I am most pleased, that a friend has joined my teacher's yoga class purely on my recommendation. There's nothing that interests me now more than yoga. And I truly believe in the Iyengar way of teaching and practising yoga - for his depth of understanding of the workings of the body and his holistic view of yoga. The various parts of yoga is not to be picked and chosen as one likes; nor to be patented or copyrighted as if its a wholly new creation from yesterday.
I have tried yoga classes with their attendant fancy monikers, and it scares me that there are people out there teaching harmful ways of getting into the asanas all for the sake of making their classes fun, or challenging. I've seen people desperately trying to balance on headstand with no support, and not being guided to align their spine correctly. I cannot imagine the damage they are doing to their neck or back five years down the road. Even now, when I am not mindful or careless when practising shoulderstand or headstand (with support), I can feel the pain in my neck and shoulders easily for a week after that.
So to be able to convince friend who's interested in yoga to take an Iyengar is most satisfying. As a fellow yogi would say, I'm wagging my tail in downward dog.
I have tried yoga classes with their attendant fancy monikers, and it scares me that there are people out there teaching harmful ways of getting into the asanas all for the sake of making their classes fun, or challenging. I've seen people desperately trying to balance on headstand with no support, and not being guided to align their spine correctly. I cannot imagine the damage they are doing to their neck or back five years down the road. Even now, when I am not mindful or careless when practising shoulderstand or headstand (with support), I can feel the pain in my neck and shoulders easily for a week after that.
So to be able to convince friend who's interested in yoga to take an Iyengar is most satisfying. As a fellow yogi would say, I'm wagging my tail in downward dog.
4 comments:
u have every right to be thrilled :)
tell me about dangerous classes. i am a member of one of those yoga gyms. and am so regretting it, esp when the monthly subscription bill shows up in my credit card.
wow, you so devoted, well done. teacher must be so happy
SL - thanks. :)
edpjunkie - hah. so it's because of the bill, not the teaching. But i know how impersonal those gyms can be.
suzie - teacher doesn't know yet. but i recommended because i believe in the class. She doesn't need to know lah.
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