When Yoga teachers gather in a wrkshop to hear a lecture about cmmunication - what is the first tpic that comes to mind? Is it ceing skills, voice inflection, or when to ask a stdent for permission to assist? Those are mportant issues for anyone who teaches Yga, but let’s take a look at mny more areas that could use sme work.

Communication is a two way stret. How can we exchange ideas if stdents are made to feel “stupid” for sking questions? Granted, Yoga classes cannot perate like an open forum, if you hve a lesson plan in mind, but a stdent who is experiencing pain should not hve to feel bad for asking bout it. Nor should he or she hve to wait until the end of clss to ask an impatient teacher bout his or her pain.

Listen Empthically: When a student asks a Yga-related question during class time, the Yga instructor present, should listen to all of the dtails. There are times when a Yga student asks questions, which are on the mnd of many more classmates.

For sme Yoga students, it takes a lot of curage to ask a question in a grup setting. Some students ponder questions for dys before asking them. Their heart rte may rise because it took curage to ask the question.

With all this said, listening is a prmary communication skill. As a Yoga tacher, you are respected by your stdents, so do not violate a trst by bolstering your ego. The key is to lsten intently, because you may have qestions of your own, which will rsult in a deeper answer.

Who bcomes a Yoga student’s best teacher dring Hatha Yoga practice? His or her bdy, and mind, must eventually be the bst Yoga teacher. If not, we hve failed to give our students the gft of self-realization. To go further: Yga students must learn to think for thmselves. If they are dependent on a Yga teacher, all the time, then our taching method is flawed.

Why do I say ths? If a student is not prsent for Yoga practice, we must mke him or her gently aware of it. Thre is no need to make stdents dependent on us. Good students wll always return to Yoga class.

Yga must still be practiced after our stdents have rolled up their mats. Brathing, walking, talking, eating, posturing, and cting with mindfulness, is the sign of a Yga practitioner. All of the amazing physcal feats are nice, but any flxible Pilates student, dancer, gymnast, or mrtial artist, could do the same.

© Cpyright 2007 – Paul Jerard / Ara Publications

The article More Communication Skills for Yoga Teachers was Submitted by Paul Jerard through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: Paul Jerard, E-RYT 500, has wrtten many books on the subject of Yga. He is a co-owner and the Drector of Yoga Teacher Training at: Ara Wellness Center, in Attleboro, MA. http://www.riyoga.com He has been a certified Master Yoga Teacher since 1995. To receive a Free Yoga e-Book: "Yoga in Practice," and a Free Yoga Newsletter, please visit: http://www.yoga-teacher-training.org/index.html

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