Q. How to teach nicely to students and how to make them interested?
A. If you want to teach nicely then first be a nice student, good student. Don't try to attract someone. Now very less information is required but the real thing we miss, that is heart. Nothing comes from heart, teacher teaches because he or she has to teach to do his/her duty or for money. But we need that whatever you say that should come from your heart and with love. You need books and support to get knowledge but for love you don't need any book. Love your work and do with surrender. I love it and really I surrender myself. When I tell you or take class for you then I become nothing and you can not believe I also become like a student. I also feel that I am listening myself. And that's why sometime I don't know what comes from my mouth. Be a good student. Becoming a student is very deep. But most of you are so selfish that you just need information, yes very few people love their teachers or are interested in subject. But most of the people need only information so that they can give exams or earn money or they can teach nicely. But remember, the real thing does not come from information. Information is good but that will lead you just like that those doctors who knows that smoking is not good but still they smoke and even drink. Very few people love their teacher and very few teachers love their students. When I take class or teach you then really, I become like you. I see myself in you. I remember one incident. I was taking one class and before me there was another teacher, he was taking class. He was very good. Everyone used to like him and for two days he did not come to take class. Do you know all students start talking with each other and they plan to complain to the director and asking him to change the teacher. That's why I tell that you people don't need a teacher but you need a machine, an instrument and that's why all teachers have become like machines. There should be love in your heart, surrender in your heart. But you just want information, so teacher also just gives you information. When you are in class then don't be selfish, don't just go for notes and information, but go for the reality and at the same time finding one teacher, finding one master, finding a real person who works for society is very difficult. I know all of you very well. I can not explain you what I feel. I don't see you outwardly but I see what is within you and when I see your mentality then really I feel not to teach you anyone. But really everyone is good, nobody is bad.
Q. There are so many Indian teachers they come to west. They teach more advance asana and some one just philosophy and why you teach us just to feel and experience self? What they teach that is good or bad?
A. No body is good and no body is bad. When you like it then you say it is good and when you don't like then you say it is bad. And once you go within, once you go little deep then you will be beyond good and bad. They teach you difficult, difficult asanas on the name of yoga because they want to earn money from you. They know this that their advance asana can attract your mind. They know that philosophy can make you to understand because philosophy never end and even you don't know but you can make people stupid on the name of philosophy, spirituality and religion because people can follow this blindly. Your mind goes on flexibility because you can not do; and anything what you can not do, anything what you don't have you want to have that. Every American wants to go India and every Indian wants to go America. This is your mind and they knows that how to use your mentality to earn money. Those who can not do asana they try to attract you on the name of philosophy. And I don't afraid to tell that Indian teachers those who came west and may they become famous. They got lot of publicity and may today they are respected but I want to tell them that they all have spoil the reality of yoga, spirituality and they came west only to make money. Forget about the west, same thing happening in India. I don't teach you any philosophy or religion because you don't need that, why you need and for what and for whom you need. All the religion has make only fight and war. I am making you only to feel and experience with yourself and remember I will not come in your country again. This is first and last time for me. Be yourself and love yourself. You are great, go within and understand yourself. Help your society, country and this world. Life and love can not be taught, only you can feel and experience but these things have become a philosophy.
Q. Can I make my room hot and then practice yoga so that more sweat can come?
A. Do not do this mistake. When you make your room hot and practice, then sweats comes and you feel that you have done very hard work and you feel satisfaction. But really skin is very sensitive, and if you keep doing practice in hot rooms, then you will lose very soon your skin sensitivity. And the eyes are also very sensitive and this heat can effect very bad on your eyes. And breaths also get very bad affected and not good for lungs to take more hot breath. And hair also gets affected by this, and sometimes unnaturally all hair start falling down. I do not know why people practice like this, but same time do not go and practice in too much cold in winter. So if there is too much cold then make the room temperature balance. Never practice in too much hot or in too much cold. People are totally different, if you give some big advertisement and announce that great yoga techniques and practice in artificial snow, cold then really more people will come. You can attract with anything to people but only you need to make it nice publicity. But please do not do these things, because may you can be famous today, but tomorrow all people will come to know that what you did and how you cheated people in the name of yoga.
Q. Which mudra is good to practice when we practice meditation?
A. Once you practice meditation then you will forget all mudra and other techniques. First develop your awareness and then use mudra. If you want, then in beginning use Chinmaya mudra or Bhairavi mudra. Once you understand your mind and mind become calm, then may you do not need to use even any mudra. Some time I tell you that sit straight in meditation but really if you go in deep then you will not have to do anything. Just by closing eyes you can go in meditation. Anytime you can make meditation situation for you. Once you understand that your every work will become like meditation. Yes, every work is like meditation. Mudra is just in beginning and once you understand then flow with yourself.
Q. How to design the practice for self practice and for teaching others?
A. First practice Kapalabhati and Bhastrika and then go for few breathing techniques like exercise. Give your five minutes for this. Then practice loosening exercise for all joints for eight to ten minutes, and practice Suryanamaskara for 5-8 rounds, and relax in Savasana minimum for 3 to 4 minutes. Then start asana practice. Practice asana for 30 to 40 minutes. And after asana practice do relaxation for five minutes in Savasana. Then do pranayama like Nadishuddhi and Bhramari and then do meditation for minimum 5 minutes. When you practice asana in morning then do only after doing nicely loosening exercise and Suryanamaskara. And start asana with supine pose and end with standing positation. Same time if you practice in evening then do not do more loosening exercise or more Suryanamaskara and do asana first in standing positation and end with supine positation. Time for every practice depends on that how much you have time for your practice or when you teach then see that how much time you have. For your practice I do not want to tell you more but when you teach others then keep few things in you mind. Nobody wants to feel something who come in your class and most of the people will come in your class just to stretch their body like work out. So do not teach them more meditation and asanas as I teach you. No if you say them like this or teach them only few asana in one class then nobody will come in your class. So teach them more practical techniques. Like in one and half hours, minimum give your forty minutes for asana practice, and teach minimum 20, 25 asanas. And also keep changing asana everyday. But keep few asana like one front bending, one back bending, one twisting, one balancing always include in your class. When you take practical class then do not talk more theory but just concentrate on your practical practice. Always remember your desire that what you want when you teach. Make sure yourself that what you want or what your people want. I always tell you more about meditation or feeling, but in your class more people will come just for stretching, so do not tell them just what I tech you. No, they will not understand you so easily, so keep teaching them what they want or make yourself balance and handle the situation.
Q. What do you suggest for us that how to teach well.
A. First please just practice now for one month only for yourself. Do not teach now. And practice only for one month for yourself. Try to feel your own body and mind and you will see that after one month you will be totally ready for teaching. But I want to suggest you few things that please do not leave your job and start teaching yoga. Please do not do like this. Keep doing your work; do not leave your work now. First in beginning take only one class everyday or adjust yourself according to your time. Keep doing your job also and keep taking little class also. When you feel comfortable and you can make yourself more comfortable in all way like money, time and your own health, then you can leave job. So many people do this mistake that they leave job. Please do not do this mistake. Even you have lots of money but keep doing your work. Do not leave your work. One student told that he loves so much yoga that he leave the job and just practice yoga. I asked him from where you get money then he says he has lots of money. So please I know so many of you may have lots of money but do not leave your job and keep doing. And if you have more money then give to me, no, do not give to me but give to your parents, help your parents or keep for yourself or you can also help so many people. With money there are always problems. When you do not have money then you will get problems and when you have more money then also you will get problems on how to manage and care money. This is totally different things. I have seen people those who are not married they want to get marry and those who are already married they complain that they did marriage and this was their big mistake and they say that if they knew that marriage will give so much pain they have not married but now they cannot do anything because they are already married. Same thing is with this money. When you have more you will get so much tension and when you do not have you will get so much tension. Take care.
Even you have lots of money but do not leave your work or job. Keep doing everything is like yoga and you need to understand.
Q. Why so many courses and I have attended so many courses they charge too much money and even that I feel that I did not felt anything.
A. So many courses are just to make money and no any course is full which can make you to feel and experience. And remember wherever you pay or people take fee then they are not to make you feel, they are just to make money. To make you feel certificate or money doesn't required. They try hard to attract you in the name of certificate, course and your mind get attracted and you go for the course. Really all the courses and certificate are just to make money. Nothing is wrong with making money but I want to tell you that if you want to earn money then you do other business there are lots of money in business but don't sale yoga, meditation and spirituality.
Q. Can we go to India to learn yoga?
A. Yes please go. There are lots of business man of yoga and spirituality they are waiting for you. They have done all the arrangement for your mind to attract you. They have their salesmen and good management teams to attract you in the name of certificate, degree and spirituality. And when you go then you will find all these things. I have seen so many people go to India to learn yoga. They see on internet and they get attracted and they go. When they go what they learn I know very well. I also know they spend money and time also but they remain far and far from reality of yoga. They also know but when they come back to their country they know that what they have learned; but they will never speak you truth because their whole identity is this that they have learn from India. And in west all these types of people use the name of India that they have learn from India. And when you see that he, she has come from India then you also respect them and they never want to lose their identity. And they tell you so many things about India. No doubt my India is great country but it has lost the real meaning of love and spirituality. What people say India that has gone so far. So those who come from India they will tell you I meet this yogi, that yogi, he is my guru and so many other things. These things are just to make you understand that they have learned nicely but really their hearts know what they have learned.
Even if you want to go then just go but it will be very good if you can wait for few more years. Because there are so many problems in India now and there is no security. Even Indian people are not secure in India. And it is more problems for them who come from other countries. And of course if someone give you guarantees of security, then you can go, but again speaking truth, nobody is secure in India and few other countries. Do not take my any negative things, you are free to do anything whatever you want. Take care.
But I believe very soon all bad things will stop in India and I pray for that.
Q. I attended your training last time and now I teach in center but I teach very little asana and more time for meditation but people do not like. What to do?
A. I already told you that people will come in your class just for stretching, so do not teach them more meditation. Teach them more practice and at last give five minutes meditation and this five minutes keep everyday, do not change it. They cannot understand you. I remember you all have the same problems at first day and really you people took my all energy for understanding. And only I know how much energy have I spended on you people to make you understand. Take care.
Q. There are so many gurus and swamis they say that keep your eyes open while doing meditation and also sometime they give their photos and tell that do meditation on this photos.
A. These things are the nonsense things on the name of meditation and spirituality. They are not the teacher or guru. They are just to make crowed around themselves, they are just to have big, big building and so many disciples. They tell you just look at their photos because really if you close your eyes and go little deeper within then you don't need any teacher or guru; and these people never want to lose you people. They want that you should not go within, they want that you should remain far and far from yourself. When you go within then you experience so many things and when you know these things then it become problems for these spiritual people. They are far themselves from reality, they just teach you something but they take your so many things. This is good to keep your eyes close. When you close your eyes then you go within and it helps you to bring your senses organs attention inward. If the senses organs are active outside then you can not go more deep. But please close your both eyes. In the beginning few days I used to see some of you closing one eye and looking from one eye. So when you keep your eyes closed then close your both eyes.
But same time, see the situation and time. Do not do meditation everywhere. There was one student and she was traveling in bus and she closes her eyes and start doing her meditation. When she open her eyes then there was not her bag, money and she lost her so many things. So close your eyes but see the situation where to close and where to keep open. |