Teach the Teacher Within

               

I have attended many classes, teacher training courses and workshops over the years. I am so grateful that I can learn from so many wonderful teachers and I often am amazed at how they were able to open up a pose for me. 

I will continue to attend classes, teacher training and workshops because I know I still have a lot to learn. 

But in this learning one thing is important.  It is not an ego thing but a recognition that to accept these teachings I have to let down my ego and totally absorb the teachings. I have had to teach myself that I can teach myself after the class is over. 

Prashant, Mr. Iyengars son teaches this. In his classes he will say that the class or teachings don't really begin until after the class. 

We go to class to learn and then we must go home and teach ourselves. Incorporate the work into ourselves.

I am grateful to have students who come to my classes. I am happy when they are happy after a class, when they feel better when they leave. I am happy when I have been able to pass on the teachings in a way they were able to "get" that day, but I always insist that they were the ones who showed up to class, they were the ones who did the work. They could have stood and put little effort in, or thought about fifteen other things, but they choose to do the work. Through their body, breath and mind. 

So we have to aknowledge as students we have a responsibility to teach ourselves the teachings. 

This I learned from my teachers and through the teachings of B.K.S. Iyengar. :)

Like most things in life worth getting. We must do the work ourselves to gain the benefit through honest effort. 

Namaste. 

Pamela Nelson

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