Yoga Teachers
YogaDawg will now introduce you to your Yoga teachers and explain their personal styles and proclivities. As you learn about Yoga teachers and what they offer, you will be able to wisely choose your classes.
Once you decide on a Yoga teacher and attend your first Yoga class, it is advised that you figure out fairly quickly whether your teacher is nuts. This was not much of a concern when Yoga was being practiced, as explained by John Schumacher (minor American Yoga Star) by “hippies, retired little old ladies, weirdos” and people from California as they were easily recognizable from the general public. But now that Yoga has gone mainstream, cuckoo Yoga teachers might now be more difficult to identify. So with that in mind here are signs that your Yoga teacher might be a wack-job:
- Brings their cats to class (also bringing dogs, goldfish or animal crackers) might indicate that the Yoga teacher is not all there.
- Makes animal noises during poses (barking during Down Dog, cawing during Crow, hissing during Cobra or making gulping sounds during Fish pose) all indicate that the teacher is most likely off their rocker.
- Blasts Beethoven’s Ode to Joy during class (or plays Opera and sings along) is an indication that the Yoga teacher has a screw loose.
- Snores during Savasana (or makes any other weird sounds) might indicate that the lights are on but no one is home.
- Reads quotes from Timothy Leary’s Psychedelic Experience (or give a peace sign while saying “Peace” at the end of class, or says words such as “groovy” or “far-out” or “cool”) probably means that the Yoga teacher is trippin'.
- Introduces themselves as some variant of a Sanskrit name such as Shanti, Shakti, Om, Freddy-ji, etc,.in place of their birth name such as Sally, Betty, Kim, Fred etc, indicates that the Yoga teacher is most likely cracked.
- Wears Unitards (Yikes, run for the exits as this teacher will also show one or more of the above signs).
So with that out of the way, let's examine the types of Yoga teachers that you will run into in your Yoga journey:
The Exotic Dancing Shakti
The Facilitator
The Whatever
The High Touch
The High Tech
The Enlightened One
The Philosopher
The Mumbler
The Old Guard
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