Over the past couple of weeks, this service has really been something I’ve been looking forward to. Our partners from Tampines MINDS center have been allowed to come so we have finally been able to have live sessions with them. This has all involved a lot of planning and collaboration with them to be able to arrive at this point.

Now that they are here, during our sessions I have really have had to focus on the ethical considerations involved when engaging with them. Yoga is something that, when not done correctly, can create injuries. So our job as their coaches is to help provide support and ensure they do the exercises correctly. This has definitely been a challenge because the majority of them do not understand English very well so learning how to adapt our routine to carefully show them the exercise and learning how to simplifying movements on the spot has been crucial. During my first session with them, one big challenge was definitely having a partner who was injured on his knee. Although it was the first session and everyone was excited to show them our new program, I had maintained a sense of ethical responsibility in the sense that I had to control for him the extent to which he could push himself in doing the exercises and adapt a new routine just for him.