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๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ
๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ณ๐บ. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ป๐ผ ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐๐.
In the past year, I have been studying the student-teacher relationship. Since then, I have been reflecting as a teacher on how I can truly provide an environment for my students to โfind their own practice.โ
As teachers, we are there to encourage our students to explore and experiment with their own style of yoga.
๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ช๐๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐๐. ๐
In yoga, we have a choice to modify a pose, or even skip a pose.
Applying self-inquiry into our practice means observing and studying our body moment by moment and adjusting our practice accordingly.
That may include skipping some poses that donโt feel right on a particular day.
And as teachers, itโs our job to remember that every student has the right to skip a pose, modify the pose, for whatever reason that is, including when they donโt feel like it on that day.
When they say โnoโ to some parts of the practice, they are saying โyesโ to themselves. ๐ค
At the end of the day, our role is to ๐๐๐๐ฃ them to tune in with themselves while identifying what is right for them to do in that particular moment.
Instead of giving an impression that we are โpushingโ them to challenge themselves, consider how we can refine our language in class to emphasize the real importance of yoga to students.
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