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Change ACC's coding on Yoga (yoga is not a sport)

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Ian Cole
11 years ago

ACC = Bullies

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shivani howe
11 years ago

ive been practicing for 15 years, and never hurt myself... seriously ACC, lets get educated.

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Catherine Chappell Harrison
11 years ago

It really does defy all logic.

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Anonymous
11 years ago

In over 8years practicing Yoga I've never hurt or injured myself while doing yoga.

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Jennifer Petrovich
11 years ago

Not only do I believe yoga by experienced teachers is not as dangerous as skiing etc, but it is often preventative and rehabilitive

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Chris Loveday
11 years ago

I support this petition. Yoga teaching should not be penalised, rather encouraged.

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Chris Bean
11 years ago

Yoga doesn't seem to be more dangerous than professional netball, or fire-fighting, so it doesn't seem fair to be paying more ACC

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Kyle Mackay
11 years ago

yoga is extremely useful.

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Donna Farhi
11 years ago

The ACC levy that I pay per year is highway robbery. I pay over $3,000 in ACC levies per year and yet I do not run regular yoga classes in New Zealand. Most of my work is offshore. I have never made an ACC claim for any injury acquired through yoga practice or teaching yoga in 25 years of professional teaching. Nor to my knowledge has any student attending my classes made an ACC claim as a result of being injured in a yoga class. These levies do not reflect that most of us who teach Hatha Yoga offer slow and very gentle forms of exercise. Donna Farhi, author of Teaching Yoga

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Donna Farhi
11 years ago Featured

I have NEVER made an ACC claim for any injury acquired through yoga practice or teaching in 25 years of professional teaching and my ACC levey per year is over $3,000. I do not even hold regular classes in New Zealand!

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brenda wickenden
11 years ago

go megs

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brenda wickenden
11 years ago

go megs

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Tom Scrase
11 years ago

I would like to see yoga become accepted as a form of therapy for injury rehabilitation in the same bracket as physiotherapy. It would also be good to see the RYT hours help to allow proof of training in this case, to legitimise the teacher.

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Tom Scrase
11 years ago Featured

I would like to see yoga become accepted as a form of therapy for injury rehabilitation in the same bracket as physiotherapy. It would also be good to see the RYT hours help to allow proof of training in this case, to legitimise the teacher.

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Lalita Kasanji
11 years ago

Not sure how 'yoga instruction' can be be considered to be ask risky as a ski or snowboarding, kickboking or high impact aerobics instructor. ACC you need to review your classifications.

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Lalita Kasanji
11 years ago

Not sure how 'yoga instruction' can be be considered to be ask risky as a ski or snowboarding, kickboking or high impact aerobics instructor. ACC you need to review your classifications.

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Helen Paul
11 years ago

ACC categorizations are meant to be sorted on similarity of work and risk. To lump yoga instructors in with ski, snowboard and kick-boxing instructors obviously misses in this aim.

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Helen Paul
11 years ago

ACC categorizations are meant to be sorted on similarity of work and risk. To lump yoga instructors in with ski, snowboard and kick-boxing instructors obviously misses in this aim.

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Milan
11 years ago

down with corporate greed

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Milan
11 years ago

down with corporate greed