Youth meditation encouraged to reduce stress and anxiety

The word guru conjures up all kinds of visions, mysterious mystics or silent mountain top monks, but the definition is generally accepted as teacher or classically as, “one who teaches spiritual liberation form his or her own direct experience of realization.”

Ram Dass and Maharaj-ji

The question is do you need one?  Actually, there are various reasons you may want a teacher. The most basic is, the reason you would want a teacher for anything, to help you avoid mistake and to speed up your learning time.

However, there are other questions that arise when deciding to look for a teacher. How do you choose the right kind of teacher? How do you find a teacher? What level of teacher are they, instructor, mentor, pandit or master?

What do you look for in a teacher, or as importantly, what to look out for in a teacher? These are all questions that will serve you well if you spend some time investigating them before you move forward, or to at least, keeping the questions in mind as you develop a relationship with a new teacher.ﾠ

They rely on him for calming meditation techniques – essential to counteract stress and muscle tightness during long weeks of intense training. He has now launched sessions open to individual clients, including rhythmic stretching, breathing exercises … Evening Standard

Ultimately, you will need to trust your own intuition, your inner guidance when choosing a teacher. Remember the old Vedic saying, “When the student is ready the teacher will come.” I will leave you with thoughts of Ram Dass on this subject, “Be open to all teachers and all teachings, and listen with your heart.”