opening a yoga school

[Guest guest]

Suddenly there are so many folks opening yoga

centers who need to have questions answered about what to

pay their teachers (and one who doesn't even know the

caliber of teachers she's hired to work for her). Missy

is appalled. It would seem to missy that if one were

a serious practitioner who has begun to teach and

eventually decides to open a center, then he would already

know what to pay the teachers as he had been out in

the field teaching. Also, a dedicated practitioner

probably wouldn't find himself in a position where he

would just begin hiring strangers (no doubt with

dubious weekend training certificates) and paying them a

suggested sum of money to teach. A yoga teacher who is

involved in a community would invite teachers to

participate whose level of expertise and professionalism are

know to him and then strive to pay those individuals

what they are worth. <br><br>Don't just accept some

yoga c.v at face value, most are boosted up and

falsified (what resume isn't). Too, don't be impressed with

teacher training credentials - its the m.o. of every yoga

swindler to offer a traing now; no one wants to be a

student, everyone wants to jump right into teaching.

Selling teacher training completion certificates is the

biggest "get rich quick" con- game out there. In

reference to the guidelines that John Scott wrote and Ms.

Lai links to on ashtanga.com - these are at best

general and at worst, ridiculous and confusing. I imagine

Scott listed them to avoid having to answer lots of

emails about teaching and that Lai lists them for lack

of a better source. Another glaringly incorrect

observation on Lai's website is that only an Indian goverment

certificate distinguishes "Certified" from "Approved".

Nothing could be further from the truth. Certification is

rarely awarded and is based on a much greater level of

commitment and mastery.<br><br>Knowing ther names of asanas

in Sanskrit is very important. This is the language

for teaching and understaning yoga and it is

universal in that it overcomes all potential language

barriers. <br><br>always, m.p.

[Guest guest]

Hi missy, you sound very knowledgable about ashtanga. Are you a teacher? Do you

know Pattabi Jois?<br><br>Namaste!<br>omsweetom

[Guest guest]

Missy, <br>Can you imagine Guruji and Sharath

sitting down and conceiving all the details on

certification/authorisation that we see on Lai's website? They didn't start

it, heck they weren't even looking for it. They were

practically led into it and it started to snowball from

there, becoming more layered and complicated. John got

into it only much later. You got to understand that

Lai is a lawyer's lawyer. She wants things in black

and white.

[Guest guest]

>You got to understand that Lai is a lawyer's

lawyer. She wants things in black and white.

<br><br>Well, I think in fairness to Betty you "got to

understand" that she is trying to provide a public service by

listing worldwide ashtanga teachers on her website, and

there are a lot of people out there declaring

themselves to be "ashtanga teachers" with pretty minimal

experience and qualifications. She can't possibly know

everybody, so how else is she to decide who to list?