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Apr 2023

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You Asked – We Answered. Complimenting S...

Arundhati Baitmangalkar

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FREE WORKSHOP ALERT - On May 16th, Arundhati is offering a free workshop for yoga teachers. It's called "10 ways to enhance your yoga class today". Details in the links below.

In our new bite-sized monthly newsletter, we have a segment where you can drop questions for Arundhati to answer. In today's episode, she answers two listener questions.

1. Is complimenting students a good or a negative thing? Does it hinder them in any way? How to actually complement a student to enhance their yoga?

2. How important is alignment in Asana? Do you physically or verbally adjust a student who looks uncomfortable?

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