Teaching Yoga Exploring the Teacher-Student Relationship

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Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2006-10-10
Publisher(s): Rodmell Press
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Summary

In her three previous books, Donna Farhi wrote about practicing asana and pranayama, and about integrating the principles of Yoga into daily living. In Teaching Yoga, she turns her attention to establishing standards for her own profession. Drawing on her decades of teaching experience, training those who teach, and cowriting a code of ethics for the California Yoga Teachers Association (CYTA), she is supremely qualified for the task.

Author Biography

Donna Farhi has practiced yoga for twenty-eight years and has taught internationally for over two decades. One of America's most respected and loved yoga teachers, she travels throughout the world leading retreats and training others to teach. Farhi has been an Asana columnist for both Yoga Journal and Yoga International and is the author of the contemporary classics The Breathing Book and Yoga Mind, Body & Spirit. Born in America, she now resides in New Zealand.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 1(6)
PART I UNDERSTANDING THE TEACHER-STUDENT RELATIONSHIP
7(44)
The Sacred Role of Teacher
7(2)
What Is a Yoga Teacher?
9(6)
Yoga Teacher as Mentor
15(2)
Ethics and Ethical Behavior
17(3)
Archetypes: How the Teacher Lives in the Student's Mind
20(2)
Yoga Teacher as Healer
22(3)
Yoga Teacher as Priest
25(1)
Yoga Teacher as Parent
26(4)
Yoga Teacher as Lover
30(3)
Transference, Countertransference, Projection, Adoration, and Emulation
33(2)
Disenchantment with the Teacher and Renegotiation of the Relationship
35(2)
Healthy Boundaries
37(10)
The Teacher's Social, Personal, and Sexual Needs
47(2)
Summary
49(2)
PART II THE ETHICS OF TEACHING YOGA
51(94)
Teacher Training
54(1)
Training Programs
54(6)
Certification
60(3)
The Dangers of Charisma and the Pitfalls of Fame
63(3)
Medical Concerns and Making Unfair Claims
66(5)
When to Send a Student to Another Teacher
71(4)
Class Numbers
75(1)
Class Numbers for Workshops and Intensives
76(3)
A Word About Amplification
79(1)
Ethical Class Structures
80(4)
Class Levels
84(4)
How We Communicate with Students
88(1)
Adjustments and Touching
89(3)
The Power of Words
92(2)
Codes of Etiquette
94(11)
Boundaries
105(5)
The Ethics of Money
110(9)
Refunds
119(1)
Work-Study and Scholarships
120(3)
Appropriate Dress for the Teacher
123(3)
Appropriate Dress for the Student
126(1)
Foul Language
127(1)
Confidentiality
128(3)
Speaking about Other Teachers or Methods
131(3)
Ethical Codes
134(6)
Protocols for Handling Complaints
140(3)
Opening Doors
143(2)
PART III TEACHER'S WORKBOOK: RESOLVING ETHICAL ISSUES
145(10)
A Working Model
145(1)
Stages of Intervention
146(2)
Sample Ethical Inquiries
148(7)
Appendix: Yoga Sutra of Patanjali Sourced 155(10)
Notes 165(2)
Permissions 167(2)
About the Author 169(2)
From the Publisher 171(2)
Index 173(5)
About the CD 178

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