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Subbed a rather cozy class – My mind wondered as I had sacrificed something else dear to me to cover for a teammate\u00a0 – Is it a cozy class regularly to begin with or do students stay away when they hear “sub” to misunderstand that a class led by a sub is somehow less in quality?\u00a0 If that’s the case, you might be wrong.\u00a0 Granted, when I go all the way out to the City for a certain teacher’s class and if that all the sudden became a sub’s class, I may want to make a u-turn and just not attend.\u00a0 When I travel a distance to fight traffic and worry about parking to get to a class, I am going because of that teacher … to me, a yoga class is not all the same and replaceable – it really matters and depends on who teaches it. For me, it’s to really learn. Or to be inspired.<\/p>\n

But – sometimes, I am wrong.\u00a0 Sometimes, as my friend mentioned – he really likes a class covered by a sub for exposure to a new refreshing methods and teaching style.\u00a0 I too actually prefer that the sub not copy or mimic the regular teacher – that’s so boring. Besides, it’s better to be that authentic self to bring what’s uniquely your own from your own journey of learning and attaining.\u00a0 Be a breath of fresh air and be totally different while sticking to the menu\/style set forth – that would be ideal but perhaps that’s because I am attending a class not for a routine practice which I have at home but for something that I cannot get from my own routine practice.\u00a0 That might be a different intention than from a student who is there for that “routine” practice not for any inspirations.<\/p>\n

To be honest, sometimes, the sub may be more experienced with way more training and skills under her\/his belt, just covering as a favor so … don’t miss your rare opportunity colored by prejudice unfounded on truth.\u00a0 Check who the sub is, his\/her credentials, experience level and … go for it… try the class and see.\u00a0 \u00a0Obviously, if the sub turns out to be a trainee or someone very green, or someone who does not put out with care anything deemed not “owned” by her\/him, then, maybe your prejudice is well founded so save the trip and wait for the return of the regular teacher. Yet, sometimes you might be pleasantly surprised by a very capable sub.<\/p>\n

Anyway … it’s a waste of my precious time to just be that routine to “babysit” a class if students are too inflexible, rigid and fixated on a routine of sameness – yawn – but if they are open to new perspectives, a shift, a petit-transformation, then, it’s well worth my time to cover.<\/p>\n

A student – a young lady with not a flaw to her body-line who had rushed in harried – when leaving said :\u00a0 with a smile and evident relief, “I had such a stressful day today.\u00a0 This was just what I needed.\u00a0 Thank you.”\u00a0 Those words made it all worthwhile.\u00a0 It’s about getting out of our own way and … showing up.<\/p>\n

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