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- Practice mindfulness while teaching: continue to return your awareness to your breath, thoughts, energy and expression.
- Stay grounded in your body while teaching.
- Be humble, honest and transparent.
- Endeavor to truly see students, honoring their wholeness and respecting their individuality.
- Allow students to have their own experience.
- Create healthy boundaries between teacher and student while avoiding unnecessary distance.
- Refrain from giving advice in psychotherapy or other areas outside of your teaching expertise.
- When a student is potentially distracting other students, ask yourself mindful questions to determine whether and how to intervene.
- When intervention is called for, do so with respect, empathy and clarity.
- Protect the quiet of Savasana by ending class on time and requesting beforehand that those who need to leave early, leave before Savasana begins.
