# @jessicaleeyoga on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CyBK4xoP3v5
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/33933772-jessicaleeyoga-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-10-05T13:10:12.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Jessica • Yoga & Mobility Teacher 🇭🇰 (@jessicaleeyoga) — https://gondola.cc/jessicaleeyoga

## Caption

There’s an unspoken pressure to feel like we need to “master” all of the poses in order to be a good yoga teacher. Like if we can’t do a perfect handstand or __insert pose that you struggle with most__ then you’re not credible or qualified enough to teach them.

But then in classes we tell our students that yoga is a journey, that all bodies are different, and how we shouldn’t compare ourselves to others, forgetting that the same advice applies to ourselves too.

One of my biggest lessons from yoga - through practice but even more so from teaching - is understanding and accepting that not every pose will feel good for me or benefit me in the same way it might someone else. After years of chasing shapes, I’ve realized that some poses just aren’t for me, and that’s ok.

Fellow teachers, if you, too, struggle with feeling this way - here’s a reminder that you’re human ❤️ And that you *are* allowed to teach poses you can’t do, for whatever reason, as long as you know how to cue and spot your students safely in and out of them. Your practice doesn’t reflect how good of a teacher you are.

What are some poses you think you should “have” but still can’t do?

#yogateacher #yogateaching #yogateachingtip #yoga

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yoga, yogateacher, yogateachingtip, yogateaching

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