Had to share this post by Noah with you guys. It really struck a chord with my own journey and I’m so chuffed that he used the candid picture I took of him in class for such a meaningful post : • @noahmaze I love this contemplation on the teacher within by #parkerpalmer from Courage To Teach: . “The call to teach does not come from external encounters alone--no outward teacher or teaching will have much effect until my soul assents. Any authentic call ultimately comes from the voice of the teacher within, the voice that invites me to honor the nature of my true self. . A vocation that is not mine, no matter how externally valued, does violence to the self—in the precise sense that it violates my identity and integrity on behalf of some abstract norm. When I violate myself, I invariable end up violating the people I work with. How many teachers inflict their own pain on their students, the pain that comes from doing what never was, or no longer is, their true work? If a work is mine to do, it will make me glad over the long haul, despite the difficult days. Even the difficult days will ultimately gladden me, because they pose the kinds of problems that can help me grow in a work if it is truly mine. . The teacher within is not the voice of conscience but of identity and integrity. It speaks not of what ought to be but of what is real for us, of what is true. It says things like, ‘This is what fits you and this is what doesn’t’; ‘This is who you are and this is who you are not’; ‘This is what gives you life and this is what kills your spirit—or makes you wish you were dead.’ . The teacher within stands guard at the gate of selfhood, warding off whatever insults our integrity and welcoming whatever affirms it. The voice of the inward teacher reminds me of my truth as I negotiate the force field of my life.“ . 📸 by @yogawithsereni at @comoshambhalasingapore @spaceandlightyoga #teacher #yogateacher #noahmazeyoga #themazemethod

One of my favorite sayings by Ralph Waldo Emerson: “The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.” #igmy #instagood #instamood #instadaily #iphoneonly #instagramhub #igersmalaysia #gang_family #gf_malaysia #streetphotography #thingsiseeatwork #lovinglife #all_shots #potd #snapseed #barbershop #tradition