Over the years my own yoga and my approach to teaching has changed and adapted. Never anything to sudden just that slow creep of gaining knowledge and confidence and allowing it to filter its way in.

The thing I have found that had the biggest impact on myself and in others is offering a practice that allows the body and mind to gain confidence with movement. Not expecting just being. To gain confidence with exactly where your body and mind are at in that present moment. Which is easier than you think, just move and feel the movement.

Lots of people say I can’t do this pose or that pose, so ok don’t do that pose but there are hundreds of small chunks and steps you can take towards gaining confidence. And then even maybe they will move you towards that pose.

You can’t force confidence on the body or mind. It has to be earned by exploring movement honouring where confidence is and isn’t.  Then  just linger on the edge of that confidence in a way that helps to stretch the confidence bubble. But doesn’t burst it.

I’m the kind of person and teacher who airs toward caution and looks to build body and mind confidence in small bite size chunks over an extended
period of time.

Every body and mind has its own time line we need to honour this always.

Namaste

Sarsha