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Yogaland Podcast

Yoga Teacher's Companion: Teaching Chaturanga Safely

Yogaland Podcast

Andrea Ferretti

Yoga, Yogaland, Health & Fitness

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2022

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Teaching Chaturanga safely and effectively is simple when you understand how to keep the shoulders stable. This episode discusses how to teach Chaturanga safely, unpacks the principles and actions that underscore safety in Chaturanga, and examines some important exceptions to these rules.


Show notes: http://www.jasonyoga.com/podcast/ytc-ep10

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0:00.0

Hey everyone, welcome to Yoga Lans Yoga Teacher Companion. I'm your host Jason

0:05.0

Crandall and we are going to talk about Charter Runga. In fact, we're going to

0:09.1

talk about maximizing safety in Charter Runga. In upcoming episodes, we're

0:14.4

also going to discuss how to transition into Charter Runga a little bit more

0:19.9

skillfully and effectively. We'll also have an episode where we look at

0:23.9

modifications and alternatives. So what I want to lay out for you right now is

0:28.9

an essential concept that underscores maximizing safety in Charter Runga. Then

0:36.5

I want to look at the techniques of implementing that concept and then

0:41.5

actually what I want to do finally in this conversation is I want to address

0:46.4

possible, reasonable criticisms of what I am going to present to you because

0:54.2

there's going to be a counter narrative to what I present to you and I will tell

0:59.6

you that that counter narrative is something that I am sympathetic to and I

1:03.8

think is reasonable and I really valuable discourse and critical thinking

1:08.8

skills. So what I want to do is I want to provide you with what I think is really

1:13.5

important consequential insight for maximizing safety and then I want to look

1:18.2

at some possible criticisms of what I'll present but I think what we're going

1:22.8

to see is it's all going to come down to the context in which we are

1:29.0

practicing and teaching Charter Runga that is going to be the deciding factor

1:34.2

of whether or not you go with what I'm going to suggest you implement or whether

1:39.0

or not you go with some some counter narratives. So here is the most

1:45.4

important takeaway when it comes to safety and Charter Runga. The most

1:51.5

important takeaway. To maximize safety in Charter Runga you want to maximize

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