Nobody talks about how hard it is to show up as a yoga teacher when life is hard. 💛 There's this unspoken expectation that, as yoga teachers, we're supposed to show up with positivity, light, and calmness all the time. But we're human, too. Life is hard. We all experience ups and downs, difficult days, disappointment, grief, and moments when we struggle to find our footing. Being a yoga teacher doesn't make us immune to any of that. So what's my best advice? Do the hard work of practising the yamas and niyamas in your everyday life. And start with the very first yama: ahimsa, or non-harming, which we often understand as compassion. Over my years of studying and practising yoga, I've come to realize that ahimsa is one of the hardest principles to truly embody, especially when it comes to how we treat ourselves. We can be compassionate toward our students, our friends, and our families, yet incredibly harsh toward ourselves. We judge ourselves for struggling. We feel guilty for not being positive enough. We think we should know better because we're yoga teachers. But what if we offered ourselves the same compassion we so freely give to others? What if, instead of criticizing ourselves for having a difficult day, we allowed ourselves to be human? I promise you, the more you practise self-compassion day in and day out, the better equipped you'll be to navigate life's ups and downs. Not because life suddenly becomes easier, but because you learn to stop fighting yourself when things get hard. And that, to me, is yoga in practice. 💛 I'd genuinely love to hear from you. What do you do in your day-to-day life to practise compassion toward yourself? Is it setting boundaries? Giving yourself permission to rest? Changing the way you speak to yourself? Something else entirely? Share in the comments. Let's learn from one another, because we're all still practising. 🙏

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