Fashionable yoga actually hides health killers

At present, "yoga fever" is sweeping major cities. However, urban men and women who are currently or are preparing to "entrust" their bodies to coaches may not know that in some fitness institutions or yoga venues, some of the teachers - coaches who help citizens shape their beauty are "self-taught", and some are able to take up their posts after only one week of short-term training. Experts point out that improper (instructed) yoga practice will strain muscles and ligaments, and even affect cardiopulmonary function...

At noon recently, in a fitness and bodybuilding city in Nanping, Nan'an District, Chongqing, dozens of women were practicing yoga under the guidance of a female coach on a spacious fitness field accompanied by rhythmic music. This fitness center offers many fitness programs, yoga is one of them. Ms. Li at the front desk told reporters that to practice yoga here, you can apply for a monthly or annual card. The monthly card costs 110 yuan, and the annual card costs 750 yuan. You can practice 5 times a week, scheduled at noon or in the evening.

The coach was a fashionable woman. She said she got her certificate after training in a yoga studio. She said that, in fact, it is not important whether or not one has a coaching certificate. Generally speaking, as long as the students recognize the candidate and the boss thinks highly of him or her, one can start the job. She used to teach other fitness programs, but later, seeing that yoga was popular, she went to a professional yoga studio in Yuzhong District for training for a week and then started teaching yoga. But she refused to say where the yoga studio where the one-week training was located was.

The investigation found that in most yoga studios that train coaches, the training period is about two months, and some are as long as four months. The training includes both theory and practice and is relatively standardized. Some even hire Indian coaches. But there are also some "crash training courses". A well-known yoga studio in Yuzhong District offers a one-week training course for 1,500 yuan. The staff said that a certificate can be issued after one week of training. This certificate is equivalent to a coaching certificate. If you are a coach of other programs in a fitness institution, with this certificate, you can add (teach) yoga programs.

A fitness institution in Guanyinqiao, Jiangbei District, not only trains professional yoga coaches, but also amateur yoga coaches. Professional training takes two months to issue a coaching license, while amateur training lasts eight weeks, twice a week, and a completion certificate is issued, but the trainee cannot be employed as a coach.

A senior yoga instructor revealed that there are a mixed bag of yoga instructors on the market. Some are just unqualified, and some were once yoga enthusiasts and had been students in some yoga studios. They are optimistic about the profession of yoga instructor, so they buy some yoga textbooks and discs, and after self-study at home, they apply for jobs in some fitness institutions. The boss asks him (her) to take one or two classes, and if the students approve, he (she) can start working on the job.

It is reported that practicing yoga can help the body gain strength, flexibility, coordination and balance, improve and enhance cardiopulmonary function, detoxify, beautify the skin, reduce fat and reshape the body, and also relieve stress, relax the body and mind, and make the body and mind calm and peaceful. However, if yoga practitioners do not practice properly, they may experience dizziness, blurred vision, nausea, etc., which may lead to muscle and ligament strain. The person in charge of the Industry Department of the Municipal Sports Bureau said that practicing yoga without scientific guidance may cause damage to the body and mind, and in severe cases it may affect the heart and cardiopulmonary function. In short, practice scientifically under the correct guidance of a coach.