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Teaching Beginners – Choosing Pose Versions to Teach

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Lesson Overview

In this lesson, we explore adaptations that will be particularly helpful with new students.

Objective

Be prepared and comfortable in teaching many variations and alternatives to students who are new to hatha yoga.

Description

Explain how you can continuously improve your ability to teach variations and alternatives. Describe key practice skills that beginners naturally lack. Explain how you can help to mitigate the weaknesses and tendencies of students new to hatha yoga. Provide a caution when choosing words to describe variations.

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