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Yogaland Podcast

Jason answers: 'Should I teach yoga poses I don't actually practice?

Yogaland Podcast

Andrea Ferretti

Health & Fitness, Yoga, Yogaland

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

This week's solocast from Jason addresses a frequently asked question from yoga teachers: "Should I teach yoga poses I don't actually practice?" The answer is a lot more nuanced than you might think. Jason explores four scenarios, emphasizing that teaching is not solely about personal ability but also about understanding and communication. 

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0:00.0

Hey, everybody. Welcome to Yoga Land. I am Jason Crandall. I'm doing a solo cast this week because Andrea is

0:07.5

really busy. Her family is totally healthy and safe and fine, but her family was in the part of Santa Monica

0:16.9

that was evacuated. Her sister is back where she's living, but her mom is down staying

0:24.3

with us right now. And so that combined with a few other family things, we are just, we are full

0:30.2

tilt right now. And I have been getting this question from students at every level, should I teach poses that I can't do? I've been getting

0:40.7

that question so many times that I've wanted to do a solo cast about this topic because I think

0:47.1

the answer is really nuanced and we need to think through various scenarios to answer it well.

0:52.7

So I thought this is the perfect time. I could get on, do a quick

0:55.4

little conversation with all of you and let you know my feelings about this topic. Before we get

1:01.7

into that question and the various ways that I'm going to answer it, a quick reminder to all

1:07.4

teachers that we have, Andrea and I have a yoga teachers reset online course coming up.

1:13.2

It's really an online retreat. It's a way that you as a teacher can focus on yourself, can focus on

1:20.9

returning to your practice and finding solace in your practice so that you can be inspired and

1:26.7

just more available and excited to teach

1:29.2

your classes. That begins February 15th. And to get more information, just head over to jasonyoga.com

1:36.0

backslash reset. Another thing I want to let you know, if you haven't watched it already,

1:41.9

I last week released a YouTube video on Jason Crandall

1:47.2

Yoga YouTube about two ways to improve every single hip opener. I'm really happy with it.

1:54.4

To be honest with you, I keep working on my production skills and my videography skills.

1:59.1

So even though I'm a one-man show when I do this,

2:02.4

I'm super inspired and happy to have this channel and to build out and provide what I think is

2:09.6

really helpful practice content, but also do it in a way that I think is visually tells the story

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