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Elise says
I once got “Hey you! Pink shirt! Sit lower!” in chair pose. At least the instructor remembered your name when she called you out, hah! 😀
V says
LOL “pink shirt”! Who says that? That’s so impersonal. I always wonder what the heck they’re thinking when they do these kinda things 🙂
Hayley says
I have recently been to a new yoga class, which was different but great. However, I came to the conclusion the instructor was an ex-cheerleader as the word ‘spirit fingers’ was used about 8 times. I started cringing after the 3rd ‘spirit fingers’ request. Haha.
maggie says
“SQUEEZE YOUR BUTT!! SQUEEZE YOUR BUTT!! SQUEEZE IT!
mind you mid class pushing deeper into a back-bend, it seemed to sound totally normal and encouraging… coming out’ve class later.. not so normal…. HAHAHA love that teacher tho!
Yana says
Haha, yes some of these would be pretty jarring. However, I’m surprised that someone writing for a yoga blog would be embarrassed to have their period being mentioned in public. I was under the impression that dedicated yoga women would be more confident about their bodies and not inhibited about their fertility. Period awkwardness is a bit of a teenage hang-up.
chaquita says
most of these are complete shockers, but i’d like to point out that the first one COUld just be an attempt at sharing with the intention of noting that we ALL have our issues in life & sometimes i’ve found if a yoga teacher shares some ‘failing’ it helps me to see that my failings are normal & ‘even the yoga teacher’ (!!) has problems… it’s that thing of ‘we’re all human’ – and she may very well not have been asking for sympathy?
Camila says
The article has some good points which someone who’s doing yoga might have encountered them but does not want to talk about them or is looking for the right moment but I also agree with some of the comments. Yoga is all about the body so anything related with it you should be comfortable speaking about it.
Kdm says
My instructor asked if I had scoliosis (no. I don’t).
Also asked me in front of entire class if I had problems with my feet while in downward dog. I just simply have tight hamstrings. Goodbye Marcia!
AKE says
My yoga teacher – who is a teacher trainer – pointed out in class that M’s downward facing dog was just so much better than mine. M is a teacher herself. I was in my 5th week of class – never had taken a yoga class before. Where did this woman come from?????