Questions

What is your response to the following complaints from students at the beginning of class?

1. I’ve never done Yoga before.
2. I started my period today.
3. I have bad knees.
4. I have high blood pressure.
5. I’m fasting.
6. I have sciatica.
7. I have a bad back.
8. I want to lose weight.
9. I have scoliosis.
10. I was in a bad motorcycle accident last week.
11. I don’t want you to touch me.
12. I am pregnant.
13. I feel sick.
14. I have a headache.
15. My doctor told me that Yoga will adversely stretch my ligaments.

What is your response to the following complaints during class?

1. I feel dizzy.
2. Virasana hurts my knees.
3. I have a headache (after shoulderstand)
4. I can’t sit up straight in forward fold.
5. I can’t do headstand.
6. I can’t get warmed up or sweat.
7. Jumping back hurts my lower back.
8. Down dog hurts my wrists.
9. I can’t stop crying.
10. I have a cramp in my calf.

What is your response to the following complaints after class?

1. You did not speak loud enough.
2. The person next to me smells.
3. I think I tore a muscle in your class.
4. I hurt my neck in headstand.
5. I feel exhausted.