The Times article overstated the issue, but I've been taking yoga for a number of years, and as it's proliferated, so have the number of instructors who don't know squat. It's not so much forcing into poses these days, as instructors who don't have a solid background, and assume, for example, that if 100 degrees is good, 110 must be better. Ya know, 80 is just fine. There are also a lot who train with one kind of yoga--Bikram, Ashtanga, whatever--and blindly follow that style, regardless of the needs of their students. I have been doing yoga long enough that I can monitor my practice and avoid injury, but I worry about those who are young, getting started, and can do a lot of stuff because they are flexible, but may not be doing it right, and are never shown the correct way.
On Six Reasons To Ignore The 'New York Times' Yoga Article
The Times article overstated the issue, but I've been taking yoga for a number of years, and as it's proliferated, so have the number of instructors who don't know squat. It's not so much forcing into poses these days, as instructors who don't have a solid background, and assume, for example, that if 100 degrees is good, 110 must be better. Ya know, 80 is just fine. There are also a lot who train with one kind of yoga--Bikram, Ashtanga, whatever--and blindly follow that style, regardless of the needs of their students. I have been doing yoga long enough that I can monitor my practice and avoid injury, but I worry about those who are young, getting started, and can do a lot of stuff because they are flexible, but may not be doing it right, and are never shown the correct way.