We are teaching to PEOPLE, asanas, not asanas to people.
– Judith Hanson Lasater
Ironically assisting those who gathered to learn to teach relaxation techniques can be exhausting – so exhausting that you end up needing to do … restorative yoga to RESTORE the depleted energy from so much serving of the others. What is valuable at this point is not so much the techniques for me as …why the h… we are teaching (after all, I somehow pursued and managed to get bestowed the advance level trainer designation…). The higher purpose… that’s not ego-centric … what is it?
What I value about Judith’s teaching is about the TEACHING itself. How to teach; why we teach … Does it make a difference? A lot of teachers may talk a lot about it but … come on, 44 years of teaching? There’s substance of what she knows technically – then, the wisdom gleaned only though years of … experience.
I know what it’s like in the trenches. I know how it feels when you rearrange your whole day and week’s schedule to teach and have only 4 students show up to that class.
BUT what you are doing is valuable.
then she says …
In the olden days students/patients would have brought you peaches from their tree or something; There’s value and people recognized that (& we only want to teach those who knows the value); if you want a class no one comes to, have a free class.
Despite the 2 parking tickets on the streets of San Francisco, plus other matters at home front, some people my think I am crazy but … I am happy I assisted this teacher I so respect. We are drawn to LIGHT and Brilliance … and to know that LIGHT and Brilliance she possesses comes not only from her great mind but from the source called … yoga … and regular practice of restorative yoga … is the most convincing reason to engage in this practice. Her light, her brilliance and creativity is all derived from and fueled by … Restorative Yoga.
Seeing her teach tirelessly, that’s a good enough reason for me to learn it, teach it, practice it.
