Is Any Workout Worth the Risk?

This New Year’s, instead of resolving (and often failing) to lose weight, what if your clients made it their goal to not gain more weight instead? Could this new message—to avoid gaining weight rather than try to lose it—offer a new way to fight the obesity crisis? An eye-opening study says yes. In fact, by trying to avoid gaining weight instead of trying to lose it, your clients may actually be more successful in reducing their body weight in the long run.

Hands-on adjustments can be an important part of the training process, helping clients to learn how to properly execute specific exercises safely and effectively. In yoga, hands-on adjustments are as much an art as they are a science. Here’s what you need to know to correctly, safely and professionally perform physical assists when teaching this ancient practice.