I have attended my share of yoga classes and thought the iinstructors were well qualified, although I believe this article that there is a shortage of good teachers. My experience has been that there are too many students for the instructors to give individual instruction to. I would like to see the yoga studios limit the number of students per class and maybe have more than one instructor to assist the students.

I quit going because I couldn't do the poses without hurting the injuries that brought me there and I heard the same thing from another student. Maybe if there was more individual attention we wouldn't become discourage and give it up. I realize the studios are just trying to make ends meet and that there are individual classes available but those are prohibitively expensive. 

What's the answer, I don't know? I just wish yoga was more affordable and more personalied.

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I have been victim of attending classes under instructors who have had the training, the paper to prove it--but did not put the proper techniques and karma into their yoga instructions.

There is definitely a big difference between taking a class at a true yoga studio versus the local YMCA, "Big Name" gym or community center. I am saddened when someone tells me that they took a yoga class at the local community center or"Big Name" gym because I know that they did not leave that session with a true yoga experience.

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Yoga is about the experience and it takes time to fully become a competant instructor.  It is not only about doing the positions but helping your studrents to fully embrace the breathing and the release.  My gym takes yoga very seriously and gos the extra mile to set the mood as well.  When you take the time out of your busy day to attend a class, you should fee comfortable in knowing you will be instructed by an educated instructor.

I've never been to a yoga class but my friends have been to several yoga classes at our local gym and they have noticed a difference. They feel it's a pseudo method of practicing yoga, I guess our gym isn't dedicated enough and simply do it because of this recent yoga craze. But even so I'm sure that there can be gyms or commmunity centers that might be effective in delivering what yoga is truly about.

 

Chose wisely and don't settle if you're not satisfied with your studio keep searching for that true yoga experience.