Standing on the Shoulders Yoga Post

Standing on the Shoulders

This post may be shorter than the others, I just had a thought I wanted to share. There is a wonderful article about learning from other instructors on yoga journal.com I have a copy of the article in my Bodhi Yoga training manual. I read it when I got my manual but I decided to re-read it again recently. 

There has been some debate about whether yoga instructors should use techniques or approaches  they have seen other yoga instructors use. There are some people that say a yoga instructor should create their own practice and not "borrow" techniques from other instructors. While there are others who say that the only way to learn yoga is to teach the way you've seen instructors teach until you find your own way. 

I have been thinking about this concept recently and the article opened my eyes to how I feel about this. I think that the key to finding your voice as a yoga instructor is to use both trains of thought. There are so many wonderful things to understand about yoga and different instructors will speak in different ways to you and your soul. A life-long relationship with yoga is filled with different yoga instructors all along the way. (Thanks, Mom for pointing that out to me tonight.)  Yoga poses have been used for centuries and every yoga instructor had to learn from someone before them (except maybe the original yogis). If you take this train of thought and partner it with the importance of a personal yoga practice, I think that is where the yoga voice comes through. 

I think there is beauty and opportunity in using both avenues to build your yoga relationship. This epiphany came to me today and for the first time in a while, I feel excited to do my certification hours instead of nervous about doing them. I will keep you posted as to how it goes from now on. (Also, I'll give you an update on the Chakra meditation later this week.) 

xoxo

-Camille

P.S. I am getting my Yoga Teaching Training at Bodhi Yoga http://www.gobodhiyoga.com/