“So I don’t think knowing anatomy & kinesiology means that you know how to teach movement. And certainly for many many years people have been teaching dance without teaching anatomy & kinesiology. And I do understand that people get hurt doing yoga poses and people get hurt in dance, and the idea is that you need to learn anatomy so that people don’t get hurt, but the thing is knowing anatomy & kinesiology does not keep people from getting hurt. What keeps people from getting hurt, I believe, is helping people feel their own power to say ... I’m not gonna do that”
In this episode we discuss:
how support comes before change
why safety, comfort, bonding leads to curiosity
how to navigate the pressure to be commercial as a yoga teacher
using questions rather than directives in teaching
leading people to experiences, instead of telling people what experience to have
why teaching is about relationships, not about what you know
the need to feel safe, and how that relates to wanting to ‘do it right’
why we need to failure in order to learn
why teaching movement isn’t about knowing anatomy & physiology or kinesiology
Why knowing anatomy & physiology is not what makes a great yoga teacher or preventing injury
Amy’s views on teaching shoulderstand & headstand
And the other poses that Amy would take off the table in group classes
A few things / people we mention in this episode:
You can learn more about Amy on her website