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๐ฃ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ผ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ต๐
Many yoga teachers feel that philosophy is intimidating, and I am one of them.
Many of us feel โuncomfortableโ or โnot qualifiedโ to incorporate philosophy when teaching yoga.
Philosophy simply is the art of living.
Simply put philosophy is โ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒโ๐ ๐ฟ๐๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒโ โ Epictetus, Discourse.
When we start: ๐๐น๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ดโฆ ๐๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ง๐ดโฆ ๐๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ดโฆ
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ผ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ต๐.
As teachers, we donโt have to lay out the yamas & niyamas or talk about Yoga Sutras if we are not comfortable with it.
But we can start with considering the language and tone we give in class to emphasize cultivating awareness, inquiry, and turning inwards in practice.
And when we do that, we are teaching philosophy.
What teaching cues can you incorporate in your class to help students bring in more awareness to themselves beyond the physical practice?ย
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