Are You Trying to Be a Yoga Teacher? Or Are You a Yoga Practitioner?

Who Are You?

We’re all animals. Slowly, over time, we became something called the 'human animal'. Some human animals in the past tried to find who we are—tried to reach the unknown, tried to find heaven. And in that search, they came to know: nothing and everything is zero. Living on this earth is a blessing.

After walking a long way, the path turned inward. To accept ourselves. To be healthy. To cure our diseases.To live a better life.

And that path kept turning inward—to find ourselves.

The Path of a seeker.

For Shanti. For Peace.

The Journey of Yoga

It sounds so obvious—without breath we can’t live, but everyone says yoga is about the breath.

Then what is the confusion?

Some seekers discovered that to recover from any disease, to overcome it, if we practice certain breathing techniques, we can recover soon.

That’s where the journey begins.

Yoga starts with movement and breath—and keeps moving inward.

It’s the process of becoming more conscious of yourself—your patterns, your reactions, your true nature.

The most impactful seekers are those who continue this journey, who stay curious, who stay grounded.

They keep uncovering who they are.

In doing so, they become capable of guiding others—through shared experience.

Whoever can awaken awareness in others is already serving yoga.

Who Are We to Ask?

Who are we to decide who’s a teacher and who’s a student?

Who are we to say what someone should do, or how they should be?

We’re no one. This is nature’s world.

It doesn’t follow human-made programs like democracy or certification.

It simply is.

Everyone is free to choose.

But freedom doesn’t mean we need to label.

The journey of a student, the journey of a teacher—it’s the same.

It’s the journey of a seeker.

And seekers carry qualities that can’t be listed.

They’re felt—presence, clarity, quiet strength.

Some are born with it.

Some build it through discipline, humility, and reflection.

But even if you have all the right qualities, we’re still animals—learning to be human.

No one can truly be a teacher.

The journey of life is the journey of a seeker—a student.

Even if you have sincerity and discipline, that doesn’t mean you have the right to sit in the guru’s position.

As we said before, we’ve turned from wild animal to human animal—but we are still animal.

Try to understand your cruelty, your anger, your inability to be non-judgmental, your sickness, your weakness, your ego. Understand your raw emotion.

Accept yourself. Accept others.

No imagination. No projection.

Just reality, as it is.

Who Is a Guru? According to Sanskrit?

Gurur Brahma, Gurur Vishnu, Gurur Devo Maheshwara

Guru Sakshat Param Brahma, Tasmai Shri Gurave Namah

The guru is not a person—it’s a presence.

There’s an ideal narration we’ve heard in movies, dramatic novels, and scripture-based stories. A set of characteristics is often defined for a teacher—how they should look, talk, walk, behave.

But don’t try to fit into that bracket of a “teacher job.”

Do your journey—as a seeker.

Because students make the guru. Not the other way around.

Influence Is Everywhere. What’s Guiding You?

Yoga was understood by people—real ones.

They practiced. They observed. They refined.

Now we live in a world of curated images—telling us what a teacher should look like.

But character isn’t costume. Depth isn’t posture.

If the idea of a teacher feels familiar, pause. Familiar doesn’t always mean true.

Sometimes it’s just repetition.

Just Stay with the practice.

Identify who you are—through experience, rejecting imagination.

Practice. That’s All.

Just practice.

The sharing will happen.

You won’t need to claim it.

You’ll be chosen by the fellow seeker.

So, Who Are You?

A seeker? A teacher or a student?

Ask yourself.

Stay with the question.

Let the answer come—from experience.