गुरुर्ब्रह्मा गुरुर्विष्णुः गुरुर्देवो महेश्वरः । गुरुः साक्षात् परब्रह्म तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः ॥
Guru Brahma Guru Vishnu Guru Devo Maheshwara
Guru Sakshat Param Brahma Tasmai Shri Gurave Namaha -EXCERPT FROM GURU STOTRAM
Our creation is that Guru, the duration of our lives is that Guru, our trials, illnesses, calamities, and the
death of our body is that Guru. There is a Guru that is near by, and a Guru that is beyond the beyond.
I offer all my efforts to the Guru, the remover of darkness

I only want to see the light that shines behind your eyes.
Noel Gallagher, Aquiesce

I was going to call this month’s Pushti, “What it’s like to be a Teacher.” Because being a yoga teacher is one of the greatest joys and privileges of my life. I

वस्तुसाम्ये चित्तभेदात्तयोर्विभक्तः पन्थाः ॥ १५॥
YS 4.15 vastu sāmye citta-bhedāt-tayor vibhaktaḥ panthāḥ
Each individual person perceives the same object in a different way, according to their own state of mind and projections. Everything is empty from its own side and appears according to how you see it.

Where is the Śavāsana?
And there I was, winding down on my mat in my home. Even after practicing since 1996, I found myself rushing to get up, moving on to the next thing — even when there was no good reason to — with no consideration for Śavāsana (shah-VAH-sah-nah).