Thank Your Inner Teacher
If you take yoga classes one of the closing statements you made have heard from an instructor is, “Thank your inner teacher.” I don’t know the source of this statement and it can be taken in many different ways but it was brought to my mind while visiting with a friend the other day.
My friend wants to begin teaching lessons in an artistic skill that she excels at but was having doubts about people accepting the method she instructs in because it isn’t a known method. However, she is very passionate about this method and has seen a world of difference in herself and the few others that practice this. She knows that this is how she wants to teach. This is her inner teacher telling her that she has to bring this new method to the broader public and I told her so.
Your inner teacher is never wrong. This isn’t to say that we don’t make mistakes but your gut feeling that is guiding you through life, telling you what feels right to you must be listened to and acted upon. And you don’t have to defend your “way” or try to explain yourself and most certainly you don’t have to apologize for it. My friend expressed concern that she wouldn’t be able to find work if she didn’t instruct in a popular yet less effective manner. I asked, “But would you and your students be happy if you taught somebody else’s way?”
I can’t tell her what to do but it reminded me about the closing of a yoga practice that says, “Thank your inner teacher.” Thank it, listen to it and act on it.
Have a wonderful weekend!