Saturday Yoga/ Friday Interview
I have not taught on a Saturday morning in a long time....not sure I like it. I am sure if I have to go into this as my own business someday (IF THAT even ever happens), that I will have to teach a Saturday class.
So first off the students really had a hard time finding our 'space' where the class was being held. I did apologise profusely for this. (I blame this issues on the ineptitude of the people that signed them up.) I managed to get help from one of the girls who was working that day and bless her for her kindness in putting up signs to guide my students to the class. Needless to say one old woman came up, got in my face and started actually YELLING AT ME! I stood there and took quite a bit of abuse, kept apologising to her until she got to the point where she began to yell at me about the phone system. At that point I actually held up my hand and said:
"Enough madame! It's not MY phone system and I have nothing to do with that problem. NOW let's get you signed up so I can help you to try to relax."
She shut up and paid the fee.
One of the other 'older' women nearly passed out after our opening sequence (which consists mainly of laying on the floor and breathing) - she immediately afterwards began to complain of extreme dizziness and nausea (she told me she was not used to breathing so deeply (again with the breathing!) - I stopped the class and talked with her. I helped her get up and got her a chair and she finished the class seated. She told me at the end of class that she was still dizzy and nauseated. I asked her friend if maybe we should get her to an emergency room - but the woman insisted that she'd be OK. I told her that I would not turn in her payment until I heard from her about continuing because I did not wish to take her money if she was not going to be OK taking the class.
Again I made everyone sign waivers - however I am going to have to talk with the people that are in charge of signing up students to 'screen' them a bit better. Because we really need to have better control over the classes if we are going to get students with real issues taking a class with students that don't have ANY issues. It's simply not fair to either side. I can certainly teach (and have taught several) 'Chair' Yoga classes to the people who are not healthy enough or stable enough to take a regular beginner's class...
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As a side note, I was interviewed by a freelance writer for Cleveland Magazine about 'Yoga for Seniors'. I am not sure if she will use the 'entire' interview which lasted for about 1 1/2 hours. She was wonderful and we had a blast talking. If it does run, it will be in the August issue (and of course me being the egomaniac that I am will let y'all know about it).
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So first off the students really had a hard time finding our 'space' where the class was being held. I did apologise profusely for this. (I blame this issues on the ineptitude of the people that signed them up.) I managed to get help from one of the girls who was working that day and bless her for her kindness in putting up signs to guide my students to the class. Needless to say one old woman came up, got in my face and started actually YELLING AT ME! I stood there and took quite a bit of abuse, kept apologising to her until she got to the point where she began to yell at me about the phone system. At that point I actually held up my hand and said:
"Enough madame! It's not MY phone system and I have nothing to do with that problem. NOW let's get you signed up so I can help you to try to relax."
She shut up and paid the fee.
One of the other 'older' women nearly passed out after our opening sequence (which consists mainly of laying on the floor and breathing) - she immediately afterwards began to complain of extreme dizziness and nausea (she told me she was not used to breathing so deeply (again with the breathing!) - I stopped the class and talked with her. I helped her get up and got her a chair and she finished the class seated. She told me at the end of class that she was still dizzy and nauseated. I asked her friend if maybe we should get her to an emergency room - but the woman insisted that she'd be OK. I told her that I would not turn in her payment until I heard from her about continuing because I did not wish to take her money if she was not going to be OK taking the class.
Again I made everyone sign waivers - however I am going to have to talk with the people that are in charge of signing up students to 'screen' them a bit better. Because we really need to have better control over the classes if we are going to get students with real issues taking a class with students that don't have ANY issues. It's simply not fair to either side. I can certainly teach (and have taught several) 'Chair' Yoga classes to the people who are not healthy enough or stable enough to take a regular beginner's class...
*******
As a side note, I was interviewed by a freelance writer for Cleveland Magazine about 'Yoga for Seniors'. I am not sure if she will use the 'entire' interview which lasted for about 1 1/2 hours. She was wonderful and we had a blast talking. If it does run, it will be in the August issue (and of course me being the egomaniac that I am will let y'all know about it).
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posted by Colette at 4:14 PM
1 Comments:
"Enough madame! It's not MY phone system and I have nothing to do with that problem. NOW let's get you signed up so I can help you to try to relax."
you kept your cool. that's admirable.
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