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What Is The Modern Purpose of a Yoga Teacher

A lot of people become yoga teachers because it’s really one of the latest fads in our modern and confused narcissistic world. Many yoga teachers fail to even deliver a basic level of basic knowledge of yoga poses, pranayama and whatnot.

So getting past the superficialities of being a yoga teacher: What is the real purpose of a modern-day yoga teacher? In this blog we will talk about three main purposes of a yoga teacher in today’s modern world.

Spiritual Guide

Probably the most important purpose a yoga teacher plays in the modern world is the same role they played thousands of years ago; in that the yoga teacher helps students to get into poses and to do pranayamas the proper ways to help them to calm themselves and to arrive at samadhi.

Samadhi is arriving at a connection with God. Essentially all yoga is, is sitting and meditating on God. Yoga is the tool to do that and to get there.

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Genuine Stranger Friend

Another purpose which we’ve mentioned before, is  a yoga teacher really is someone who needs to be genuine in nature, teaching yoga with no personal issues, helps students to be able to arrive at samadhi and/or to get the most out of yoga class. 

The epitome of how a yoga teacher should act is: a very positive vibe, genuine and  openness to everybody who comes into their class. This is to allow students at least – even for an hour – to be okay with who they are, so they can accept themselves more.

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Did Not Know It Health Coach

In many ways a yoga teacher is a health coach. Yoga teacher usually lives by example and so attending a yoga class – where you learn yoga poses and are adjusted by the yoga teacher – in a sense they’re providing health coaching skills. Which the student in turn takes into their own personal lives.

The modern purpose of a yoga teacher is a lot different than what a lot of people think it is. In a sense really they are spiritual guides and to a lesser extent they are genuine  and modern health coaches and quasi friends.