This is something that I think about often. As a Pitta-Kapha, that Kapha piece of my personality always wants to keep giving and giving – without stopping to think that maybe I’m running on empty! After years of struggling with this, I am finally learning to know when I need to stop and refuel. Self-care can be very difficult when you just want to help others.

But for a yoga teacher, self-care is so important! You can only help others when you have a full tank of inspiration to run on. Students know when your energy is stagnant. They can tell when your classes all start to look the same. And some of them may get bored and stop coming all together.

How can you continue to teach yoga without continuing to practice as well? GET ON YOUR MAT! Read a new book! Set a new goal and work towards it!

The law of attraction states that like attracts like. So think about this:

Bored teacher = bored students = boring community = boring life

Inspired teacher = inspired students = inspired community = inspired life!

Which would you rather be?