Lotte my Instagram buddy challenged me to do this. And why not? Couldnt touch and grab my heel but for the first attempt, this is not really disappointing.
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Saturday, January 26, 2013
Nothing is Absolute
"NOTHING IS ABSOLUTE" would be the motto of Indonesia Yoga School, the yoga school I'm attending soon starting in the end of January 2013.
Our principal, Koko Yoga, put it wisely that after completing his 500 hour training with Guruji Dharma Mitra in New York, he set up a motto which later would become a school culture. Dharma Mitra himself is acknowledged widely as one of the world calibre yoga masters after B. K. S. Iyengar and Pathabi Jois.
Nothing is absolute because everyone has his/ her own ability and background. Although the course is set as 500-hour one (not for beginners like me obviously), some of the students are not actively teaching. Some teach as pastime, hobby, part time activity. The rest is a bunch of full time yoga teachers.
The diversity of ability and background of each trainee is stark. While some are prominent and excelled at asanas, they're also lacking of proper techniques and philosophical knowledge of yoga. In the meantime, several others have a full grasp of yogic philosophy but not particularly impressive at asanas. Some are also quite great at teaching techniques but don't show great mastery in other aspects.
In terms of practice, some teach their close friends or neighbors, whereas some others teach in gyms and yoga studios. Even one doesn't teach actively but owns a yoga studio.
In short, there's nothing absolute in yoga. Flaws are welcome. Perfection in everything is nonsense. Incapability and incompetence are humane and part of us.
The motto will serve as the philosophical base of Indonesian Yoga School, affirming that all trainees will never be perfect and the objective of the yoga teacher training is honing the self power existing inside us and creating competent yoga teachers who are conversant with making use of their self power and compensating their flaws so as to later become a better and more professional yoga teacher. Students are also expected to be able to teach according to their callings. The awareness of the notion of "nothing is absolute" is one of the prerequisites for becoming a qualified yoga teacher.
Namaste!
Our principal, Koko Yoga, put it wisely that after completing his 500 hour training with Guruji Dharma Mitra in New York, he set up a motto which later would become a school culture. Dharma Mitra himself is acknowledged widely as one of the world calibre yoga masters after B. K. S. Iyengar and Pathabi Jois.
Nothing is absolute because everyone has his/ her own ability and background. Although the course is set as 500-hour one (not for beginners like me obviously), some of the students are not actively teaching. Some teach as pastime, hobby, part time activity. The rest is a bunch of full time yoga teachers.
The diversity of ability and background of each trainee is stark. While some are prominent and excelled at asanas, they're also lacking of proper techniques and philosophical knowledge of yoga. In the meantime, several others have a full grasp of yogic philosophy but not particularly impressive at asanas. Some are also quite great at teaching techniques but don't show great mastery in other aspects.
In terms of practice, some teach their close friends or neighbors, whereas some others teach in gyms and yoga studios. Even one doesn't teach actively but owns a yoga studio.
In short, there's nothing absolute in yoga. Flaws are welcome. Perfection in everything is nonsense. Incapability and incompetence are humane and part of us.
The motto will serve as the philosophical base of Indonesian Yoga School, affirming that all trainees will never be perfect and the objective of the yoga teacher training is honing the self power existing inside us and creating competent yoga teachers who are conversant with making use of their self power and compensating their flaws so as to later become a better and more professional yoga teacher. Students are also expected to be able to teach according to their callings. The awareness of the notion of "nothing is absolute" is one of the prerequisites for becoming a qualified yoga teacher.
Namaste!
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