Day #12 - The Teacher Within

I was pleasantly surprised to learn that there is a teacher within me that is adequate for this journey.

In today’s class, Prashant suggested we are “teacher bound in class” meaning we have lost trust in ourselves and lost touch with the teacher within.

Our attention is so focused on the teacher, showing us something or teaching us something that we are missing the opportunity to learn something from ourselves.

He suggested that if we give our breath the same focus and attention we give the teacher we could learn a great deal about an asana just through the breath.

We have a teacher within us that is not being acknowledged and Prashant says his role is not to teach us but to be a conduit that connects us with the teacher within us.

I thought this was beautiful. He often speaks about yoga education to empower the student and today I truely felt empowered by his words.

Have you lost touch with the teacher within you? Are you seeking a ‘good’ teacher outside?

This is a bit far fetched, but the issue of climate change is in my FB news feed, on the TV and Prashant is talking about it and it got me thinking that if we all stopped flying across the world and driving across the city looking for a ‘good’ teacher to teach us a yoga class and just practiced at home with the teacher within, the Iyengar yoga community of the world alone might have a small impact on climate change.