Ignorance is not yoga bliss. As a teacher for over 15 years now, I am constantly surprised that little has changed in yoga teacher training courses that cover the yoga sutras and some standard anatomy biomechanics training.
Does this sound in any way familiar?
“When studying for my teaching diploma, we were instructed to draw a box with all the postures down one side and common ailments down the other; if your student had any of these [ailments], we were taught to either modify the pose slightly or just tell them to sit it out. It’s not an approach that feels inclusive for the student, and it makes yoga movement inaccessible for many."
The issue with this is that the yoga movements taught are
