The article emphasizes the importance of celebrating students' differences in yoga teaching, beyond just adapting poses. It highlights that yoga teachers should promote self-acceptance and love by recognizing each student's unique journey. Jivana Heyman's insights from "The Teacher's Guide to Accessible Yoga" underscore that all yoga practitioners are inherently complete beings, with the goal of yoga being to calm the mind and connect with one's true self. A supportive teaching environment fosters validation and belonging, leading to personal transformation.
The ultimate goal is to celebrate our students' differences. This means actually celebrating the things that they may be ashamed of and hide from the world.
The most fundamental teaching of yoga is that we are all inherently whole-full-and complete spiritual beings. Yoga begins with this positive assertion.
The Self abides in its own true nature. In other words, when the mind is peaceful, we automatically experience the truth of our spiritual essence.
When the storm passes, we see that we're still standing.
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