It has definitely been my experience that I see the necessary conditions* for injury way more often in the commodified styles (which seem to me more appropriative, although I am not An Authority by any means) than in the places I've been that are more body-and-breath focused, that put weight repeatedly on body-awareness and on non-violence as a practice towards one's own self and body as well as towards others and are at least aware of yoga's origins as a spiritual/religious practice with a purpose other than creating a Sexxxxy Body.
*competitive attitudes, lack of apparent body-knowledge on the part of the instructor, encouragement to ignore pain and other signals from the body under that stupid "no pain no gain" kind of attitude that permeates everything, indifference, etc, etc.
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Date: 2012-01-17 07:40 pm (UTC)*competitive attitudes, lack of apparent body-knowledge on the part of the instructor, encouragement to ignore pain and other signals from the body under that stupid "no pain no gain" kind of attitude that permeates everything, indifference, etc, etc.