Be Your Own Teacher.

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Thoughts on becoming your own teacher. What do you think?

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[lucyPEARL777]

the only reason why i can be my own teacher is because tara stiles is my guide

[TaraStilesYoga]

@lucyPEARL777 awe. . so sweet :) 

[JHipHopLee]

Being your own teacher is a very intersting concept. I read somewhere about a similar concept where you picture the universe as a classroom full of mirrors.. So everything you experience or see shows a reflection of yourself and that can teach you more about yourself.. It's very cool to think about it :)

[TaraStilesYoga]

@JHipHopLee love that!

[pele7208]

So this wouldn't fall in the category of the saying "a lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client" -- paraphrasing "a teacher who teaches himself has a fool for a student" :)

[TaraStilesYoga]

@pele7208 sometimes you need to represent yourself though!

[scruffthemagicdragon]

If we do not take ultimate responsibility for our learning, knowledge, information and education, then someone else will. And very likely, they won't be doing it with our best interests and greatest self-expression at heart. And in the end, even the best intentioned guide cannot make us learn something we don't choose to learn. When learning is beneficially transformative, it is because we are transforming ourselves.

[mbperspective]

You are so funny and inspiring!

[SuperCozmos]

In meditation I find it important to be your own teacher or guru. You have to trust yourself the mind and teach ourselves based on our own actual experiences. I think to be your own teacher means to know yourself and learn from what you experience.

[Yuuuka1118]

...unlearn this idea, but it is hard. I think that "being your own teacher" means you are able to love yourself, to believe in yourself, and to be gentle and caring towards yourself. To see yourself as your own teacher indicates that you have respect for yourself and admiration, and believe that you have something wonderful to offer to yourself, and to others. This, to me, is a state of inner peace and inner beauty. One day, I hope to achieve this, and I'm glad I found Yoga to remind me of it :)

[Yuuuka1118]

I'm just watching this video now, as I sit here doing some work past my bed time, and it happened to be relevant so I wanted to comment. The concept of "observing yourself without judgement" is something that I struggle often to do. It ties in with the idea of "loving yourself", which is also something i find difficult to do. I have been raised to be critical of myself and others to strive for perfection and to not be satisfied with the present. As I practice more Yoga with you, Tara, I try to..

[DizzyDior12]

...I hope that made sense.

[DizzyDior12]

This is a nice concept. One implication of being your own teacher could be that we have inherent knowledge and connection to something bigger than ourselves and outside ourselves and what we need to do is look inside and cultivate it. Lovely. =] I feel like what you're describing is Atman, but in modern words. The student is also the teacher is also the world is also the universe and all things in it so to look inside yourself is to realize the knowledge of all things. Mm. So good. ^_^ <3

[MrSNIPERx07]

That's cool ^^

[jdleschw]

There's no better time than now to be your own teacher. I've taught myself almost everything I know off of YouTube which is amazing and totally insane if you think about it. I also like it how when I'm learning online I can filer out what works and throw out what doesn't work. Like your more empowered when you learn or something..

[Neequu78]

Tara,

Thank you so much for responding to my comments on your last meditation video. Way cool of you! You're really inspiring me to take better care of myself. X

[luvlivluv]

a great idea. if part of me plays an instructing role over myself, i can stay aware of what i do in my yoga practice and life. and, in order to guide myself, i need to know myself through facing my real self. tara, this is the attitude i want to keep.