Applied Functional Anatomy Series

What problems does this course help yoga teachers and students to overcome?

Teachers will be able to let go of feeling like:

• You don’t know how to help students whose needs are different than yours

• You don’t know enough about anatomy to really help people

• You wish you could better understand why students aren’t listening to you or following your cues

• You can see that some postures aren’t working for some people but you don’t know what else to suggest

• You can sense that students are often struggling with postures in your class, but you don’t know what to do or say to help them to have a better experience

• Working with students 1:1 is intimidating

• There is a “correct way” and an “incorrect way” to do any posture

• With the “right” alignment, you will be able to prevent all injuries

• Some students just should never do certain postures in order to be safe

• Certain yoga postures are “bad” and should never be taught

Students will be able to let go of feeling like:

• Yoga, or certain postures, just isn’t/aren’t for you (sometimes that's the case, but rarely!)

• Something is wrong with your body which is why you can’t practice yoga

• You aren't strong enough for yoga

• You aren't flexible enough for yoga

• Pain in yoga is just a given

• You're not progressing in their postural practice

• You wish you could be more in touch with how you feel in your body when you're practicing

• You have a sense that there's got to be an easier way to approach yoga but you don't know where to start