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The gap between knowing and living by it
Hi everyone, I have a question for those of you who have been teaching for a while. I’m slowly coming out of my shell as a new yoga teacher, and something has been challenging for me. Beyond the physical practice and the space I hold, I sometimes struggle with feeling a sense of “hypocrisy” in my words. On a personal level, I’m going through a moment where letting go and surrendering feels really hard. That’s just one example, but life always brings different situations where we’re still learning, still stumbling, still integrating the teachings. Even though I understand the philosophy and the texts as a student, I don’t always feel like I’m embodying them all perfectly. So I’m curious: How do you handle this as teachers? What do you do when you’re guiding students through concepts that you yourself are still working on? How do you talk about yoga philosophy with integrity while you’re still navigating those lessons in your own life? Thank you!
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Gabi, I really feel you. The way I see it… if we were always perfectly living the teachings, we wouldn’t really be teaching from experience. We’d be teaching from theory. And yoga was never meant to be taught from a pedestal. It was meant to be shared from lived humanness. What helps me is un-attaching from the idea of “the teacher” identity. I try to think of myself as a student who is just explaining something to other students. Like "wow look at this cool thing I learned the other day". I don’t bring my personal life into class unless it’s truly relevant, but I do try to remind everyone that none of us embody the philosophy perfectly all the time. Teaching while still learning is authenticity, not hypocrisy. And I actually think sometimes it's easier to learn from someone who we can relate to.
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Kimia Hajian
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