Quotes & Sayings About Yoga Teachers

It's a really simple formula: Your experience + Yoga = New Students. — Gudjon Bergmann

Speaking softly and slowly, and breathing through the vocal chords in a low voice, has become the mythical ideal voice for a yoga teacher. — Gudjon Bergmann

I have seen yoga teachers, almost in frenzy, looking for something new; new postures, breathing exercises, styles of yoga, teachers and so on. But what are they really searching for? Escape from boredom. — Gudjon Bergmann

Yoga is bringing fitness in body, calmness in mind, kindness in heart and awareness in life. — Amit Ray

Teaching should not be confused with personal practice. — Gudjon Bergmann

Self-confidence is built from the inside out and has little or nothing to do with outside circumstances. — Gudjon Bergmann

Getting to play a yogic healer was awesome. I love yoga, so I've had a lot of teachers. — Mary Elizabeth Ellis

Ninety percent of what most yoga teachers do is teach asana practice. While asana discharges stress and so forth, it was never intended to be a standalone practice. The true intent of yoga is personal transformation. What we get out of the privilege of teaching prisoners is the opportunity to focus on our own personal development. You can be of service, and, while helping others transform their lives, you have the deeper opportunity to transform your own. What we teach in prison is how we live our lives. — James Fox

Clear, direct and vibrant instructions will inject energy into the class, and create a feeling of safety for the students. — Gudjon Bergmann

My rule in relation to time management and teaching is simple: "If you're on time, you're late!" That means that if you arrive just on time to teach, you have no flexibility. In essence nothing can go wrong, and in addition to that, your mind probably won't settle until halfway through the class. — Gudjon Bergmann

Yoga is a product of Eastern thought. A further complication is that the early Yoga teachers were both Indian and Hindu. So from the late 1800's and early 1900's the Yoga teachers who came across were as interested in Hinduism as in Yoga. Often what we were being taught was a mixture of two different systems. — Paul Harvey

The yogic scriptures paint a picture of perfection, and perfection can be your aim, but I can tell you sad stories about myself and others who have entered into a state of premature holiness with unpleasant consequences. — Gudjon Bergmann

She tried to do what the Equinox yoga instructor said to do and thank each thought for coming then let it float away, but the thoughts were not floating away and she couldn't force them away, not even here, where she was supposed to be able to escape. — Stephanie Clifford

It is very good to see thousands of new teachers, so that with our thoughts, we can gradually change the world -send peace to the world. That's the best contribution to world peace-first the students should find their peace, and then they share with the other students. — Dharma Mittra

The aspirant would do well to avoid those 'spiritual teachers' who delight in pointing out the evils of the world. These are immature egos attempting to discard their own negativities by projecting them onto others. The true yogi is one who is like a lion with himself, always striving to eradicate that which shadows his inner light, and like a lamb with others, always striving to see their inner light, no matter how dense may be the clouds that hide it. He is the king of the jungle of his world. He hides from no one and seeks escape from nothing. (88) — Prem Prakash

I encourage students to check out different styles of yoga and different teachers even within one system. Seek the teacher that inspires you, and practice the yoga that makes you feel the best. You'll then find the authentic practice for your life and path. — David F. Swensen

Yoga teachers must be willing to step down from this imagined pedestal and utter the words "I don't know" on a regular basis. — Gudjon Bergmann