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How To Be A Good Yoga Teacher | Sadhguru | Isha Hatha Yoga

Sadhguru · 4:39

In this practice

Key teachings

  • The immense responsibility of offering authentic classical Hatha Yoga to the world.
  • The necessity for a yoga teacher to constantly enhance their perception and acknowledge that they 'don't know a damned thing' to facilitate growth.
  • Yoga as a path to union with the cosmos, requiring deep humility and not taking oneself too seriously.
  • The critical importance of preserving the science of yoga in its pristine form for future generations.

Ideal for

  • Aspiring and current yoga teachers, particularly those interested in classical Hatha Yoga.
  • Individuals seeking a deeper philosophical understanding of yoga and its ethical responsibilities.
  • Students and practitioners of Isha Hatha Yoga.

Lesson

Instructions

Sadhguru looks at how once a person takes on the immense responsibility of offering yoga to the world, they should constantly be enhancing their perception. This is only possible when they realize they "don't know a damn thing."

Yogi, mystic and visionary, Sadhguru is a spiritual master with a difference. An arresting blend of profundity and pragmatism, his life and work serves as a reminder that yoga is a contemporary science, vitally relevant to our times.

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Steps

  • Cultivating a continuous learning mindset and humility.
  • Developing self-awareness and keen perception.
  • Adhering to the principles of classical Hatha Yoga in teaching and practice.
  • Inspiring others through authentic living and teaching.

Benefits

  • Ensures the integrity and authenticity of yogic transmission for students.
  • Fosters continuous personal growth and enhanced perception for the teacher.
  • Contributes to the preservation of classical yoga for future generations.
  • Elevates the global understanding and standard of genuine yoga practice.

Transcript

Sadhguru: Like never before, distortions are
also happening to yoga. Serious distortions. Most ridiculous distortions are happening. So, at a time like this, going out in the world and offering;
mark my words I am saying offering, offering classical Hatha Yoga is a very significant
and an important thing to do because the populations on the planet are showing interest,
but to provide the genuine thing is a tremendous responsibility. Yoga means in a way you’re trying to marry the
cosmos – union with the cosmos. You should not take yourself seriously but because of
what you offer other people should take you seriously, hmm? You take yourself seriously, then you are a… (Laughs).
Your partner (Laughter), cosmos. You’re a ridiculous fool when you have a partner like
that. No matter how smart you are, isn’t it? So that’s what yoga means. You’re trying union with,
so don’t ever think you’re too smart. You’re stupid, but that’s what is good about you -
because you know. Most of the idiots do not know.
That’s a big thing. The difference between being
intelligent and stupid is just this; an intelligent person knows that he is stupid,
an idiot does not know that he is an idiot. That’s the whole problem. Yoga means, you constantly realizing because
you’re constantly enhancing your perception. As your perception becomes keener and keener,
you’re constantly enhancing. If you have to constantly enhance, you must clearly understand
that you don’t know a damned thing. Otherwise, the moment you think I know, you will stop.
That means no yoga. The day we have produced let’s say ten thousand classical
Hatha Yoga teachers who are actively on in the world, after that this will become the standard.
That’s all we need to do. So, you must live and
offer this in such an inspiring way. Anybody who sees you,
should want to do it this way. They must understand the reason why
we are taking so much care. For future generations on this planet, it is
very important that this science is preserved in its pristine form
not in some crazy ways of doing things.

Practice summary

Level
intermediate
Duration
4 minutes
Equipment
none
Target areas
mindintellectspiritual understandingethical awareness
Energy
balancing

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