| How do you define "finding yourself" and what does | | | | Guru, we would hear the truth (sravana) from his or |
| this phrase mean? Would becoming a Yoga instructor | | | | her teachings. However, faith in another human being |
| help one find himself or herself? There are many | | | | may be limited. The typical Yoga teacher training may |
| people, who struggle with their direction and purpose in | | | | be more about exercise (asana) than finding oneself. |
| life, but how can intensive Yoga training help? | | | | At the same time, online Yoga teacher course options |
| When we say: "I need time to find myself," what are | | | | have grown. An Internet- based Yoga certification |
| we really saying? We feel lost, our sense of direction | | | | course offers flexibility and little or no dogma. This |
| is off, and we may wonder why we are here. During | | | | allows a teacher or student the ability to find answers |
| times like these, we are spiritually, emotionally, and | | | | from a variety of sources. |
| mentally vulnerable to outside suggestions. | | | | This also reveals that there is often more than one |
| Our belief system can be fragile, or unstable, due to | | | | possible answer to a question. Finding answers to the |
| sudden circumstances of our childhood. To find our | | | | puzzles of life can be a challenge. Training the mind to |
| direction and purpose in life, we should be able to look | | | | seek rational solutions, ultimately, makes each of us a |
| within - but what if we find no answers? In such | | | | "finder" instead of a seeker. |
| cases, further study from reliable outside sources is | | | | To become a finder, one must open his or her |
| required. | | | | perception (samjnana). There is no guarantee that any |
| The traditional answer to finding oneself might be | | | | of us can find our life purpose, unless we begin to find |
| military service, academic education, technical | | | | the answers from within. True awareness (samvid) |
| education, religious education, or finding yourself on the | | | | comes from within. |
| job. Yet, for some of us, finding oneself may be a life | | | | The best Yoga teacher in the world can only live so |
| long journey. The problem being - there is no "one size | | | | long, and carry us only so far. At some point in life, we |
| fits all" solution to finding one's life purpose. | | | | must find answers and solutions on our own. This |
| The traditional Yogic approach has been to become | | | | quality we know as "innovation" makes us teachers in |
| an under study to a Guru. If we have found a true | | | | our own right. |