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Greetings and blessings to all.

 

I have a question regarding what is acceptable in terms of teaching KY

techniques to others. I have read in several books and articles on KY that

Yogi Bhajan’s intention has always been to create teachers. I have also

read KY teachers saying how good and noble it is to share what we know with

others. For example, they say if you know even one small asana or technique

and teach it to someone, that is a good thing and in a way you are a teacher

by sharing what you know and helping another person.

 

I am a newly certified instructor in another style of hatha yoga (my teacher

studied in India with Sri Swami Sivananda). I have recently become

interested in KY through 2 videos, Gurmukh’s beautiful new book, and 2 books

by Ravi Singh. I have tried our esteemed teacher Gururattan’s excellent

spinal flexibility set from the kundaliniyoga.org website and found it

extraordinarly effective and helpful. I have been unable to find a KY

instructor in the area where I live, so I am learning from the

aforementioned excellent books and videos until such time as I locate an

instructor.

 

My spouse, a rather musclebound fellow who prefers weightlifting and

jogging, saw how these new KY exercises were doing such wonders for me and

asked me to show them to him. (Never thought I'd see the day that would

happen!) Because the sets I was following were quite simple, for beginners,

I figured there would be no harm in “teaching” them to him. He loved them

and is now asking me for classes about 2 or 3 evenings a week. He says his

back has never felt better and it has improved his energy and general sense

of well-being. He also says he sleeps like a baby after doing the KY

exercises.

 

One thing is for me to teach what KY I know to my spouse. But I wonder if

it is acceptable (ethical) for me to incorporate some of these beginner

sets, or elements thereof, in the hatha yoga class I teach at work 1-2 times

a week? (I volunteer to teach a lunchtime class to a small group of

enthusiastic colleagues at my company.) I know that my students would

greatly benefit from some of the breathing exercises (such as Breath of

Fire) and from the spinal flexibility set, and that they would enjoy them

immensely.

 

Kindly let me know if it is okay for me to share my newfound KY knowledge

with my students, of course being clear to them that I am not an expert in

this particular style of yoga (KY) but that I sincerely want to share with

them some things I find very healthful and helpful.

 

I will gratefully await comments from any of you experts out there.

 

Namaste and Sat Nam,

Inti

 

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Sat Nam,

 

I wonder if it is acceptable (ethical) for me to incorporate some of these

beginner

> sets, or elements thereof, in the hatha yoga class I teach at work 1-2

times

> a week? (I volunteer to teach a lunchtime class to a small group of

> enthusiastic colleagues at my company.) I know that my students would

> greatly benefit from some of the breathing exercises (such as Breath of

> Fire) and from the spinal flexibility set, and that they would enjoy them

> immensely.

 

Yes. This is OK. However, it is best if you tune in first with Ong Na MO

Guru Dev Na Mo. At least tune in yourself. You will probably be guided to

take the teacher's training course which is offered in Espanola NM in July

and it other cities during the year. Sharing what you know is a good way to

get started.

 

>

> Kindly let me know if it is okay for me to share my newfound KY knowledge

> with my students, of course being clear to them that I am not an expert in

> this particular style of yoga (KY) but that I sincerely want to share with

> them some things I find very healthful and helpful.

 

Yes, this humility is good too.

 

The more you teach, the more you will learn. It will all unfold for you.

 

Many blesssngs,

 

Gururattan Kaur

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