Ready to teach.

It has always been the case in my life that I really learn something only when I start teaching it.

I am currently looking to start teaching regularly, rather than here and there, I am looking for one class that I can teach weekly, a routine, a group of people to share the wealth of yoga with.

I went through a brief period where I thoguht that asanas were just exercises. I guess I had to go through that to really understand the purpose of them. It is to clear the knots in the body, to help us identify blind areas of feeling, and create a much more balanced body and mind for the ultimate practice of meditation, which will lead us to happiness.

Seen in this light, suddenly the practice of asana takes on new meaning, and sharing it with the world becomes more like a mission, my contribution, and I want it.

As I come up with the format of the class, as I dissect what are the most important things that I benefited from when I began on the path, I find myself looking at the asanas and to what happens to me as I go through them.

I browse the web searching for web casts and videos of other teachers to see how they do it, what language they use, what is it that makes a yoga class a great class, where the students reach that level of peace and awareness that only at times we find in a class.

This is a whole new chapter in learning for me, and even though I have stood in front of a classroom for the past 10 years at my corporate job, this is a very different type of class. Where I used to teach software now I am teaching body posture, big difference, yet, I suppose, the human element is still the same.

Wish me luck, here I go.

Namaste