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This is the first comprehensive guide for yoga teachers and yoga students providing all the details on how to adjust or assist someone while they are performing a yoga posture. With yoga’s recent worldwide popularity, this book is invaluable to millions who teach or practice yoga. The book goes beyond just the physical aspects of yoga – it deals honestly with some touchy matters that affect yoga teachers and students alike. The book’s clear instructions and generous supply of photos make it easy for yoga teachers to learn how to adjust or assist their students. Yoga students can use this book to enhance their personal practice by working with a partner. Yoga Posture Adjustments and Assisting: An Insightful Guide for Yoga Teachers and Students demonstrates and explains adjusting techniques for over 65 postures.

Who is the intended reader?

It is written for yoga teachers and yoga students. Students can use it to work with a partner on their personal practice.

What can readers expect to find inside?

The Amazon description says it demonstrates and explains adjusting techniques for over 65 postures, with clear instructions and a generous supply of photos.

What is this book about?

The description calls the book the first comprehensive guide on how to adjust or assist someone while they are performing a yoga posture. It adds that the book goes beyond the physical side and deals honestly with some touchy matters that affect teachers and students.

This summary is based on the book description on the Amazon page.

What should I know about hands-on adjustments before reading?

Physical adjustments in a class mean a teacher touches or repositions you to refine a pose. Whether you teach or take classes, the basics are communication and consent. Tell the teacher about injuries, surgeries or pregnancy before class, and say so if you prefer not to be touched. A good teacher will offer a verbal cue or a prop instead.

The NCCIH yoga and safety page advises asking about an instructor’s training and experience and notes that sprains and strains are the usual injuries. A detailed guide to assisting poses can show a teacher what to look for, but no book replaces supervised practice and feedback in a room with real people.

Pain that is sharp, sudden or lasts after class is a reason to stop and see a health professional.

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