What is a mission statement?

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Recently I did a workshop helping teachers to craft their mission statement. 🙏

A mission statement is a short sentence to: 1️⃣ Ground your teaching goals 2️⃣ Tell people who you are about, your character, your offering, what makes you unique 3️⃣ When you are asked, you can explain your mission clearly to others

If you are a 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝗴𝗮 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿, it’s time to put a mission statement together.

If you 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲, because our practice and teaching continues to change and grow, it’s important to revisit, update and refine your statements every year.

Here is my new refined statement:

My mission is to 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦. Blending ancient wisdom within the tradition of yoga and philosophy with science-based information and techniques, I hope to help everyone to become more conscious and alive so that they can 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘶𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦.

How about you? What’s your mission statement in life and as a yoga teacher?