What Is A Teacher?

In the truest sense of the word, a teacher is a guide that acts as a mirror for you to be the greatest version of yourself. A teacher has accumulated enough wisdom through experience in a particular area to reflect what is possible. A teacher knows the ins and outs of a craft, and is actually working on expanding it, and inventing new ways.

How To Be A Great Teacher

1. Awareness

Awareness is the first step for anything. Awareness of ones own abilities is key. Genuinely wanting to help others and create generation of freedom minded individuals. Have a mission in mind, focus on why you want to teach others. It can be a variety of reasons. Minimize suffering, create positive change, momentum, activate peoples power, or anything else. We must also overcome our own story so we don’t let our own blocks get in the way of our teaching. We may unknowingly be holding the student back because we can’t take them past our own short comings. You can only take them as deep as you have gone.

2. Willingness

Having willingness starts from within. You must first be the model in order to be a great teacher. Model what you teach in order to be an effective leader. The saying do as I say and not as I do is a clown saying. In order to have credibility, you must practice what you preach. Also, have the willingness to want to serve. The more you give your gift, the more it expands. You not only learn the craft better, but the skill of being a teacher will also enhance the craft. Do not be selfish, but give everything that you have. From that place, only true growth can take place.

3. Ask empowering questions

As a coach or teacher, you want to ask empowering questions. You never want to enable the student, instead, you want to guide them to their own answers. The best way to do this is through questions. If your working with someone, do not just give them your thing. First, access their situation, and see what they need. You will need different styles for different situations, but you still rely on your foundational principles.

Self Empowerment

Self empowerment is critical because it allows you to give from your overflow so your not left feeling drained. The more empowered we are within ourselves, the more equipped we are able to serve.

1. Take care of your health

Taking control of your health is a big part of being a spiritual warrior. Without your health, what do you really have. The quality of our lives will be determined by the quality of how we feel on a day to day basis. Your health will give you the power to accomplish your mission. You can take control of your health by being mindful of sleep, nutrition, and exercise. There are certain foundational principles in all of these things, to learn more about him, click here.

2. Build relationships

Relationships are the glue that hold your life together. The exchange of chi is very important. That’s why it’s important to be aware of what you let influence you, and who you spend time with. First, be aware of your own chi. This will give you a baseline of who you are. This includes your mission, vision, and freedom. From there, you get to decide whether or not you want to expand it by being aware of your influences.

3. Invest in a greater vision

Understand that you are a part of a greater vision. A mission of freedom. Know that you have what it takes a teacher and a guide to get the job done. Believe in your training and your experience. We don’t rise to the occasion, we fall to the level of our training. Also, it’s better to be a warrior in a garden than a gardener in a war.

Coaching Skills

1. Listen

This is the most important skill. Listening to your client enables the client to fell safe and heard. Also, you actually will be able to respond better if your not always thinking about a response before you respond.

2. Empathy

Knowing your client is a human and treating them that way is important. Knowing that not all clients are going to respond to the same protocol, and really listening to them as a guide. There may be many emotions that come up for the client, and it’s important to be present.

3. Presence

Presence is perhaps the most tangible skill. The more present we are, the better equipped we will to be able to make good decisions when we need to. Mental and emotional calibration if you will. Presence allows us to have more empathy, and to come from a plae of service rather than fear. Let love guide you not fear.