The inner experience
Come back to the embrace of the felt experience and find a sanctuary within your practice to share with your students.
By Jean Hall and Anna Ashby of triyoga
Anna Ashby
We are living in a time of chaos and polarisation. News and events unfold which we have little influence or control over. High tension and reactivity worldwide further exacerbate nervous systems already in tones of fight, flight or fright. As yoga teachers how do we respond? How can we be of service and take care of ourselves? What is our duty and role in this tumultuous world of change? How do we stay inspired and teach from strength and compassion, rather than fear or anxiety? Especially when livelihood is at risk and the future so uncertain?
Collectively, as a yoga community, we have adapted and stepped into a virtual world (for some reluctantly) innovating to meet the times. What are the implications of this seismic shift? For the experience of embodiment and connection? For the yoga itself and its teachers and students? Time will reveal in hindsight, but what we know is that yoga has always been an evolving practice that recognises the spirit in our humanness and the humanness in our spirit.