Touch - Appropriate and Inappropriate



What constitutes appropriate touch is intensely individual and situational. Yoga is intimate, and hands-on touching can be an important part of getting feedback. In all spiritual traditions, “laying on of hands” plays a role.

Always honor your own boundaries and sense of propriety. Later if you decide you really DO want to be touched, you can let that be known.


Nice Work if You Can Get It


A friend of mine sent this photo from a yoga workshop she attended with Pathabi Jois:

Guru-ji giving “adjustments”