1.
While
introducing the students to Asanas, you will explain to them in simple terms,
the benefits they would derive from them, and suggest asana keeping in view
their age, physical capacity, ailments and general conditions, Bring home to the students that while performing
Asanas body movements should be slow and the body be bent, lifted and twisted
only to the extent possible, without any undue strain and pain to the body.
2. A student cannot reach perfection in an Asana to start with. The teacher should. Hence, make the students see the technique or the way in which the body movements are made while doing the Asan. It should be impressed upon the students that theses movements should be done slowly and with relaxation. The teacher should never discourage the student at my stage and help him to improve the poses by and by. The teacher should show the Asan to the Student by doing himself or through others.
3. Shareer Sanchalan (body-movements), Sandhi Sanchalam (joints-movements) and Pawanumuktasan should be got practiced by the students in the beginning everyday. Then according to needs of the diseases different Asanas should be taught. The student should be shown the Asanas performed. He should them everyday according to his consideration of health and ailments.
4. Constipation, irritation of urinary passage, passing highly coloured urine, passing blood through nose or through stools, irritation etc. are caused by over exertion and some other afflictions. Whenever a student suffers from these and other ailments such as ulceration of mouth, low salivation, dehydration of tongue, throat and lips, over-thirstyness, vomiting, sleeplessness, dyspepsia, untimely hunger, involuntary discharge of semen, of arm and foot muscles, during sensation, irritation of skin of palms and soles, devility, feeling unenergetic and exhausted and not getting full restful sleep, one should be advised to practise “Sheetali” (cooling) and “Sadan: (teeth) pranayam ten to times and also practice Shavasan for five to ten minuter everyday.
5. It is useful to have a medical check-up of the student and to record his weight, measurement of chest, waist-line and weight lifting capacity begore he starts taking Yogic exercises regularly and also later on from time to time to show him the health changes in his physical health.
6. The teacher is advised to carefully note the name and address of the student, his profession, condition of his physical health and his aiolments and he should be given a daily schedule of Yogic poses to be practiced.
7. The student should be advised to avoid the harmful drinks and foods, smoking and eating tobacco, drinking tea and coffee, keeping up late hours, indulging in uncalled for discussions and sleeping with face domw.
8. Yogic poses should be practiced on empty stomach, but not when extremely hungry, The poses should be practiced bare-bodied with good concentration and relaxation, and when it is not too warm.
9.
The student should be explained the advantages
of Yogic kriyas and Asanas. They
should be advised to practise Asanas and kriyas for a shorter or longer
duration according to one’s physical health and capacity. He should be advised
to have an occasional medical check-up.
10.
When
the number of Asanas practiced daily is large enough, it is advantageous not to do all of them daily,
but to do a set number of them in a
fixed routine alternately.
11.
While
practicing an Asanas, the body may get stretched on a particular side, Such an asan should be followed by a similar of
another pose, resulting in equal stretch on the other side. For example,
Halasan may be followed by the Chakrasan; Sarwangasan by Matsyasan. As an Vidhi
should invariably end in Shavasan.