What does it mean to you to be a yoga teacher?

As I went through older files this week I came upon a response I submitted to a website that publishes current thinking and questions about yoga - It's All YOga Baby.  Here is what I found  --

What does it mean to you to be a yoga teacher?

At the beginning of April 2014 on the “its all yoga baby” web site (iayb) there was a request by the site manager for readers, meaning yoga teachers, to respond to the question of “what does it mean to you to be a yoga teacher”.

Here was my posted response:

Being a yoga teacher means to dwell in G.R.A.C.E.

G - Gratitude for what has been given me that I might serve others.

R - Real and raw, authentic being from the marrow of one's bone.

A - Awareness of what is arising, what is here, what is dissolving.

C - Centeredness and compassion.

E - Energy, the cultivation of which is aligned movement in all the Koshas (bodies).

- it is showing up as best you can, again, and again, ….....

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Apparently the manger liked it enough to send me a prize – a copy of

Teaching Yoga: Exploring the Teacher-Student Relationship - by Donna Farhi.

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May we all bloom and blossom into the fullness of our expression as

a teacher and student of yoga, and lover of life.

May we remember that our students are our teachers.

May we honor all paths and traditions.

May our dharma path be made ever clear

as we partner with love and joy

to shine our light more brightly

to bless all beings.