First, I'd like to say that Holiday seems like a very experienced teacher who has a lot to offer. I think that many students will benefit from her instruction. My concern is the adjustments that seem to be constant and without her asking the student's permission. I am a trained yoga instructor as well and was taught to always ask. I was also taught that in yoga we honor our bodies and their uniqueness. Forcing a student's body to go deeper can causes injuries, and when constant also interferes with the practice in general and can have emotion effects as well. Though we receive anatomy as part of our training we are not Doctors. Claiming yoga can help with scoliosis is one thing,, claiming it can correct it is another. There is a wide range of curvature involved as well as other variables. I feel it is important to get to know a student before a teacher along with the student decide what poses are best for their unique body and how these poses can be practiced safely.
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First, I'd like to say that Holiday seems like a very experienced teacher who has a lot to offer. I think that many students will benefit from her instruction. My concern is the adjustments that seem to be constant and without her asking the student's permission. I am a trained yoga instructor as well and was taught to always ask. I was also taught that in yoga we honor our bodies and their uniqueness. Forcing a student's body to go deeper can causes injuries, and when constant also interferes with the practice in general and can have emotion effects as well. Though we receive anatomy as part of our training we are not Doctors. Claiming yoga can help with scoliosis is one thing,, claiming it can correct it is another. There is a wide range of curvature involved as well as other variables. I feel it is important to get to know a student before a teacher along with the student decide what poses are best for their unique body and how these poses can be practiced safely.