Friday, May 25, 2018

Friday Book Report: Teaching Yoga



Donna Farhi’s book Teaching Yoga:  Exploring the Teacher-Student Relationship outlines what ethical practice in yoga should be.  It discusses money, sex, boundaries, and confidentiality, among other things.  It’s also a short read, even with the exercises at the end.

Most of the books I read are useful for both fitness enthusiasts and professionals.  This book, obviously, is designed for teachers, but I suppose anyone deeply interested in one way to live out one’s yoga could find it interesting.

It is unfortunate that someone needs to remind yoga teachers (and other professionals in fitness, since I have read similar chapters if not books from both Pilates and personal training angles) about how to be a decent human being in the context of work, but there it is.  None of us is perfect and having ground rules out there is a good idea.

Let’s all be kind and good to each other while respecting each other’s boundaries.

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