{"id":3533,"date":"2021-03-16T09:02:38","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T16:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/?p=3533"},"modified":"2021-03-16T09:03:45","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T16:03:45","slug":"yoga_injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/yp\/2021\/03\/yoga_injuries\/","title":{"rendered":"Yoga Injuries and Spiritual Bypassing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CKUdVrih0F3\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/yp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/b016c9cd-161a-450f-a5e3-e76a616577fe.png\" alt=\"Meme, image of a fancy yoga pose with the phrase, Yoga has a P.R. problem and images like this are at least part of the reason why.\" class=\"wp-image-3534\" width=\"338\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/yp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/b016c9cd-161a-450f-a5e3-e76a616577fe.png 676w, https:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/yp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/b016c9cd-161a-450f-a5e3-e76a616577fe-226x300.png 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>In the last few years, the yoga injuries conversation has gained traction among students and teachers\u2014but it\u2019s\u00a0<strong>often derailed into spiritual bypassing and victim-blaming<\/strong>. We\u2019re told that injury is the result of ego, of trying to be too flashy or rushing into poses that we aren\u2019t ready for. This argument claims that since no one is forcing us to do yoga or to attempt certain shapes, any injury is on us alone. But that rhetoric not only gaslights people who are suffering from real yoga injuries,\u00a0<strong>it also fails to take into account the very real interpersonal dynamics in yoga classes<\/strong>\u00a0that can lead to injury.<br><br>In the yoga community, we rarely discuss the <a href=\"https:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/2018\/01\/the-truth\/\">hidden group dynamics<\/a> and teacher-student dynamics that play out in class. As humans, we\u2019ve all developed coping\u00a0mechanisms and skills that help us to fit in and survive in group settings or in settings where there is an authority figure, but we rarely stop and think about the extent to which\u00a0that socialization can influence our decisions and actions.\u00a0<br><br>I wasn\u2019t aware of those dynamics myself until I sustained my yoga injuries. Before that, I rarely had any difficulty following along with a class and doing exactly what the instructor said; but now suddenly I was in the position of either telling the teacher that I wasn\u2019t going to do a certain thing or simply respectfully not doing exactly what was offered. It was surprisingly uncomfortable. In my past, I\u2019ve tended to be a perfectionist and a people pleaser, and it\u2019s sometimes really hard for me to stay away from that tendency in group settings, especially when an authority figure is providing instruction. I\u2019ve found myself fighting in my own head against the temptation to just go along with something, even if I knew it wasn\u2019t right for me.\u00a0<br><br>People who argue that yoga injuries are the practitioner\u2019s \u201cfault\u201d tend to claim that injuries are the result of an overly aggressive approach or of ego that drives us to try something we can\u2019t handle. But that ignores the fact that,\u00a0<strong>in a group setting, most people are likely to do what they\u2019re told to do, the way that they\u2019re told to do it<\/strong>. If you\u2019re being told by someone that you respect or admire that something is good for you, or that it should be your goal, that sticks with you\u2014and value judgments like that can stay with us for years. And even if a teacher isn\u2019t explicitly telling students to do something, or says \u201cdo what feels right to you,\u201d there is often an implicit judgment of what is \u201cbest.\u201d Or we\u2019ll see that invitation to tweak the pose paired with specific instructions of how to place a foot or a hand, hands-on adjustments, or praise of only the students doing the pose the \u201cright\u201d way. As a teacher, I\u2019ve been guilty of that kind of double-speak, and I see it throughout the yoga community.<br><br><strong>The reason yoga double-speak is so damaging is that it undermines students\u2019 ability to listen to themselves and feel confident in understanding their bodies\u2019 needs. I<\/strong>f yoga instruction remains precision-based and binary, students will eventually let that sense of \u201cgood\u201d and \u201cbad\u201d override their own instincts.\u00a0<br><br>Sensory experience and pain also play into the injury conversation\u00a0and are another area in which students\u2019 diverse experiences are generally overlooked. So many factors, ranging from joint hypermobility to trauma, can mask pain such that someone can be actively damaging their body without experiencing a negative physical sensation. Telling students to stop when it hurts isn\u2019t enough\u2014in fact, I never experienced pain from the poses that injured me until it was too late. And I was never going fast or past what the teacher instructed. I was praised for my adherence to directions.<br><br>And we can\u2019t forget that the way we sell yoga comes into play. We\u2019re told that yoga will help, that it\u2019s healing, that it will lead to recovery from injury and pain. People come to yoga because they\u2019re seeking something, they\u2019re looking to give themselves value, or because they feel uncomfortable in themselves or their bodies, and that\u2019s often the case even if they wouldn\u2019t pinpoint that consciously. There\u2019s an unconscious drive that\u2019s often at work. They\u2019ve been told that yoga will help them physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Of course, it can\u2014but those outcomes are byproducts of yoga practice, and no one person\u2019s experience is replicable. It\u2019s important to recognize that when people come to a class with this seeking mentality, they are especially vulnerable to their existing coping mechanism, whether it\u2019s following an authority figure or a tendency toward perfectionism.\u00a0<br><br>We need to admit that it\u2019s difficult for students to parse out what is and isn\u2019t right for them in the context of a yoga class and how they\u2019re usually taught at this point, for so many complex and interconnected reasons. When students get injured, the teacher is in ways complicit for participating alongside them, even though there was no ill intent. I don\u2019t say this to blame us as individuals\u2014generally speaking, we didn\u2019t know any better. I understand that the tendency to push responsibility back toward the student is often built on fear\u2014that\u2019s a natural, human impulse. And we, like our students, are also subject to external pressures to teach our classes a certain way. But as teachers, we need to be aware of the factors at play in our classes and take responsibility for the safety of our students. It\u2019s a deeply uncomfortable process, but by leaning in to examine and learn about what\u2019s going on in our classes,\u00a0<strong>we can modify our classes to reduce the impact of power dynamics and make our classes safer and more accessible.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the last few years, the yoga injuries conversation has gained traction among students and teachers\u2014but it\u2019s\u00a0often derailed into spiritual bypassing and victim-blaming. We\u2019re told that injury is the result of ego, of trying to be too flashy or rushing into poses that we aren\u2019t ready for. 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We\u2019re told that injury is the result of ego, of trying to be too flashy or rushing into poses that we aren\u2019t ready for. This argument claims that since no one is&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/yp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/yp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/yp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/yp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/yp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3533"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/yp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3535,"href":"https:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/yp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3533\/revisions\/3535"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/yp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/yp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/yp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/yp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}