Comments on: How to choose the right yoga studio for you http://theyogalunchbox.co.nz/2008/10/14/how-to-choose-the-right-yoga-studio-for-you/ Food for thought, food for the soul Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:06:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Personal Development Posts | Personal Hack http://theyogalunchbox.co.nz/2008/10/14/how-to-choose-the-right-yoga-studio-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Personal Development Posts | Personal Hack Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:10:37 +0000 http://pranaflownz.com/?p=111#comment-54 [...] Grant presents How to choose the right yoga studio for you posted at Prana Flow NZ, saying, “Had a bad experience with a yoga studio or teacher? [...] [...] Grant presents How to choose the right yoga studio for you posted at Prana Flow NZ, saying, “Had a bad experience with a yoga studio or teacher? [...]

]]> By: Kara-Leah http://theyogalunchbox.co.nz/2008/10/14/how-to-choose-the-right-yoga-studio-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Kara-Leah Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:07:12 +0000 http://pranaflownz.com/?p=111#comment-53 Hey Andrea, You bring up a couple of great points there. I know as a teacher it is easy to talk constantly, whether giving asana instruction or other snippets of yoga info. You've reminded me not to be afraid of silence in a class! Great point too about how to frame instructions in a class - negative direction will make us think about the very thing we "don't"want to (Quick - don't think about a pink elephant!). Framing the same instruction in a positive way can have a very different result. I guess as yoga students, we sometimes get to practice non-judgment (would that be acceptance?) in a yoga class... Thanks for the comment! KL Hey Andrea,

You bring up a couple of great points there. I know as a teacher it is easy to talk constantly, whether giving asana instruction or other snippets of yoga info. You’ve reminded me not to be afraid of silence in a class!

Great point too about how to frame instructions in a class – negative direction will make us think about the very thing we “don’t”want to (Quick – don’t think about a pink elephant!). Framing the same instruction in a positive way can have a very different result.

I guess as yoga students, we sometimes get to practice non-judgment (would that be acceptance?) in a yoga class…

Thanks for the comment!
KL

]]> By: Andrea Hess|Empowered Soul http://theyogalunchbox.co.nz/2008/10/14/how-to-choose-the-right-yoga-studio-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Andrea Hess|Empowered Soul Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:23:42 +0000 http://pranaflownz.com/?p=111#comment-52 Great article, KL! I have to say that I have a hard time finding a teacher I like. Maybe that's because I used to teach and I'm picky! I can't stand it when teachers talk incessantly. I was in a Yin class that should have been gloriously relaxing the other day, but the teacher would not shut up! It was like he had a captive audience and was going to bless us with his wisdom, whether we liked it or not. :-) Another teacher I used to like started getting on my nerves when he kept saying things like "Don't worry about what the person next to you is doing." or "Don't judge your pose." He kept bringing up "don'ts" that would never have occurred to me - until he brought them up! Okay, there's my little rant of pet peeves! :-) When I'm in a good space, I make these minor annoyances part of my practice of non-reaction. Blessings, Andrea Great article, KL! I have to say that I have a hard time finding a teacher I like. Maybe that’s because I used to teach and I’m picky! I can’t stand it when teachers talk incessantly. I was in a Yin class that should have been gloriously relaxing the other day, but the teacher would not shut up! It was like he had a captive audience and was going to bless us with his wisdom, whether we liked it or not. :-)

Another teacher I used to like started getting on my nerves when he kept saying things like “Don’t worry about what the person next to you is doing.” or “Don’t judge your pose.” He kept bringing up “don’ts” that would never have occurred to me – until he brought them up!

Okay, there’s my little rant of pet peeves! :-) When I’m in a good space, I make these minor annoyances part of my practice of non-reaction.

Blessings,
Andrea

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