Rethinking safety in group exercise sessions

October 2, 2025

Jayne Nicholls explores rethinking safety in group exercise sessions, and says that over-emphasising safety may ultimately risk injury

I was prompted to write this after an instructor came to one of my presentations and asked me “are you worried when you see so many people moving out of alignment?” It’s a long journey of re-education but here are the basics relating to the risk of injury in group X modalities.

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Jayne Nicholls

Jayne Nicholls, multi award winning owner and director of GXT.

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Rethinking safety in group exercise sessions

Jayne Nicholls explores rethinking safety in group exercise sessions, and says that over-emphasising safety may ultimately risk injury

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Rethinking safety in group exercise sessions

Jayne Nicholls explores rethinking safety in group exercise sessions, and says that over-emphasising safety may ultimately risk injury

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Step 1 to Yoga Flow

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Do You Have What It Takes To Be A Yoga Instructor?

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