun dances, step counting, or crab walks.
I did my first — and probably last —
yoga class at the infamous Yoga Barn; which is a complex, not a barn, and during which I joined approximately 50,000 other students (slight exaggeration) in their downward dog before realizing I can do downward dog by myself for free without feeling claustropho
yoga class at the infamous
Yoga Barn; which is a complex, not a barn, and during which I joined approximately 50,000 other students (slight exaggeration) in their downward dog before realizing I can do downward dog by myself for free without feeling claustropho
Yoga Barn; which is a complex, not a barn, and during which I joined approximately 50,000 other
students (slight exaggeration) in their downward dog before realizing I can do downward dog by myself for free
without feeling claustrophobic.