A Professional Dilemma

Yoga in Mexico was something to experience. Garden yoga, as they titled it was done outside in the grass. I have to say I prefer yoga outside in the fresh air. I loved the feel of the fresh breeze filling my lungs and the warm sun beating down on my face. I believe it the only instance where I would abandon my mat for the earth.

A yoga mat on grass is an unnecessary prop when instead the feel of the strength of your toes, grounding into the cool earth or the warm sand adds much to the experience. I choose the grandiose of nature over any atmosphere.

Here is my dilemma. I am a yoga teacher and I thought it would be refreshing to learn from another yoga teacher; be a student for the day. But not so much with the teacher on the resort. I guess I should have expected that. He asked me on the walk over to the garden if I’d done yoga. I said, yes, I am a teacher. he was delighted and joked that I should teach him. I should have. That was the essence of my internal conflict.

What do you do as a professional in something when you see another professional doing their work incorrectly? Do you respect the man, yield to his teaching even though it is incorrect and possibly harmful? Or do you teach the teacher and appear a stuck-up know-it-all? Have you ever had this experience? Probably not as related to yoga but maybe in another area of your expertise?