teacher risks touching students sweat?

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andi*yoga
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March 10, 2010 at 1:33 am

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#1741

hi all,

i’m curious to know what are the main concerns for teachers when making adjustments to students in terms of being in contact with their sweat (and vice versa i guess)

using a small cloth as a barrier might by an option to protect the teacher but if you are making numerous adjustments it isn’t fair on the students to use the same cloth for everyone..

and we’ve all stepped on that famous ‘wet patch’..

i often catch myself in the middle of an adjustment thinking i might be risking my own health..

any thoughts would be appreciated
thanks, andi

Gabrielle (The Hot Yoga Doctor)
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March 12, 2010 at 2:06 am

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Hi Andi

The main concern is everyone’s safety including your own. I always like to have a little towel just for me in the studio so that I can wipe my own hands. As a student in class I don’t touch my face, but as a teacher I may be more inclined to do that (if the need arises to move hair from my eyes or whatever) so I definitely want to wipe my hands.

I don’t like the idea of using the same towel (another towel for example 😉 ) to attend to multiple students. It’s just not hygienic. I tend to wipe my hands and then adjust (and then wipe hands after). It does depend on what I am trying to achieve. I tend to make most of my adjustments by instruction and by light touch. The full on ‘place-the-towel-over-the-back’ adjustments are there but I just choose my one or 2 customers for that to go with the number of towels. There are students who have an extra towel for whatever reason and I use that preferentially. I guess I am also wondering which poses you are talking about adjusting. Standing and floor poses? Just the floor?

Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂
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