06/03/2026
Beautiful ! ❤️
One of the most important lessons yoga has taught me is this: Don't put your yoga teacher on a pedestal.
Your teacher is human. They have struggles, fears, doubts, and lessons they're still learning too. They experience heartbreak, frustration, grief, joy, and growth just like everyone else.
A yoga teacher isn't someone who has "arrived." We are simply students who have spent time learning, practicing, and studying, and who choose to share what we've been given.
The practice doesn't belong to us. We are merely caretakers of the teachings, passing them along in service.
In many ways, teaching is how we deepen our own practice. We keep what we have by giving it away. Every class we teach is an opportunity to learn alongside our students, to embody the teachings a little more fully, and to remember that we are all walking each other home.
So rather than looking up to your teacher, sit beside them.
We're all learning.
We're all healing.
We're all practicing.
And that shared humanity is where the real magic lives.
