Source: New York Times
Article: "Yogi, Take Me To A Higher Place"
The Master & Student ideal has always interested me ever since my brief study, in Grad School, of its literary relationship with the Bildungsroman. The article below is not all that gripping, but it touches on the importance of finding and sustaining great teachers--in this case: Yogi masters. Anyone these days can become a certified (fill in the blank), but to find a mentor--someone you trust; someone who is a true master of their profession--has never been more important. A higher standard is needed--of people, in general; of our so-called leaders; of ourselves. The goal: to avoid the watering down of values and ideals; progress; the teaching of what it means to be truthful; the simple. The nightmare: the growth of insignificance; apathy; the increasing importance of stuff--of things that distract; the common.
The duality below: the practicing of and passion for health and yoga vs. the perceived need to spend and accumulate in order to achieve its progress...
"Part of the problem, say many teachers and practitioners, is a scarcity of instructors capable of guiding students into a more-advanced practice. These days, they say, many master teachers travel around the world giving workshops, another result of the profitable explosion in yoga's popularity. Americans spend $5.7 billion a year on yoga classes, products, equipment, clothing and media, up 87 percent from 2004, the Yoga Journal study found"... (full article)
Article: "Yogi, Take Me To A Higher Place"
The Master & Student ideal has always interested me ever since my brief study, in Grad School, of its literary relationship with the Bildungsroman. The article below is not all that gripping, but it touches on the importance of finding and sustaining great teachers--in this case: Yogi masters. Anyone these days can become a certified (fill in the blank), but to find a mentor--someone you trust; someone who is a true master of their profession--has never been more important. A higher standard is needed--of people, in general; of our so-called leaders; of ourselves. The goal: to avoid the watering down of values and ideals; progress; the teaching of what it means to be truthful; the simple. The nightmare: the growth of insignificance; apathy; the increasing importance of stuff--of things that distract; the common.
The duality below: the practicing of and passion for health and yoga vs. the perceived need to spend and accumulate in order to achieve its progress...
"Part of the problem, say many teachers and practitioners, is a scarcity of instructors capable of guiding students into a more-advanced practice. These days, they say, many master teachers travel around the world giving workshops, another result of the profitable explosion in yoga's popularity. Americans spend $5.7 billion a year on yoga classes, products, equipment, clothing and media, up 87 percent from 2004, the Yoga Journal study found"... (full article)
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