tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post246793215549556229..comments2023-05-18T11:00:46.711-05:00Comments on linda's yoga journey: why do you want to teach yoga?Linda-Samahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07664989345039365084noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-40764125666695424372009-10-19T02:19:14.062-05:002009-10-19T02:19:14.062-05:00Yoga Cool-aid, no kidding. I have been in towns th...Yoga Cool-aid, no kidding. I have been in towns that have more teachers than students! I am an Iyengar instructor and give thanks daily to the divine leading my way. I actually make a living teaching yoga, in Vancouver, with it's surplus of teachers and wanna be teachers. It's frightening, having no security, no pension, no mat leave, no medical or dental, but it calls me, and I respond, Dhanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00612820612285689037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-56533562800243106862009-10-05T12:12:03.658-05:002009-10-05T12:12:03.658-05:00I STOPPED teaching yoga because I couldn't mak...I STOPPED teaching yoga because I couldn't make the bliss and business meet. I miss it. I'm lost without it. I am getting my "yojo" back in 2009.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-17877804288927887592009-09-23T17:06:29.103-05:002009-09-23T17:06:29.103-05:00I have been practicing for over 10 years and I fin...I have been practicing for over 10 years and I finally tested myself to see If i had the patience and courage to teach. One of the things that inspired me is a saying I read which is "when the student is ready the teacher appears". I want to share the happines it brings me and since I have started so far so good, it terrifies me that I may have some modification nightmare in my class,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-18575277942412712352009-09-23T06:08:26.689-05:002009-09-23T06:08:26.689-05:00Hi,
My stumbling across this blog is spot on! Af...Hi,<br /><br />My stumbling across this blog is spot on! After a couple of days "trawling the net" for a yoga holiday in India (I've never been) I came to the conclusion that Yoga really is big business with its stars and cool websites! This is a bit of a downer for me as I would love to do the teacher training not to teach necessarily but as a way of finding out more and more and Yoganinihttp://yogakabyle.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-22574490130393827632008-09-30T11:49:00.000-05:002008-09-30T11:49:00.000-05:00New reader here. I was introduced to yoga in 2002,...New reader here. I was introduced to yoga in 2002, and have been practicing seriously since this April. I have experienced nothing but expansion in all things since I began my practice - patience, love, energy, health, I could go on and on. After a life-changing chakra seminar, I decided I wanted to do yoga for the rest of my life. <BR/><BR/>I badly want to do teacher training (I haven't yet Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-6599854987305491242008-08-31T11:10:00.000-05:002008-08-31T11:10:00.000-05:00I agree....I wrote about that in a post called "ho...I agree....I wrote about that in a post called "how to be a good yoga student."<BR/><BR/>I think that lack of gratitude or lack of acknowledgement is definitely an American/Western thing. you know it's not that way in India. I have no problem touching the feet of my teacher, Ramaswami, when he comes to Suddha's.Linda-Samahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07664989345039365084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-37367836752231865782008-08-31T11:04:00.000-05:002008-08-31T11:04:00.000-05:00all i'm saying is that yoga teachers are people li...all i'm saying is that yoga teachers are people like the students and that for students to say "thanks" goes a long way, even though i have learned to live without the gratitude. students don't tell their teachers thanks or even acknowledge them as their teachers far too often. they do not know that gratitude, like santosha, is part of yoga.<BR/>that is all.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06968972326995411353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-68141128902556040692008-08-29T21:56:00.000-05:002008-08-29T21:56:00.000-05:00"so you think dena (that's who i am describing) sh..."so you think dena (that's who i am describing) should not have these gratitude circles?"<BR/><BR/>??????<BR/>I'm not saying that at all.<BR/><BR/>"sorry, but yoga teachers are also human beings."<BR/><BR/>right, I agree. and I'm referring to comments made on some of my posts.Linda-Samahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07664989345039365084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-63378757235948872482008-08-29T21:45:00.000-05:002008-08-29T21:45:00.000-05:00so you think dena (that's who i am describing) sho...so you think dena (that's who i am describing) should not have these gratitude circles?<BR/>i am content, personally. i just find it quite alarming how many students, rather than saying "thank you" instead say things like "why didn't i get more adjustments? i paid my money just like everyone else"<BR/>sorry, but yoga teachers are also human beings. and i do not believe in keeping my mouth shutAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06968972326995411353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-39332859274036498782008-08-29T11:42:00.000-05:002008-08-29T11:42:00.000-05:00bindi -- SO SO TRUE! unfortunately there are many...bindi -- SO SO TRUE! unfortunately there are many people who think we, as yoga teachers, should practice the highest form of contentment, santosha, that when we talk about things that are lacking (gratitude, as you say, for example), that somehow we are not "content", that we should just accept whatever is given or not given to us, as the case may be, and never open our mouths. <BR/><BR/>Linda-Samahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07664989345039365084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-8482184685159035292008-08-29T08:43:00.000-05:002008-08-29T08:43:00.000-05:00chona said-"Maybe some (most?) of you have no idea...chona said-<BR/>"Maybe some (most?) of you have no idea how much you have helped your student."<BR/><BR/>part of the yoga path is gratitude. it is very important to express that to your teacher.<BR/><BR/>something most yoga students do not understand. often we are left quite empty. many students never even say "thank you" after a class. it's sad, really.<BR/><BR/>i study with an amazing Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06968972326995411353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-85288089822005139202008-08-28T18:35:00.000-05:002008-08-28T18:35:00.000-05:00I love reading your blog! Your articles are not ju...I love reading your blog! Your articles are not just nice, they're REAL. Do you mind if I add you in my blogroll?<BR/><BR/>At one point in my life, I considered teaching yoga with the prodding from my friends who saw how it transformed (and is transforming) me and my sheer love for it. But time and again, I ask myself if I really want to do it. I am blessed to have met real good teachers, who Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-27614253970328584482008-08-27T15:25:00.000-05:002008-08-27T15:25:00.000-05:00Some great questions, Linda!To echo what bindifry ...Some great questions, Linda!<BR/><BR/>To echo what bindifry said: "i believe yoga chooses us. and the only way we can pay it's benefits back is to teach it to others. without the $ in mind. cause that is not what it is about."<BR/><BR/>I think if a person is going into a teacher training program expecting "enlightment" and wonderful "oneness" and esoteric "bliss" (which I have witnessed in Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03357694767883126311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-83543551870484338222008-08-27T10:09:00.000-05:002008-08-27T10:09:00.000-05:00yes, yes, yes, to all that you say, bindi!yes, yes, yes, to all that you say, bindi!Linda-Samahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07664989345039365084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-69624803863913533152008-08-27T09:54:00.000-05:002008-08-27T09:54:00.000-05:00good question. i believe yoga chooses us. and th...good question. i believe yoga chooses us. and the only way we can pay it's benefits back is to teach it to others. without the $ in mind. cause that is not what it is about. i am far from the perfect guru type, i am surprised god wants me to do this but it's obvious at this point. i might as well just obey.<BR/><BR/>i am strangely driven to teach people how to help themselves. that's why iAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06968972326995411353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-66690098639669319952008-08-27T06:46:00.000-05:002008-08-27T06:46:00.000-05:00"you see students transform in front of your eyes...."you see students transform in front of your eyes..."<BR/><BR/>yes, how true! I have students who have been with me since I started teaching, going on 7 years now, and the changes are incredible....<BR/><BR/>as for the money, while I need to absolutely support myself, I am not doing this for the money. if that was my primary reason, I would have stopped teaching a long time ago and gotten a "Linda-Samahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07664989345039365084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-12986902618085911642008-08-27T05:43:00.000-05:002008-08-27T05:43:00.000-05:00I've been reading yr blog for sometime now and I r...I've been reading yr blog for sometime now and I really admire you. I'd love to have you as my teacher if we lived in the same country . So much I would learn from you I'm sure. Wish you all the best in yr journey. May it be a blessed one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-77272645812988698672008-08-26T22:50:00.000-05:002008-08-26T22:50:00.000-05:00haha! I love it - who's making the dough! Very goo...haha! I love it - who's making the dough! Very good question, and when you find out let me know.. as it's certainly not me!<BR/><BR/>I taught yoga full time for a year and found it incredibly taxing. I also really struggled as it became a 'job' and not something I enjoyed as I once did.<BR/><BR/>Now I'm still teaching about 5-7 classes a week but I have found my passion again, and also have foundshinyyogahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409610128514667672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-1986873897067832242008-08-26T13:37:00.000-05:002008-08-26T13:37:00.000-05:00thank you! great video! that is true yoga!thank you! great video! that is true yoga!Linda-Samahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07664989345039365084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-9552251810889327522008-08-26T13:09:00.000-05:002008-08-26T13:09:00.000-05:00Yoga teacher in Mexico is helping prisoners deal w...Yoga teacher in Mexico is helping prisoners deal with the harshness of prison and rehabilitate through yoga...<BR/><BR/>http://www.kirotv.com/video/17284975/index.html?rss=sea&psp=video<BR/><BR/>CNN even made a t-shirt...<BR/>http://www.cnn.com/tshirt/index.html?hash=8fab348082cdc2a7a440f9ec3d6b1f55&session_id=Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com