Teaching Yoga Exploring the Teacher-Student

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.

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.

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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