Beginners: Student Safety

Questions Answered Here

  1. What are the most common reasons for injuries in yoga?
  2. How can you help to prevent injury among students?
  3. Why is it important to teach new students how to listen to their body?
  4. Give five ways you can help to teach students how to listen to their body.
  5. What is important to teach beginners regarding sensation?
  6. Describe healthy sensation in asana.
  7. In addition to physical sensation, what else may yoga practice bring up in students?
  8. What is the fundamental teaching regarding unhealthy sensation and danger?
  9. While the signals listed in Unhealthy Sensation / Pain may be considered a baseline teaching, extra considerations and cautions are required in what types of cases?