Back by popular demand, I speak with Alexandria Crow again, founder of Yoga Physics, and we discuss alignments, joints, bad cues, perfectionism and being uncomfortable.
In This Session You’ll Learn:
- Alignment cues that aren’t always right
- Your shoulder joints and how your arms are meant to move
- Why so many students get injured in Down Dog!
- How to protect your elbows (especially if you hyperextend)
- All about hip imbalances
- How being a perfectionist can causes injuries
- Why feeling your body is so important
- There is no such thing as perfect alignment
- How to be comfortable being “uncomfortable”
Links & Resources:
- Find Alexandria Here!
- Her latest workshop Here!
- TAA 021: Bad Anatomy, Rebelling Against the Institution, & The Power of Saying “No” Pt. 1 – Alexandria Crow
- Alexandria Crow Yoga Physics
- Alexandria Crow: Defy Gravity (her Step-by-step guide to handstand)
- TAA 010: How to Properly Structure a Yoga Class (the simple sandwich technique)
- TAA 007: A Practical Guide to Building a Yoga Class (how to make students love you)
- TAA 005: Teacher Training – How to Develop Room Presence
- Pose Tress, Providing Value to Your Students, and How to Safely Integrate “Advanced Asanas” Into Your Yoga Class
- TAA 013: The Art of Simple Sequencing
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Thanks brian for this post .
5 days ago exactly i had to give a private class where this couple want to increase flexibility ,so they are regular costumers where the wife was sick with flu but she told me not to worry & she can take care of herself during the session , aswell she beleive she knows loads in yoga theme so the point is i started giving the session and she stop me every 5 min to tell me to watch her husband more & give him more explanation of his anatomy in correlation with the posture etc etc even her husband was like ” hey please lets enjoy the session” anyway the point is she got injured from her lower back she didnt hear my instructions even i said “stop & watch me first,”she was pissed and her husband told her “well… You were all the time looking at me !!!(true)
So my reaction was to checked her out give her some postures for lower back but what you said brian is soooo truth you need to put attetntion in your practice otherwise if you are not in enjoying the session you can get injured plus she was tierd sick and worried about any step her husband was doing
Well i suppose this is so common but brian give some advice this kind of people think cause they pay privates you should do whatever they say and my thought is that they pay to enjoy a nice tailorcut yoga session so sometimes what do you tell them without they take it wrong or think you are rude?