People who open Ashtanga studios w/no cert./blessings to teach

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Sorry to jump in but as I am going to SF for a visit, I started

checking out the Ashtanga classes out there specifically self

practice. I am staying 2 blocks away from It's Yoga, so am thinking

about going there. After all, I am only staying for a short period so

I will not complain! BUT is there any place with Self Practice in SF

(preferably in similar area)? What Rocket class offered at It's Yoga?

Why are the classes only 1.25 hr especially for full primary?

 

 

 

 

ashtangayoga, astangamama <no_reply> wrote:

> I hear you...I don't think anyone should be teaching any kind of

> yoga without a serious anatomy and physiology background,

regardless

> of which guru you have studied under. In our world, people come to

> yoga with all sorts of health issues, injuries, etc, that it is

> crutial to have this knowledge. The Yoga Alliance certification

> only requires 20 hours of the 200 towards anatomy - don't even get

> me started on that topic! Anyway, frustrating, I agree...San

>

>

> ashtangayoga, kiai72 <no_reply> wrote:

> > HI-I was in the Marina district in San Francisco, & was horrified

> to

> > see that Clayton Horton has opened his own Ashtanga studio. I 1st

> > encountered Clayton @ It's Yoga when I was new in SF, searching

> for a

> > place to do Ashtanga. I didn't like his energy; he seemed very

> > arrogant, & like Larry Schultz, never got permission from Guruji

> to

> > teach. Someone told me that she encountered Clayton in a class

> that

> > John Berlinsky was teaching; John has permission to teach, &

> Clayton

> > yelled @ him in front of the whole class because he didn't agree

> with

> > the way John was teaching something. It's unfortunate that anyone

> can

> > open their own studio & teach Ashtanga without the proper

> credentials.

> > They put photos of Guriji, or worse yet, themselves with Guruji

in

> > their studio, & don't let it be known they never received

> permission

> > or certification from him to teach. Because of the nature of the

> way

> > adjustments are given in Ashtanga classes, I think it's impotrant

> > that people who are teaching this way know what they are doing, &

> I

> > personally didn't feel that It's Yoga was a safe place to be

> > (especially since Larry gives 28 day teacher trainings, & has no

> > criteria for accepting people into his program ie. prior

knowledge

> of

> > anatomy, since it's not a part of the course). How do people feel

> > about this? Do you think it's okay for someone who has studied

> > Ashtanga for a long time to open thier own studio without

> > certification or blessings for Guruji, & have teacher trainings?

[Guest guest]

THANK YOU for your helpful advice on SF classes! Much appreciated.

 

 

 

ashtangayoga, kiai72 <no_reply> wrote:

> ashtangayoga, kalikaliuk <no_reply> wrote:

> > Sorry to jump in but as I am going to SF for a visit, I started

> > checking out the Ashtanga classes out there specifically self

> > practice. I am staying 2 blocks away from It's Yoga, so am

thinking

> > about going there. After all, I am only staying for a short

period

> so

> > I will not complain! BUT is there any place with Self Practice in

> SF

> > (preferably in similar area)? What Rocket class offered at It's

> Yoga?

> > Why are the classes only 1.25 hr especially for full primary?

> >

> >

> >HI-Come to Open Door Yoga, located on the corner of Castro & 25th

> Sts. They have the ype of classes you're looking for w/ a teacher

who

> has Guriji's blessing to teach, on Mon., Wed., & Fri. 7AM-9AM; on

Tu.

> & Th. they have an open practice w/out an instructor. I don't

> recommend going to It's Yoga.

> >