I was doing a yoga pose about non-grasping. My hands were in fists.

Aparigraha, Sutra II.39. The one I thought I understood.

When has your body known something your mind was still convincing itself it understood?

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What do you do with a word whose full weight you're still learning to carry?

I call my teacher Guru Devendra. I do it carefully, the word means one who removes darkness.

Which yoga word are you still learning to carry?

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Two ways how I plan my yoga classes.

For short format classes, I scribble names & times. For long format, I stick figure sketch the whole sequence.

Planning classes does not mean I follow it to the letter, chances are I improvise on the general idea depending on who's in class and how everyone is feeling.

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Sundays tasks of a yoga teacher:

- Charge the decorative lamps that I use during yoga class
- Charge the microphone I use to record yoga videos
- Schedule yoga video(s) on YouTube
- Schedule yoga video(s) on Instagram
- Schedule yoga video(s) on Facebook
- Clean out space in my phone & cloud (after making sure everything has been back-upped)
- Plan out a new sequence

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The best yoga teacher I ever had told me to stop coming to her class.

Real practice doesn't need an audience, just honesty.

Have you ever had a teacher who gave you permission to find your own path?

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My teacher said four words. It took me six months to understand them.

'You are holding your future.' Six months later, I finally understood.

Has a teaching ever arrived for you months or years after you first heard it?

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