Do You See a Pattern? One way for teachers to assess whether there are holes in their ability to create appropriate boundaries is to notice any repeating patterns in their interactions. If you constantly have students proclaim their love to you (or you to them), or if you notice that all of your friends are students who idealize and idolize you, then there might be some unconscious (or conscious) dysfunctional motivation that you bring to your teaching. Repeating patterns can point to unresolved issues that need to be addressed. Being a yoga teacher means engaging in serious self-inquiry. If not, we allow our unconscious needs to fuel our process. The main purpose of a teacher is to be of service to the students. If a teacher’s behavior is only self-serving, the teacher is not acting with integrity. In general, we are not teaching yoga to find new friends or a romantic partner. If those things happen to occur, it isn’t necessarily bad. Yoga teachers are people too, and we will often find ourselves drawn to other yoga practitioners. Again, it all boils down to acting appropriately, sensitively and ethically within the context of the given circumstances. - See more at: yogitimes/article/yoga-business-teacher-student-boundaries-relationships-friendship#sthash.N7bVvzTL.dpuf?
Posted on: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 11:58:49 +0000
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