Is it Yoga...?

Since I am responsible for the fitness classes here...
I assume I must accept responsibility for what we offer to some extent.
Part of the focus of the job is to also offer students a chance to develop as instructors,
probably my favorite part of this journey, though it is challenging at times :-)

I have been fortunate with the yoga classes,
to have found a school that had been operating through the kinesiology department for several years.
But this semester I have allowed someone not "officially certified"... unless you count 24 hour Fitness - training :-P
I was amused during the interview when I asked for this person's interpretation of what yoga is...
and what their PiYO class was like. Pretty much decided right there that they would only be teaching other fitness classes.
But Life flows as it should and Things aligned for her to teach a yoga class(?)
Ok, I don't like to go against what Is to Be. (though I had my doubts, I'm in human form at the moment after all) haha

I have been pleasantly surprised to find students enjoying the class...
The personality most co-workers find from this individual isn't what comes across in her class apparently.
So life flows on as it should, but one thing still lurks in the shadow.
Why must most teachers "claim" "their students" ?!?

This week I had "one of her students" come and ask if the teacher would be back, since there was a sub that night.
Enquiring feedback on the perceived difference between instructors made me wonder if I might be allowing a disservice?
Does one odd apple cause the other apples to appear incorrect? When I know on a certain level that the truth is actually inverse?!
I do Believe in "different strokes for different folks"... but may a misinterpretation lead to a lifetime of false expectations?

I caught myself somewhat defending one instructor, while kinda pointing out a false comparison by this novice.
Not a situation I like to see myself address... since this is a territory that the Ego loves to roam.
Not a dance i choose to engage with very often.
But I do admit to question what part I may play in "leading" this program I have been given to facilitate.


In my past I was educated by a surf buddy who traditionally trained to teach a Pilates mat class. (He really frowned on mixing Yoga & Pilates... which I also have come to support). I was turned on to Joseph's Contrology methods... and have much respect for this leader and the movement that was ahead of it's time & continues to live on.
I also hold a great deal of admiration & respect for Krishnamacharya & our other Forefathers...

PiYO or Yogilates... seems like a cheap re-packaging of somethings too big to try and "re-invent'.

I do know and understand how some people gravitate to certain teachers,
It has gotten more obvious as i have learned to differentiate Light from Darkness...
I choose to hold a higher level of ethics for myself, but where must I draw the line when dealing with others?
Sometimes it is hard to hear the Heart, when the Mind & Ego shout their distractions!

It is times like these that I return my focus to the task at hand...
and continue on my personal path...
What is Yoga? :-)