There are two types of teachers……

Series

1. There are two types of teachers...... (This post)
2. Śavāsana is the road between cities.
3. The taste in the water cannot be seen......
4. Jñānam is the wisdom of 'I am that'......
5. Before I inquire into who am I, I must first look at who I am.
6. Niṣṭhā - The holding of a question throughout the days activities.
7. Or what should be our attitude when acting.
8. Matsaraḥ or Jealousy - To find fault in others (that does not exist).
9. Parigraha - What we get used to expecting around situations.
10. Karma (Action) is the means to know oneself.
11. T Krishnamacharya, a Yogi par-excellence......
12. The target of Yoga is ‘svatantra’......
13. Progress must be seen as the distance from......
14. The āsana are presented in vinyāsa krama..........
15. Unfortunately, many people are not able to differentiate between......
16. We must discover why we practice.
17. One should practice and inquire into the effects of the practice.......
18. The test for intelligent effort is the response of the breath.
19. I have a strong feeling my father invented these sequences......
20. Begin your practice from where you are, finish your practice where you are going.
21. Yoga is trying to do something for oneself.
22. Yoga is not an escape from life but an approach to living.
23. Yoga - To Link to myself. Hinduism - To Link to God.
24. My belief in Yoga is not dependant on a belief in God, whereas in Vedānta it is.
25. In each one of us there is something that experiences.
26. As a Yoga Therapist, focus on increasing people's quality of life not on curing diseases.
27. Food will either sustain the body or eat it.
28. How we look at something depends on what is within us.
29. Yoga uses an intelligent approach which is applied to all things and during all the day.
30. We start our practice where we are and look toward a certain goal......
31. To hold something exclusively for a length of time is dhāraṇā.
32. No medicine can reduce duḥkha, only kriyā yoga.
33. Where there is duḥkha (suffering), there is avidyā (illusion).
34. Everything we do has an origin.
35. Meditation (Dhyānam) is the process of moving backwards.
36. Nothing destroys vāsana (latent impressions), only they become ineffective.
37. We can have two opposite saṃskāra (tendencies), but only one can act at any one time.
38. But saṃskāra (tendencies) can be fed by vāsana (latent impressions).
39. Saṃskāra (tendencies) is so powerful, it can lead you to act without thinking.
40. What factors promote favourable saṃskāra (tendencies)?
41. Meditation (Dhyānam) is not a technique it is a journey.
42. Unless there is a shift from manas (mind) to citta (psyche) it is not possible to do dhāraṇā (concentration).
43. A busy mind is always telling you where to go.
44. A quiet mind can be told where to go.
45. It is not enough to clean a vessel, you must put something in.
46. My own father, Krishnamacharya, started using Yoga for sickness even before his journey to Tibet (in 1916)
47. Patañjali says that the problem is fed by internal elements......
48. Use and Abuse of OM - Extract from a Lecture by TKV Desikachar......
49. The Bhagavad Gītā is about confusion OF Dharma and the Yoga Sūtra......
50. You should only take that food which you would offer to the person you revere most.
51. The spirit of viniyoga is starting from where one finds oneself......
52. The new is not as strong as the old.
53. The mind is agitated because of certain things inherent......
54. We are welcome to use Kumbhaka (breath suspension) but......
55. For something to work you must participate positively......
56. Where do Āsana lead us?......
57. Sahavāsam (Dwelling Together) - What you associate with becomes part of you.
58. Recognising AND accepting one's Duḥkham (Suffering) is the first......
59. There is an image in the world today that the guru has a following and......
60. Conscious breathing is one of the greatest tools to influence......
61. The Siddhi (accomplishment) depends on the Bhāvanam (cultivation).
62. Saṃkalpa is mainly the intention to do something......
63. We should not teach in the same way than has been done in the past......
64. How to respect the tradition and at the same time......
65. The teacher decides which of the trikrama (three steps) is the......
66. The Four Royal Insights within the Sādhana of Patañjali......
67. Three questions given by Desikachar in a retreat in 1978......
68. People come to study Yoga for many reasons......
69. Krishnamacharya's teaching is a Nimitta Kāraṇa......
70. Yoga is a search into the self......
71. I unintentionally mixed the Vedic tradition, teaching about God’s......
72. I think, that all those who want to practise Vedic chanting......
73. Therefore one must be clear when one speaks about Yoga......
74. It is not possible for everyone to reach the same level of meditation......
75. By observing how the breath responds in Āsana......
76. Yoga  is often attributed to Āsana practice alone......
77. It is possible to be aware of the state of the mind by observing......
78. So much happens in the spine with the breath......
79. The trunk is the most important part of the body......
80. The lower abdomen is the dullest part of the spine......
81. The breath makes it possible to find ways to achieve access to......
82. The traditional model, Śikṣaṇa, for Yoga was to stay in a posture......
83. He (Krishnamacharya) decided that you could be in one posture......
84. Students need to be aware of which parts of the body to......
85. Any posture far removed from the normal posture is a problem and......
86. The position of a particular posture in an Āsana practice will change......
87. Asmitā - To confuse memory and wisdom......
88. Inhale from top to bottom makes sure that the spine is erect.
89. Some people felt that it was dangerous to interfere with the breath......
90. We have also to ask ourselves the question......
91. Duḥkha (suffering) is the expression of a problem......
92. We can recognise which of our Guṇa is dominant by observation in Āsana practice.
93. In the Yoga Sūtra the purpose of the different Sādhana is to......
94. The practice of Yoga is like a mirror......
95. Krishnamacharya would introduce the Sūtra philosophy when......
96. We need to hold knowledge back to see something fresh.
97. In the student-teacher relationship, is the ball in the teachers court?......
98. The Doṣa and the Guṇa are related, we need to be able to......
99. In Āsana practice there is an expression of the state of the mind......
100. How do we know that the Āsana has served its purpose?......
101. Although Krishnamacharya came from a strict Indian tradition......

‎”There are two types of teachers. Those who tell you what you want to hear and those who tell you what you don’t want to hear.” – TKV Desikachar

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