Sunday
July 14, 2019
Summer · 2 entries
One of my teachers' teacher passed this week. I have been deeply impacted by this woman, and I never met her. Let her words be a guide. She had 30 years of teaching under her belt by 55, the age upon which she finished collecting ages.
Once again, the death of my teachers' teacher has become a teacher to me.
Your teachers matter. Their ethics matter. Good, bad, and otherwise.
Yoga teachers: your education matters. Your relationship to your practice matters.
If your practice isn't making it harder to stomach inequality whilst also lighting inside of you a fire to use your actions to ensure everyone can burn brightly, I'm not sure what your practicing, but it isn't yoga.
Once again, the death of my teachers' teacher has become a teacher to me.
Your teachers matter. Their ethics matter. Good, bad, and otherwise.
Yoga teachers: your education matters. Your relationship to your practice matters.
If your practice isn't making it harder to stomach inequality whilst also lighting inside of you a fire to use your actions to ensure everyone can burn brightly, I'm not sure what your practicing, but it isn't yoga.
New pranayama classes at Eaton. Wednesday at 1:15.
Fridays at 7am.
Fridays at 7am.
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