How Students Learn

It's important to start the yoga class on time, to ensure a stress-free environment for all of the students.


In order to be able to start the yoga class on time, the instructor needs to arrive early at a yoga studio, and create a proper atmosphere at the studio. To set the mood, light up candles, set proper temperature, proper music, and essential oil fragrance.


It's also important to plan the yoga class according to the population and to have props ready and available at student's reach.


It's important for the yoga instructor to be herself or himself in order to create a feeling of trust with students.


It's important to use an accessible language - a language that all of the students will understand and feel confident during their practice.


It's important not to favor a student and not to criticize a single student, not to create a culture of comparison and jealousy.


It's important to always be positive around the students and to make an effort to know all of the student's names.


What doer learners need?


Doers need to know how to do it, so they can do it with confidence. Doers need to hear a clear direction and the reason why to do a pose one way and not the other.


What do audio learners need?


Audio learners need to hear clear and precise cues and directions from a yoga instructor.


What do visual learners need?


Visual learners need to see the yoga pose demonstrated by the yoga instructor.


How can manual adjustments help students learn?


Manual adjustments will prevent yoga students from becoming injured, and practice yoga safely. It will also teach the students the proper alignment of a pose for the best result and the best benefit of practicing yoga.

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