Feedback took on a whole new meaning with the invention of the electric amplifier. In sound reinforcement, as the field of making things louder is known, feedback happens when the amplifier picks up it's own output as new input, and amplifies it further. When a 10X amplified signal is amplified 10X and then 10X more, it's easy to imagine the resulting unpleasantness.
But there's another kind of feedback, when someone provides their assessment of your work in a clear, direct, and nonjudgmental way. When feedback slides into negative judgment, it becomes criticism. Others might define the terms differently, but that's how I use them.
Feedback requires that both the sender and the receiver have a relationship of trust so that information about things that didn't work well and suggestions for improvement aren't received as criticism.
I've had good experience with feedback about yoga teaching, and it has motivated me to learn more as I think it could be very helpful in my work to be able to provide good feedback.
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