Vinyasa Yoga?

[OakLeaf]

my practice, my decision

I think my favorite teacher uses the phrase "you are your own teacher" at least ten times every class.

Now, I've worked with another teacher who gave lip service to the concept but habitually pushed me beyond my limits (verbally, not physically, but in such a way as to get my ego very much involved ). I wound up with a minor injury almost every time I did his class. Needless to say I stopped going to his classes... Still, I think working with a well-trained teacher has got to be safer than working on your own with no one to watch or supervise.

Like most things, from food to disease, north/western culture places so much emphasis, from infancy onward, on NOT listening to the body, that it can be very difficult to unlearn those lessons and listen to the guru within.