When I started my path as a Yoga teacher 5 years ago, I found motivation in sharing with others what had given me so much peace and knowledge about myself. However, I always thought my vocation had come late. Being a Yoga teacher has become something so ubiquitous it was hard to see what I could contribute to my students. What was my mission or Dharma? But then I discovered the difference between Yoga and Yoga Therapy.
As we age there is a sense of something being taken away, something that we once had being lost to us. In a word that might be ‘youth’. And with youth comes vitality, strength, beauty.
Into presence
Unfold
The silent witness
Of breath
Take time
To nourish
Your cells
With
Stillness
“What is your age?” I have heard this question in many job interviews and from recruiters (not in my current job 😊). It is an illegal question as revealing your age – whatever it is – can lead to discrimination. The European Commission and the Age Discrimination Employment Act (ADEA) in the US protect workers from age discrimination. So, asking for the applicant’s age can lead to a lawsuit, unless the question is to ascertain that the person is over 18. It is clear to me that older workers (over 40, and especially women) are less likely to receive interview offers than younger ones.
How do you breathe?
Let them tell us we do not know how to breathe properly … Please, we have been doing it since we were brought into the world! It’s not something that requires study, is it? Well, it does.
