...he others in the room.

The most basic help from a quick look around is if we are not fully concentrating on the teachers instruction. If we are focussed on our current pose its possible that we miss the name of the next pose or didnt fully understand the instructions then a quick look over can provide clarification.

While we may rely on the instructor to help with our alignment, its not always possible for them to visit us all individually for each posture. Instead, while we hold the pose we should be feeling our position, examining our alignment and correcting it ourselves if there are mirrors in the room, they can help with this for some postures. If we are unsure about the correct alignment and position for some postures a quick look over at the more capable students in the room, to see their position, can be all thats needed to correct our own understanding. If we can see the instructor correcting another students posture, we can follow that and try to apply it to our own posture. (Obviously this approach has the risk that we are copying someone else who is not aligned correctly. If youre really unsure of the pose then its still best to ask the instructor).

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