Keep dreaming, it's the only way to go

 I just finished teaching my first Chinese module, the module which I got kicked out of the first time round after 4 lessons. So having unlocked an accomplishment, naturally I've been feeling reflective these few days. Also because a load has been lifted off my shoulders for the time being, so I've got a little more time to spend writing.  I have been thinking about life and my purpose recently. I don't think I ever aspired to be a teacher. There are times when I come back from work feeling sad because I know I didn't teach well. I don't speak like a leader. My voice is too low and not animated enough. But this class made me feel really appreciated. But I always wonder if this appreciation is what I want in life?  I love performing, yet I'm not flamboyant or attention-loving like the personalities online or on TV. I always wonder why I yearn to show off what I can do, yet don't really embrace praises. (Lol this makes me sound so arrogant. I meant, in the pas...

It's a common and even subconscious thing that we do. When someone tells the name of their school, when someone dresses a certain way, when someone tells their job. Our brain naturally starts to make assumptions. But today I am not talking about people, I want to talk about the yoga Teacher Training Certificate (YTTC) accredited by the American Yoga Alliance. Perhaps the name should be changed to something else, because it shouldn't be that easy to become a teacher. In old Indian culture, only the Brahmins could become teachers. (Let's leave the caste system out first.) In out society nowadays, it isn't that easy to get into NIE. You need to pass interviews, have relatively good grades, and they make you do practicums before you are off on your own. There is a basic standard to be met. Yet in the YTTC, anyone can do it and pass. The YTTC has become more of a business making model nowadays. People from all over the world fly to countries with lower cost of living such...