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But, if someone experiences pain or injury in class, the first thing to do is show caring. If it’s serious, then help the person. If it’s not, they can rest and rejoin when they want. It would be rare to turf someone out of a studio for saying they hurt themselves.<

Hi Gabrielle! Thank you SO MUCH for your oh so supportive and caring post. You really hit the nail on the head with the above quote. They didn’t show caring; they showed control. They really edged me out of the place that night, regardless of what I wanted. And doing so pretty much shows they felt they could have been liable, and giving me the heave-ho was better than admitting it.

I have no desire to go back to this studio, and am checking out others. I keep coming up against the same uncompassionate mentality in every studio I join. Kind of insane trying to find a Bikram studio that *is* compassionate toward its students here in the States. This was the first studio whose instructors didn’t yell at me in class or single me out or make me feel bad – until the other night. But I was only there 2 weeks!

Clone yourself, Gabrielle? 🙂