What's your why?
Let me know and you may be featured on Yogaland!
I have a big favor to ask: I'm preparing a Yogaland podcast to celebrate 300 episodes and I'm thinking about incorporating community -- that means you!
I would love to know: What's your why? As in, why do you teach yoga? Or (if you don't teach), why do you keep doing yoga?
It's quite a simple question, but not always an easy one to answer. So, feel free to take as many words as you'd like. The only catch is that you will need to be OK with me reading it on air or publishing it on social (or here!)
Some questions that might help you land on your why (and those of you who took my Content Blueprint course might recognize these from the Self-Reflection Journal):
Think back -- when did you viscerally know that this was going to be a life-altering practice for you and why?
When did you decide to become a yoga teacher and why?Â
What are the most important things you hoped to convey to your students?
What are some of the most rewarding aspects of teaching yoga? Can you remember a specific story?
You don’t have to answer all of these questions…just the one(s) that inspire you!
Thanks, as always, for being a part of the Yogaland community, and sharing this practice that we love so much!
XO,
Andrea
I feel so compelled to teach yoga, I don't feel like I have much choice about it. Despite the challenges to teaching yoga, I can't NOT share something that has given me so much. Yoga has taught me and continues to remind me how to love and accept myself, how to love all other living beings, and how to live my dharma. Yoga led me to my dharma, and so my charge is to help others find their dharma. Teaching feeds me as much as it feeds others, so I can't imagine another career path.
Congrats on the 300th episode! I've been listening and learning from you and Jason for years and am so grateful to you both. <3
As with many people, it was in my first experiences of practicing yoga that led me to want to share with others as a teacher. I had done many other physical movement practices before. Yoga brought me a level of vibrancy with life that nothing else had. As I got curious about the philosophy behind it, my studies gave me that feeling that this was the home I had been seeking for a long time. It was in following this path to my essential nature that I gained so many life skills in handling all the ups and downs with better eveness, less drama, more love and honoring of what is right here in front of me. This is what I felt was helpful to bring to the world, and as I teach, I cannot help but bring in how to live our practices beyond what is done in class, on our mats and cushions.
Thanks so much for asking.