{"id":498894,"date":"2010-04-01T03:45:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-01T07:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/2010\/04\/01\/5-yoga-safety-tips-to-avoid-injury\/"},"modified":"2010-04-01T03:45:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-01T07:45:00","slug":"5-tips-to-make-your-yoga-practice-injury-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/498894","title":{"rendered":"5 Tips to Make Your Yoga Practice Injury-Free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/category\/advice\/\" rel=\"tag\">Advice<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/category\/fitness\/\" rel=\"tag\">Fitness<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/category\/fit-yoga\/\" rel=\"tag\">Fit Yoga<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"4\" height=\"204\" width=\"292\" vspace=\"4\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.thatsfit.ca\/media\/2010\/03\/istock000009074165xsmall-1269900149.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nAs a yoga teacher, I try my best to make sure all my students practice in a safe and relaxed environment. It&#8217;s sometimes a challenge to keep the class moving smoothly and also keep an eye on all your students&#8211;actually, depending on the class size, it&#8217;s often impossible. That&#8217;s why it&#8217;s important for you, as a yoga practitioner, to be aware of what you can do to avoid injury. It only takes a few seconds for you to check-in with yourself to make sure you are practicing safely, and by doing that you can avoid injury and possibly a lengthy period of healing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are 5 Yoga Safety Tips to Avoid Injury<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Find a Qualified Instructor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Practicing under the guidance of a qualified and experienced yoga teacher is essential. Today, a certified yoga teacher must have a minimum of 200 hours of training. For a yoga teacher who is serious about teaching, they too must be committed to continuously learning and practicing. Finding a teacher(s) that you have a connection with and that inspires you can enhance your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/search\/?q=yoga%20practice\">yoga practice<\/a> immensely.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/2010\/04\/01\/5-yoga-safety-tips-to-avoid-injury\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Continue reading <em>5 Tips to Make Your Yoga Practice Injury-Free<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/2010\/04\/01\/5-yoga-safety-tips-to-avoid-injury\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent link to this entry\">Permalink<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/forward\/19419049\/\" title=\"Send this entry to a friend via email\">Email this<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/2010\/04\/01\/5-yoga-safety-tips-to-avoid-injury\/#comments\" title=\"View reader comments on this entry\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: Advice, Fitness, Fit Yoga As a yoga teacher, I try my best to make sure all my students practice in a safe and relaxed environment. It&#8217;s sometimes a challenge to keep the class moving smoothly and also keep an eye on all your students&#8211;actually, depending on the class size, it&#8217;s often impossible. That&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1669,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-498894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1669"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498894\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}