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Expert Yogi Posts: 8442 | It is also very empowering to ask a student who may feel s/he doesn't have an "ideal" practice to show a pose or action that s/he is doing particularly well. I have a student with many challenges in his body and recently called the class over to show his hands in headstand, which were soft and open and cradling his head very nicely. In contrast, his wife, a more experienced student, had cramped, white knuckled hands and since they were side by side, made an excellent comparison. Of course, now the DH will tease his DW about it for a long time (maybe forever...  ) but he now has that experience of being the "good" example, and he can build on that in future. | ||
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congratulations!  first, you can always design your class to fit you, and therefore take out whatever you don't want to demonstrate. i did that toward the very end of my pregnancy in the class where i demonstrated (and someone else assisted). no one minded. in fact, no one even noticed. LOL but, othe than that one class, i teach off the mat nearly entirely (i love to assist), and do so with great success. when a student isn't getting it, i just say "look at the person next to you!" it's ok to simply do that, and as tourist said, you can always point out something that someone is doing really well-- "see what allison is doing? that's great!" or give them hands on assist to get to the pose or modification necessary. second, the biggest thing that happened to me was that early in pregnancy, i was tired. i would drive my husband to work, drive myself to class, teach class, come home, eat and take a bath and a nap, then pick my husband up from work, go teach two classes back-to-back, and then come home and eat and go to bed. LOL! i think i slept 16 hrs a day or something. LOL! third, you might also think about how you want to teach after you have the baby. i wrote about this in another thread, but i currently teach two private clients and 4 classes per week, plus teacher training every other weekend and the 'long class' once a month (it's a 3 hr class--we jokingly call it the "three hr tour!" after gilligan's island). i'm also hoping to start one or two "family classes" in my neighborhood. this will be a by-donation class with donations going to local children-and-family charities (right now, the food bank!). i take hawk (that's my baby--he's 5 months old now) to every class save one. that one, my husband, my ILs, or my parents babysit for the 1.5 hrs because it's the class that i demonstrate (mentioned above) and it's tough to have the baby wrapped to me while demonstrating. LOL! otherwise, he's either nursing or wrapped up on my person. he LOVES to be in class with me and it has never been a problem. students seem to love to have him there too. for me, it is a bit of a distraction because i am concerned about him and wanting him to be happy, settled, what have you. but, i'm able to assist and teach with no real problems. sometimes, i'll hand him off to a client to demonstrate a more difficult pose--and most the students *love* that.  it's great being pregnant, giving birth, and being a mom. for fun, here are a list of a few of my favorite books on the matter: Thinking Women's Guide to Pregnancy and Birth by Henci Goer The Continuum Concept by Jean L-- (can't remember the whole last name) Unconditional Parenting by Alfie Kohn Everyday Mindfulness by John Kabot Zinn there are others, of course, but these are kinda my favorites. have a great time! congratulations! | |||
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| zoebird thank you so much for your response. It was very informative and helpful to me. And, congratulations on your new baby too! I'll check into those books too. I'm always looking for good books, particularly on this subject of course. Thanks very much indeed. Take care! | |||
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