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On Spiritual Teachers: Having Them and Being Them

A photo of Rumi, spiritual teachers.

By Kelly M. Marshall I never set out to walk the path of a teacher. When I committed to yoga as my primary spiritual discipline, I was an anxious, depressed, dumpster fire of a human being. My relationship with myself and any changes I made before that day were motivated by shame, fear, and perfectionism. I wore myself out trying to fit the mold of what I thought a worthy and good human being looked like. It was through the path of yoga that…

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