Ask Our Expert: Maty Ezraty

How do you help newer students into Up Dog? Do you instruct students to come out of Uttanasana with firm legs and a straight back, or with soft knees and a rounded spine? Read answers from Mentor expert Maty Ezraty and more.

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Bandhas for Beginners

When to Teach Jumping

Tadasana versus Samasthiti

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Pros and Cons of Lengthy Bones

Aligning Hips and Knees

Make Light of Tight Hips

Teaching an Aging Population

When a Pose is Shaky

Learning from Injury

The Joy—and Challenge—of Teaching Beginners

Defining Vinyasa

Does Weight Matter?

When to Slow a Student Down

How to Assess Teacher Trainings

Treating Knee Pain

Climbing Out of a Rut

Admitting an Error

How to Exit Savasana

The Teacher's Role in Savasana

Basic Problems for Today's Teachers

Fear of Reinjury

Rushing to Padmasana

Poses for Stiff Students

Building Ankle Strength

Unable to Demonstrate?

The Need for Personal Practice

Helping Overweight Students

Dealing With Disruption

Mirror, Mirror

Savvy Sequencing

Teaching an Injured Student

Finding Balance

Breaking In

Ulterior Motives?

Equanimity for the Ambitious

Understanding Uttanasana

Adjustments for Up Dog?

Strengthening the Arms in Urdhva Dharurasana

How to Deal With Soreness