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ashtanga yoga, Bill Gray <billg@j...> wrote:

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> What does authorization mean?

>

In Mysore they offer two levels of teaching authorisation:

Authorization and Certification.

Authorization is the first level, and not many teachers are Certified.

 

To get either you have to pay money, study in Mysore for a certain

length of time, have a personal practice of a certain level and return

to Mysore regularly. There is no 'teacher training' as we know it in

the West, that is, learning how to manage a class, how to deal with

problem students or student problems.

In Mysore things are, understandably, very 'Indian', and 'teacher

training' does not have the refinements that we expect in the West.

Basically, anyone can get authorised (and later, Certified) if they

pay the money, stay there long enough and so forth. Ability to convey

information, ability to make adjustments which don't injure people and

ability to make people feel good about their practice are not part of

the curriculum in Mysore.

The Mysore system works very well for some teachers, but for most it

is just part of the process. Most also need to supplement it with

other instruction.

 

IMHO.

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