Teaching Yoga: Exploring the Teacher-Student Relationship

Author - Donna Farhi ... [Goo?] [Posters]

This Paperback Book item from Rodmell Press was reviewed on 12-Dec-2008.

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1) Paperback Book Teaching Yoga: Exploring the Teacher-Student Relationship by Rodmell Press. I think Donna Farhi is a masterful teacher and I loved other books of hers. But this one was a disappointment - I was looking for some real practical guidance and instead got a lot of detail on ethics. The ethics of teaching yoga was covered in my teacher training (and should be in all, IMHO). If you´re looking for a book on the ethics of teaching yoga, this is a wonderful, well-written guide written in Farhi´s lyrical and inspiring style. But if you want something that gives more help on the nitty gritty of teaching classes (to be fair, she does have a little helpful info on how to structure classes), buy another book.¤

2) Paperback Book Teaching Yoga: Exploring the Teacher-Student Relationship by Rodmell Press. Having seen so many favorable reviews on this book, one hesitates to come out with something so opposite to popular opinion. My husband and I listened to 20 minutes of the cd on a driving trip. We kept asking each other if a point had been made yet and what is she trying to say. Nothing. In reading the book, there is such a wounded hero here trying to prevent others from encountering the same misfortunes. If a yoga teacher, or for that matter any one in power, acts unethically, according to Socrates, did what they thought was the right thing at the time. We all know teachers, therapists, medical professionals who have acted unethically. Would reading a book change the outcome of unethical situations? No. This book is poorly written with so many pitiful autobiographic stories in it. Yoga Journal has succeeded in 2 pages what this book could not begin to cover. For most, yoga is a spiritual path and so ethics will reflect that. If you already have good ethics and common sense, and want to read something of value, try: Ben Benjamin, The Ethics of Touch, written for bodyworkers. The The Ethics of Touch: The Hands-on Practitioner´s Guide to Creating a Professional, Safe and Enduring Practice¤

3) Paperback Book Teaching Yoga: Exploring the Teacher-Student Relationship by Rodmell Press. Donna Farhi has written a very important text here - I am using it in my 200-hour yoga teacher training program. I used Donna´s The Breathing Book to write a pulmonary rehab program and this book is an equally important one. Thank you, Donna, for writing such wonderful, useful, life-changing books.¤

4) Paperback Book Teaching Yoga: Exploring the Teacher-Student Relationship by Rodmell Press. I have been unable to put this book down after two years teaching there is a lot that Donna talks about in this book which I have faced without the guidance and professionalism that I found in this book. It is exceptionally helpful and has helped me really think about the nature of teaching Yoga and how this impacts on the students and the world around me.¤

5) Paperback Book Teaching Yoga: Exploring the Teacher-Student Relationship by Rodmell Press. Anyone who is currently teaching yoga, or who has a desire to teach yoga, would greatly benefit from this beautifully written and most thorough work on the topic of teaching yoga. You will grow so much as a teacher and as person through these ethical inquiries. This book should be a required reading for teacher training programs. I also highly recommend all of Donna´s books as well as her workshops and women´s retreat. You can find her workshop schedule at www.donnafarhi.co.nz. Donna´s books and workshops have been transformational. She has an amazing ability to make what were once abstract concepts become real and applicable to everyday life. Donna has touched so many lives. She has maintained the purity of yoga. Many western yoga teachers have lost this purity and it has become all about aquiring fame and fortune. Although Donna has aquired this fame, that has never been her goal. Her goal has always been to facilitate spiritual growth in her students. I am forever grateful to my beloved teacher.¤

6) Paperback Book Teaching Yoga: Exploring the Teacher-Student Relationship by Rodmell Press. In Teaching Yoga, Donna Farhi addresses the growing need within the Yoga community to establish professional standards of conduct and training for Yoga teachers. Drawing on decades of teaching experience, she explores with compassion and clarity the complex questions that lie at the heart of the teacher-student relationship:

• As a Yoga teacher, how do you respond to the many roles you are called upon to play--health care adviser; personal confidante; spiritual mentor; physical therapist?

• How can you create healthy boundaries for yourself and your students, and maintain a safe, supportive environment?

• How do you deal with a difficult student or a question of ethics?

Woven throughout Teaching Yoga are examples from Donna´s personal experience that she calles "Ethical Inquiries." In the Teacher Workbook section, she presents additional Ethical Inquiries that are both practical and provocative, and invites you to discuss these issues with your friends and colleagues. This section alone makes the book ideal for teacher training!

Incudes a bonus CD: "Holding a Heart in Our Hands," which is a keynote address Donna gave a Yoga Spirit 2002, a Yoga conference held in Lake George, New York. (74:20 minutes)¤

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