Section Seven – Finishing Touches “Teach from the Heart”

Section Seven –

Finishing Touches “Teach from the Heart”

“Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self to the self”

Bhagavad Gita

One of the main reasons there are so many yoga teachers and styles of yoga is because there are so many people wanting to take part in this wonderful practice. As teachers we can spend hours planning our classes, deepening our knowledge and doing our practice. However, it is so important that we remain authentic.

This means being real, true and genuine. Taking influence from others is great, yoga after all has been passed down through generations. Be your unique self, teach from the heart with the right intention, question, enquire, learn and develop, always.

Activity

Answer the following questions;

 What makes you unique?  What can you add to your class to make it different?

“Practice all is coming”

Sri K. Pattabhi Jo

References

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Satchidananda,SS. 1978. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Ninth Edition. Buckingham USA. Integral Yoga Publications.

Stephens,M. 2012. Yoga sequencing. First Edition. Berkeley, California. North Atlantic books.

Yogapedia.com. (2018) Sankalpa [online] Available at: https://www.yogapedia.com/definition/5751/sankalpa [Accessed September 2020].

http://yoga-ashtanga.net/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoga

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