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Interview with Carlos, Part 3

October 18, 2021 by Veronica King Leave a Comment

What to look for in a yoga teacher, By Cara Butler In this final instalment of conversations with my teacher, Carlos Pomeda, I asked what advice he would give someone seeking a ‘Teacher’ or ‘Guru’ in these modern yoga times.  Witnessing so many schools and lineages of yoga facing serious allegations and having terrible abuse exposed, I believe that discernment of your teacher is something to take very seriously!  With SO many yoga trainings on offer, with huge variance in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: What's Real Yoga & a Real Yogi? Tagged With: Teacher training, Teacher/Student relationship, teaching yoga, yoga teacher ethics

The Ethics of Sharing Another Yoga Teacher’s Work

September 14, 2016 by Kara-Leah Grant 4 Comments

by Kara-Leah Grant Recently I received an email from a woman I have mentored through my Forty Day Process. She asked: Ok, ethics!  I have a question for you and I have never thought of asking this of any of my other teachers in the past! I have a student who was just here practicing with me in Mexico. Here is where I don't know what is right from what is wrong. I intend to support her and take her through the home practice and also to get her on the 1 Giant Mind app so she will have two … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Teaching Insights Tagged With: asteya, ethics, non-stealing, stealing, yoga teacher ethics, yoga teaching, yoga teaching ethic

Donna Farhi on Why Your Yoga Teacher is Not Your Friend

May 26, 2015 by Guest Author 20 Comments

Editor's Note: Since this article was published, several accounts of sexual harassment and assault have been made public by Mark Whitwell's female students. We do not in any way condone Mark's behaviour. You can read more about the accounts here. Donna Farhi, author and yoga teacher, as interviewed by Kara-Leah Grant Donna Farhi is a world renowned yoga teacher who has been practicing yoga for thirty nine years, and teaching it since 1982. She lives here in New Zealand but teaches intensives … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Teacher Interviews, Teaching Insights, Yoga & Community Tagged With: donna farhi, Teacher Student Relationship, teaching ethics, yoga teacher, yoga teacher ethics, yoga texts

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