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The Teacher-Student Dynamic Yoga One to One with Jeffry Farrell
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The Teacher/Student dynamic
Recorded in the backyard. You’ll hear the dogs.
Links mentioned:
www.yogaonetoone.com
Your Yoga Consultation Cheat Sheet
Holy Madness by Georg Feuerstein
Yoga, Youth, and Reincarnation by Jess Stearn
OVERVIEW:
Jeff observes three types of yoga student: the purist, the consumer, and the explorer. Usually, any given yoga student is a blend of these three types.
The Purist is interested in the texts, the lineage of yoga, the entire range of spiritual pursuits and physical pursuits. Can be powerful, but has its dangers. They often view their teacher as a Guru, someone whose opinion has authority and gravity. A student who views their teacher as their guru must be prepared to be their disciple.
The Consumer often doesn’t really have a teacher. They look for deals, do yoga at several different studios, may prefer to pay attention to yoga fashion, yoga accessories, etc. Regardless of how they pursue the practice, the practice will start working on them anyway. They tend to be independent, which means in some ways that they may be available to greater liberations. But they need a teacher.
The Explorer has, over time a capacity for friendship with their yoga mentor, a real exchange of life and learning together. These students are often secure in their foundations in the world (generally speaking). They recognize yoga as a set of disciplines, as a set of tools that have practical value. There is a humility and a receptivity that can call out the best in the yoga teacher.
The lines between these types of students blur a bit. It’s not black and white. And they may shift with time, and with your experience with each other. These shifts were exemplified in Jeff’s relationship with Kumar over the decades of their friendship.
Jeff discusses the student’s interest in and availability to learn the biomechanics of the practice, as well as the capacity for self-examination.
We talk about Georg Feuerstein’s book Holy Madness, which talks about the complicated history of yoga gurus. We talk specifically about Sai Baba and the Kripalu Yoga Center in New York.
Jeff discusses how important the application of the Yamas and the Niyamas is in order for the yoga teacher to protect the dynamic between themselves and their students.
Jeff talks about his own dynamic with his students, and how the most important thing is to bring the yoga student to the point of stillness and recognition of their breath.
We wrap up the conversation with readings from Yoga, Youth, and Reincarnation by Jess Stearn
The Teacher/Student dynamic
Recorded in the backyard. You’ll hear the dogs.
Links mentioned:
www.yogaonetoone.com
Your Yoga Consultation Cheat Sheet
Holy Madness by Georg Feuerstein
Yoga, Youth, and Reincarnation by Jess Stearn
OVERVIEW:
Jeff observes three types of yoga student: the purist, the consumer, and the explorer. Usually, any given yoga student is a blend of these three types.
The Purist is interested in the texts, the lineage of yoga, the entire range of spiritual pursuits and physical pursuits. Can be powerful, but has its dangers. They often view their teacher as a Guru, someone whose opinion has authority and gravity. A student who views their teacher as their guru must be prepared to be their disciple.
The Consumer often doesn’t really have a teacher. They look for deals, do yoga at several different studios, may prefer to pay attention to yoga fashion, yoga accessories, etc. Regardless of how they pursue the practice, the practice will start working on them anyway. They tend to be independent, which means in some ways that they may be available to greater liberations. But they need a teacher.
The Explorer has, over time a capacity for friendship with their yoga mentor, a real exchange of life and learning together. These students are often secure in their foundations in the world (generally speaking). They recognize yoga as a set of disciplines, as a set of tools that have practical value. There is a humility and a receptivity that can call out the best in the yoga teacher.
The lines between these types of students blur a bit. It’s not black and white. And they may shift with time, and with your experience with each other. These shifts were exemplified in Jeff’s relationship with Kumar over the decades of their friendship.
Jeff discusses the student’s interest in and availability to learn the biomechanics of the practice, as well as the capacity for self-examination.
We talk about Georg Feuerstein’s book Holy Madness, which talks about the complicated history of yoga gurus. We talk specifically about Sai Baba and the Kripalu Yoga Center in New York.
Jeff discusses how important the application of the Yamas and the Niyamas is in order for the yoga teacher to protect the dynamic between themselves and their students.
Jeff talks about his own dynamic with his students, and how the most important thing is to bring the yoga student to the point of stillness and recognition of their breath.
We wrap up the conversation with readings from Yoga, Youth, and Reincarnation by Jess Stearn
37 分鐘