When I wrote down the topic, I was ashamed because I was just a little white. There are always many blind spots for laymen to choose experts. However, because of my love for yoga and some younger girls around me who have never been exposed to yoga at all, they occasionally ask me about yoga. I think I can share some directional suggestions after contacting more than 30 coaches.
First of all, a sport can last because of positive feedback. Physical feedback is the most direct, and it is most important to make you feel comfortable after class. If a coach talks to me about "persistence" and "self-discipline", I feel disgusting and my heart is discounted. If you do well in class, I believe I will try my best to come when I have time. There will be pain and fatigue in the process of yoga, but generally it is pleasant and enjoyable. Otherwise, life is already so tired, why am I still being abused? Some effects take a while to appear, but there must be a positive feedback to the efficiency of the body. If after an hour, I can't feel anything but fatigue, it's that this coach is dying. He talks about "self-discipline" with you, just like telling the other person to love himself when he is in love, which kills his charm.
But for people who have never tried it at all and have not exercised for a long time, this kind of somatosensory feeling may come slowly.
The first principle is to observe more, try more, compare more and feel more. My friend asked me which yoga studio was good. I said, brand first, old brand first and personal convenience. Then I hoarded some Zhou Ka and came up one by one. She said, I don't understand. In fact, this process of trying is irreversible. Only when you have seen the better ones can you know where the other differences are and screen out the ones that best meet your needs.
The second principle is the overall state of the coach. Posture is not the final standard, but at least it must be qualified. In addition, a sign of health is that you are energetic and introverted. If a coach is anxious about sales or judging students, it is necessary to worry. Some coaches will be too excited when chatting, some coaches themselves are shouting and complaining, some coaches do it asymmetrically in class, or forget it after counting. These are not healthy manifestations. Health is full of vitality and freedom.
If the physical requirements are higher, then it depends on whether the coach's gluteal muscles are full. The coach whose upper buttock is much more difficult to practice than the lower buttock, and whose upper buttock is full, not only has excellent muscles, but also knows how to shape locally.
The third principle is to emphasize details rather than posture. You are going to exercise, not to see the teacher perform. Putting the body structure back in the correct position does not depend on how much exercise has been accumulated, but on the accurate point of exertion, coordination with breathing, concentration of attention, mentality and other related factors. The role of the coach is to remind you that you can return to your position in time when you get compensation, because the wrong way is actually hurting your health. Therefore, it is irrational to pursue the difficulty and position of asana excessively.
The fourth principle depends on whether the coach's logic is clear and whether he is willing to share. In the past, business was speculated by information gap, and yoga needs to eliminate information gap to convey professionalism. Whether a coach is professional or not depends on whether he can convey professional content to laymen in plain language. If he can only say that private education is better than large classes, how does someone practice it? Then he is either stupid or bad. He wants to tell you where the advantages of private education are, how the process of physical therapy happens, involving anatomy, mechanics, and perhaps junior high school level Chinese medicine, meridians. If you can't say it, it's that a blind cat meets a dead mouse, just because students haven't exercised for too long and have received too little attention. Such a coach may be an assembly line woman or a nouveau riche. Not only does he have no basic knowledge, but his learning ability and sensibility are also low.
The following are my personal preferences, choices and precautions.
The classroom should be clean and tidy, but the simpler the decoration, the better, otherwise it will affect the attention. Sound insulation is also important.
The basic discipline should be strict, you can't bring your mobile phone into the classroom, and you can't make phone calls outside. There are no children running around and no one taking pictures. All environmental factors that affect concentration will greatly reduce the efficiency of yoga.
I like a coach with a low voice and standard Mandarin. In the state of pranayama meditation, only the coach's voice is left outside, and the strange pronunciation of some high-frequency words is also annoying.
I object to the coach's assistance in twisting the waist strap. I need the coach to remind me of the details of the process, such as the stretching of the spine, and thank me for helping me stand upright in the unconscious position of the individual body. But in most cases, the body is smart, it just needs more patience. The coach's downward pressure and torsion, while causing pain and fear, greatly destroyed the body's sense of ontology. Individual coaches also make you stick to your teeth. It would be terrible if he had no medical background at this point.
I don't accept yoga instructors with excessive plastic surgery. I met an artificial beauty on the road and felt the power of medical beauty technology, which was a feast for my eyes. People can also live in harmony with a certain volume of hyaluronic acid with a small piece of silica gel. However, all foreign bodies in the body are "evil". Repeated use of hyaluronic acid for shaping, liposuction and bone cutting is definitely unhealthy. I will never let such a person become my teacher. How some coaches stretch, the two big steamed buns on their chests are stiff, which makes my hair stand on end. The whole classroom is full of evil spirits. Stay away!
That's about it.
Yoga is a tool to repair the body. The knife cuts bread and fingers. If the tools are not used well, they will be swallowed up. Especially those who have been injured in lumbar vertebrae or joints, whether there are any taboos depends on the level and self-awareness of the coach. Just like chess, calligraphy and painting, teachers may lead you astray and consume your potential, which is true in any field, neither black nor boastful.
As for those who ask if yoga can lose weight, or even practice yoga while taking diet pills, they will not communicate with people who have this idea. If a yoga instructor sells slimming products, hack him.