Why study Ashtanga with a "guru?"

[Guest guest]

hi ... i'm new to yoga ( < 1 year) and started doing Ashtanga for a

couple weeks but found myself wondering about the need/reason for

doing Ashtanga in a class with a guru.

 

There were 40 people in the class and I would get one or two

adjustments ... but that was it ... it hardly seemed worth the cost

of the class and the inconvience of traveling to it.

 

Yet every Ashtanga DVD/Book I bought makes special effort to state

that Ashtanga should be learned from a qualified teacher.

 

Why???? The series are prescribed.

 

Thanks

 

Folks @ Yoga UCLA

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