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NEVER STOP LEARNING

One of my mantras in life is “𝗡𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴.” 🙏

I was ZOOMING in my teacher’s workshop in Hong Kong, and he said,

“𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘥𝘰. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺, 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦? 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳.”

It makes me think about how I see myself as a teacher and as a student.

It does not matter to me if a student can roll themselves up like sushi in Kapotasana; or another student who comes to me to build basic mobility and flexibility.

My focus is the same – 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚. 🙌

I have both types of students.

What I care about is their willingness to learn and improve.

They come with an intention and attitude toward learning. 😊

One may want to learn how to backbend without just using the lower back; the other may want to learn how to align their body in basic poses.

Yes, I have students who “look” advanced with their practice, to students who are raw beginners; I have students of all ages, from their 20s to 70s.

My focus is the same.

LEARNING.

Quoting my other teacher Jason Crandell,

“𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 – 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨.

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘶𝘱, 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯. 𝘍𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨.𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘶𝘱, 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯. 𝘍𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸-𝘪𝘵-𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘶𝘱, 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯. 𝘍𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨.“

And as for me, I am currently trying to “teach” my thigh bone to internally rotate, learning how to tilt my sternum bone in backbends, how to straighten (meaning micro bend) my elbows, and how to lift my inner ankle. 💪🙂

Haha. Yea.