| In the past year, I have heard a lot of | | | | instructor who has the necessary expertise |
| people complain to me that they have taken | | | | and background to guide them appropriately. |
| yoga with bad experiences. They got injured | | | | Yoga is beneficial to people with back |
| during the class or received no benefit | | | | ailments, as long as you know the correct |
| because they could not follow the instructor. | | | | method of practising it. It is important to |
| This experience left them with not only an | | | | look for a yoga instructor who has a |
| injury, but a bad impression of the benefit | | | | physiologically based yoga degree. If the |
| of yoga.Yoga was invented to help everyone, | | | | instructor has a degree from the prestigious |
| no matter what their physical ailments are. | | | | Yoga Institute in India, for example, you can |
| The word yoga is a Sanskrit word meaning | | | | be sure their understanding and instructing |
| joining. It was developed to join the body, | | | | of yoga will be beneficial and safe for the |
| mind and spirit of an individual into an | | | | student to practice.I recently had a client |
| integrated human being. When we are | | | | with a facet joint injury. She could not |
| integrated, we are more able to interface | | | | attend any traditional fitness class for fear |
| with the outside world. We become more | | | | that the instructor may not have sufficient |
| harmonious and more effective in all of our | | | | physiological knowledge to guide her to |
| interactions. Our productivity improves.So, | | | | health. She hired a qualified yoga |
| why do we get hurt at yoga class? A | | | | instructor to do one-on-one sessions with |
| community yoga class instructor may not have | | | | her. Those sessions consisted of asanas that |
| knowledge about special populations. They | | | | were not detrimental to those with lower back |
| may not be able to look carefully at each and | | | | injuries. After these sessions, her ability |
| every student. In addition, the instructor | | | | to stand and walk improved. Her tension from |
| may not be aware that some asanas or poses | | | | pain was decreased enabling her to work more |
| should not be carried out by some people with | | | | effectively during the day.A variety of |
| physical limitations.For example, if you have | | | | personal interests and professional paths |
| had back surgery, then there are many asanas | | | | have led Siva to her current role as a |
| that are detrimental for you. Such a person | | | | personal trainer and yoga instructor with |
| would need to seek an educated yoga | | | | over 20 years experience. |