
Musings from the Mat: Guru or Ego? The Cult of Personality
Let’s take a look at the changing nature of the teacher-student relationship. It’s no longer Guru-Disciple – but what is it, really? For millennia, the techniques of yoga were passed down from teacher (guru) to student (shisya) in a sacred exchange. But today, in the booming yoga industry, it's (downward-facing) dog-eat-dog. The Hindu discipline of yoga is big, big business in the West. Teaching yoga has become a favored second career. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali follows th