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Forra veckan hittade jag en sida som jag vill dela med er: Beginner Tips from Yoga Instructor. Ni hittar den HERE.  

Last week I found a site that I want to share with you: Beginner Tips from Yoga Instructor. You can find it HERE. 

1. They’re not checking you out to see how flexible you are (or aren’t)
2. They don’t like when you push yourself too hard
3. They wish you’d ask questions or for assistance
4. They don’t care if you pass gas
5. They aren’t grossed out by your sweat
6. They want you to speak up if an assist hurts or makes you uncomfortable
7. They wish you didn’t come to class to “sweat out your sick”
8. They love when you bring your own yoga mat to class
9. They want you to practice at least twice a week
10. They don’t mind if you take class from another instructor
11. They like when you get to class a little early and prefer you stay until class is over

Jag ar inte yoga larare, men jag har undervisat dans i manga manga ar och dessa punkter galler for vilken dansklass man an tar (forutom punkt 8 🙂 ).
Lararen finns dar for att hjalpa dig att bli battre. Det ar manga elever som kanner sig obekvama med just beroring och att svetten rinner. Som larare vill man att eleven ska forsta och gora ratt for att undvika skador och for att forbattra sig sjalv och da ar beroring ibland det lattaste sattet att korrigera. Och att svetten rinner ar naturligt och det visar pa att din kropp arbetar. 
Jag skulle ocksa lagga till tre punkter. 1. Har du langt har ar det battre for dig att satta upp det sa att det inte stor dig under lektionen. 2. Valj klader som du kan rora dig i och kanner dig bekvam med istallet for att kla dig i det som ar trendigt. 3. Om dar finns en spegel i salen, anvand den som ett redskap for att korrigera dig sjalv och inte for att se hur din kropp ser ut. Manga dansare stirrar pa spegelbilden och glommer bort att kanna hur ovningarna ar i kroppen. Alldeles for manga dansare far atstorningar pga spegeln sa nar jag undervisar gora jag garna ovningar at andra hallet sa att eleven slipper tanka pa hur haret ser ut, om rumpan ar stor eller att jamfora sig med andra dansare. Yoga ska vara nagot som du gor for att ma bra, inte for att det later coolt och en dans-/yogaklass ar ingen modevisning. 

I’m not a yoga teacher, but I have taught dance for many many years and these points goes for whatever dance class you take (except point 8 🙂 ).
The teacher is there to help you to get better. There is a lot of students that is uncomfortable with for example touching and to be sweaty. As a teacher you want your student to understand and do right to avoid getting hurt and to improve themselves and then touching is sometimes the easiest way to correct. And that you sweat is natural and it shows that your body is working.
I want to add three things. 1. If you have longer hair then it’s better for you to out it up so that it doesn’t bother you during the class. 2. Choose clothes that you can move in and that you feel comfortable with  rather than what is trendy. 3. If there is a mirror in the studio, use it as a tool to correct yourself and not to check your body out. Many dancers are staring at themselves and forgets to feel how the exercises are in the body. Way too many dancers have eating disorders because of the mirror so when I teach I prefer to make the exercises in the other direction so that the student don’t have to think about how their hair looks like, if their butt is big or compare to the other dancers. Yoga should be something that you do to feel good, not because it sounds cool and a dance-/yogaclass is not a fashion show.