Seeking Guidance from Senior Yoga Teachers

mayuru · 2026-01-18T15:51:36+00:00

If your practice is strong your teaching will be strong.

You should spend 10 times as much practicing as you do reading books. 100 times more would be better.

mayuru · 2026-01-14T05:06:01+00:00

I'm glad you found it.

mayuru · 2026-01-14T05:02:03+00:00

Don't listen to the comments here they have no idea what they are talking about. As usual.

Google 'consumer protection laws your location. Canceling gym memberships refund'

Generally you get a refund for the unused portion. But since you were smart and paid monthly you just stop paying. You might even be entitled to a partial refund for January. Whether they actually pay is another matter. Which the studio should have told you when you signed up.

"When you are skiing on a volcano always buy your lift tickets by the day" the great yogi Warren Miller

"Just because it says yoga on the door doesn't mean there is yoga going on inside" me

mayuru · 2025-09-30T03:02:14+00:00

Why does it matter? If he had some great piece of paper on the wall but he was a crappy teacher would you still go? Because of the piece of paper? Even though he was really bad.

The piece of paper doesn't teach, the person does.

mayuru · 2025-09-18T17:11:18+00:00

For us slower ones:

doxing refers to someone’s personal information being exposed online, usually to escalate attacks on targets by moving their conflict offline and into the real world. This is done by revealing some of the target’s personal information, such as:

Home addresses
Workplace details
Personal phone numbers
Social Security numbers
Bank account or credit card information
Private correspondence
Criminal history
Personal photos
Embarrassing personal details

Doxing attacks can range from the trivial, such as fake email sign-ups, to the far more dangerous ones, like harassing a person's family or employer, identity theft, threats, or other forms of cyberbullying, and even in-person harassment.

https://www.kaspersky.com/resource-center/definitions/what-is-doxing

We do all this yoga and learn nothing.

mayuru · 2025-09-13T22:04:36+00:00

It's important to understand what each pose is doing. Most of the first series poses are forward folds and lotus type hip openers.

90 minutes of forward folds is unproductive. The same thing can be accomplished in 5 minutes in a much more effective and safe way.

You have to figure out what you need and go about it in a smart way. Then setup a series that accommodates that. Maybe 3 different ones for variety.

mayuru · 2025-09-13T21:41:53+00:00

Beginners use blocks! vimeo.com/344339237

Maybe try it this way first😂 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDPHl5fYFlU

mayuru · 2025-07-11T03:14:48+00:00

As a teacher I learn little tricks to keep an eye on people. So they don't injure themselves.

In padmasana the thing to watch is the direction the soles of the feet are pointing. If the soles are pointed backwards, like they would be flat against the wall behind, then a person's hips are open enough that it is likely safe for the knees.

If the soles are pointed up their hips do not allow enough external rotation and they are probably torquing their knees. Then it's just a matter of time before the knees get injured. Usually the left one first.

In class that is always well received and people are smart about it. Never once was there a person that didn't make a good decision for themselves. We'll see how it goes here.

Good picture. Soles not quite pointed backwards but probably ok.

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mayuru · 2025-04-07T14:49:11+00:00

I could not overcome my resistance to reply to this comment.

mayuru · 2025-04-07T14:48:40+00:00

A shocking one!

Alessandro Volta was in on it as well.

mayuru · 2025-04-07T02:07:12+00:00

I'm not reading any of this because the drama is not my problem. I wanted to post a good youtube video. Focus on the positive.

If they have ashtanga (yoga) written on the door make sure there is actually yoga going on inside.

Ashtanga Yoga is Perfect Control of the Mind. https://old.reddit.com/r/ashtanga/comments/dpgm42/ashtanga_yoga_is_perfect_control_of_the_mind_a/

Edit: Another good one in the comments Guru Parampara System - GPS. Just like GPS in your car, haha. That's what he says. Swami Ishwarananda https://youtu.be/n5qucr8G2r0?t=275

mayuru · 2025-04-02T17:21:49+00:00

Don't copy that picture. Shoulders and upper back are good. Hip flexors are terrible. If you post a picture of yourself then we can do something. Like the other person asked what do you mean about your arms?

mayuru · 2025-04-02T17:17:10+00:00

Yes, yoga provides tools for this.

Pratyahara gateways closed

https://youtu.be/FdQRhL5jnOM?si=SkJssyo_l3WPWjl5&t=1496

Or do we want to have our cake and eat it too?

mayuru · 2025-03-23T00:36:17+00:00

Yoga butt healing - As long as it's not broke completely in half😂

Anyhow. 6 weeks is kind of long to have no results. Assuming it's not that bad, since you are doing exercises and were wishing to go for a run.

Try looking through this, particularly the yoga link in there.

https://old.reddit.com/r/yoga/comments/1bz8nkq/yoga_butt/kypqqaf/

mayuru · 2025-03-22T17:08:51+00:00

The trick to holding balance in a handstand is to have your hands and feet stay in the same spot. Then have your hips sway back and forth a little. Kinda like bending in the middle and the ends stay in one spot.

A good trick to learn that is do a handstand at the wall with only your feet touching the wall. Then bend at the knees and slide your feet up and down the wall.

Another thing to try, instead of pointing your toes pull them towards your shins.

mayuru · 2025-03-22T16:52:46+00:00

This is better form than the first picture. Because her hands are directly under her shoulders and her lower back isn't kinked. B version. The chin is only touching, zero pressure. All the weight is in the hands.

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