What Kind of Yoga Teacher are You?

See what kind of teacher you are by answering a few questions!This is difficult, if you are from a culture where men and women do not casually touch each other. Sometimes, some students just do not feel comfortable getting physical assist from their Yoga teacher. So, what do you do?

Are you a hands on or verbal type? Gueguen and Fischer-Lokou (2003) showed how touching another person during a conversation influenced the other person very strongly. After touching a stranger when asking directions, turning away and 'dropping' some diskettes, the touched subject would stoop to help pick them up 90% of the time, as opposed to 63% of the time when they were not touched.

Created by: TINA TREGLIA
  1. Do you enjoy being adjusted while practicing postures in a group yoga class?
  2. How important do you think it is to be able to adjust your yoga students?
  3. Which answer describes you best?
  4. My favorite yoga teacher in my practice is
  5. I feel touching or assisting any posture during my instruction of yoga class
  6. I believe in the power of touch.
  7. When I teach, I never leave the front of class.
  8. I observe every student's moves during my instruction.
  9. When I am instructing a pose and my student is struggling, I
  10. I feel like I am not a good yoga teacher because I will not give hands on assist or adjustments.

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