I don’t know how to teach yoga anymore. Or do I?

Tuning in - now what?

by Kara-Leah Grant, Musings from the Mat I don't know how to teach yoga anymore. I haven't known how to teach yoga since I came back from my Immersion Training with Shiva Rea. Ironic eh? Before certification, I knew exactly what I was doing, and taught with ease and love. After certification, I questioned everything I was doing, and taught with effort and struggle. I don't think I can blame Shiva though, or her teacher training. It's something that's happened inside me, to my … [Read more...]

The danger of thinking you know more than your yoga teacher

Practicing at home can be less challenging

Back in February, I wrote an article called Why I may never take another yoga class ever again. And true to my word, I hadn't been to a class in six months, instead practicing daily at home. One of the reasons I'd been steering clear of classes was that in class I'd struggled with being told what to do by a teacher. Often it felt like what my body needed and what the teacher was sequencing wasn't right for me. But a few weekends ago I went to two yoga classes at a yoga studio that's … [Read more...]