ashtanga yoga Deaf/Hearing Impaired Students

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well as a yoga teacher i can tell you that i welcome students who would have a

disability so please dont fell like your being a burdon just because you require

a diffrent set of skills to communicate!

 

keep down doggin it

Chris

 

zekes7 <zekes7 wrote:

I am familiar with just the primary series, but I have never gone to

anyone's studio. I had been planning my first trip as sort of a two

week study in ashstanga with some very badly needed ego boosting

shopping for some threads . Instead, I am having to rush to locate

sign language classes to refresh my sign language skills and speech

therapy so I can recognize the proper level of speech I must throw

out. I can still hear my breathing and feel it in my head, core, and

diaphragm. It is not unlike swimming under water. I am very

concerned about voice commands because I need line of sight to

understand, without it, I am lost. I do not like burdening people,

but when people see and hear my skills, they are amazed when they

learn of the level of my deafness. Deaf tends to get lump with Dumb

and Retarded, which when contradicted gets you Faking It and Cursed.

Every since thread about Guruji not wanting to teach a Muslim, which

I am not, I wonder what else?

 

ashtanga yoga, vajrakaya <no_reply> wrote:

> Hey Zeke,

> As a teacher I would not hesitate at all to work with someone

hearing

> impaired. If you are all ready familiar with ashtanga it would be

> even easier. A one on one Mysore situation would be best where the

> instuction would mostly be through touch and sight. I can't speak

for

> Guruji but I think it would be a good idea to tell him your

situation

> and ask. I doubt that it would be a problem there.

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> ashtanga yoga, "zekes7" <zekes7> wrote:

> > Hey Gang:

> >

> > Recently, I had a sudden loss of my residual hearing which

legally

> > makes me deaf. I have always been hearing impaired and I could

> very

> > easily communicate over the telephone. Now, I cannot.

> >

> > Could someone out there please give me some feedback on what is

> done

> > for the disabled student who is unable to understand the asana

that

> > is being called out? Has anyone had a teacher/student

relationship

> > with a disabled student? And how are disabled students looked

upon

> > at Mysore?

> >

> > I am not afraid, but I am trying to prepare myself to advance my

> > practice. I can flow now, but this new development feels like

hot

> > lead in my gut.

> >

> > Namaste

> > Zeke

 

 

 

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