YOGA ASANA ADVICE

YOGA ASANA ADVICE

My teacher told me that I was doing a posture wrong, but my friend who is a yoga teacher said that he shouldn’t have, and the role of the teacher was to assist and not to correct. Is yoga about getting things right?

There is no right or wrong answer. A yoga teacher should assist you to gain control over your mind, body and spirit. Part of that role is to help you reach deeper into the poses to enjoy greater benefits. However, this is subject to provisos, for instance if you’re trying to perform a posture and you can’t get it absolutely right, the role of the teacher is to help you find a variation that suits you, rather than try and push you into the correct’ pose. In such cases the teacher should offer advice on how you can modify the pose to suit your health and physique.

I’m tempted to downsize my life and leave a well-paid job in the city to become a yoga teacher. Will I be able to make a living from this new career?

To succeed as a yoga teacher you need a number of qualities including knowledge and depth from an experienced practice. Many yoga teachers teach because they are passionate about it. As for whether yoga teaching is lucrative that really depends on your own skills and who you are. If you have the necessary yogic skills why not combine your current job with teaching in the evenings or at weekends? This could be the sensible option if you have responsibilities like a mortgage or children.

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Although I’d never been really physically active. I would say that I was fairly healthy and looked after myself by eating well balanced meals with lots of fruit and vegetables. But all this was about to change. Whilst helping a friend move into their new house, I slipped over whilst carrying a box and damaged my knee. I was rushed into hospital to have an operation, and then spent the next few months on crutches.

Although my knee had healed and I was able to walk without my crutches. I couldn’t face the outside world, too ashamed by the extra weight I’d put on. I was at a really low point in my life when an old friend came to visit. We talked for hours and I was lifted by her positivity, sense of calmness and her amazingly toned figure, which she put down to her regular yoga practice After much persuasion I went with her to a local yoga class.

I was signed off work and spent all of my time resting up. My social life suffered and I spiralled into a deep depression, only gaining comfort from eating junk food as I was unable to spend that much time standing up to cook my once-healthy meals. I started to rapidly gain weight and became trapped in a vicious cycle. The more I ate, the more depressed I became and the only comfort was to eat more junk food.

At the beginning I struggled with some of the poses, but I left that first class feeling that the dark cloud had been lifted from me. I began attending every week, and as my confidence and ability improved, so did my zest for life. I began listening to my body and ditched all the bad food I’d been eating. I’ve been attending my local class for over 6-months now – my knee has never felt better, I’ve dropped two dress sizes and I feel like a new woman.

Yoga has definitely been my salvation!

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