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Ethics, Safety & Professional Responsibility

  • Ethics, Safety & Professional Responsibility

Ethics, Safety & Professional Responsibility

What you will learn:

✅ On-the-mat ethics based on the Yamas, including safety, respect, non-competition, inclusion and honest teaching

✅ Off-the-mat ethics, including personal conduct, mental discipline, confidentiality and appropriate teacher–student boundaries

✅ The essential qualities of a sincere yoga teacher and a committed yoga student according to classical teachings

✅ The traditional factors that bring success in yoga and the habits that create obstacles or failure

✅ Scope of practice, student wellbeing, contraindications, professional responsibility and when to refer someone to a qualified healthcare professional

✅ Safe adjustment methods based on traditional teaching, functional anatomy, individual variation and explicit student consent