teachers in practice

[Guest guest]

In reply to the debate about practising with

students. In a class teaching situation it wouldn't work.

But as to being in the same classes or informally

together what is the problem? In yoga everyone is learning

and there is no perfection. One of the best advices I

heard was that the breath is always there while the

asanas change from day to day, so as long as you are

with the breath it's all okay.<br><br>Also practising

with the teacher helps you as a student to know where

they are at. In the Yoga Tree BKS Iyengar suggests you

look at the teachers practice that helps you to make

up your mind about the teacher....BUT...it's not

just about hard technical asanas it's also about grace

and awareness and feeling. I first saw Astanga

watching John Scott in a practice in Kovalam and the

meditiveness of it was what made it really something. Derek

Ireland could also spellbind a room just through that

presence in the practice....and that presence is there

even if the pose is trikonasana or dog down.<br><br>A

final word as to dissing teachers. I don't know why SPW

is so down on Larry S, does he owe him money or

something. I did larry's course and while it didn't teach me

much more about asanas it did give me a lot of

confidence. It's Yoga is great with beginners and the policy

is to let them find their own feet. If yoga sticks

the rest will come later. Anyway you don't have to

stay in the same teacher you can always bow thank them

and move on....which is how zen buddhism works it

too.<br><br>William