Back to school, as a student

27th july 2018
Day of leaving school as a teacher is coming near. I have resigned and they have finalized the day and date - Tuesday, 31st July 2018.
Many things are playing withing mind. Shall I tell student about my leaving. When I will hand over various things to others, things (areas)I used to look after.
What next yoga course, extension in school or work or something else.
Heart is convinced to go for yoga course. Basic inquiry has been done.

I went to school in a school T-shirt. Instead of taking class, I allowed teachers to take the lead. I pretended almost whole day as a student. New admission. Except class with younger kids, kg2 and grade 1 kids.  It was fun to be like student. Real student kept on bringing and catching me at every nook and corner when I acted as teacher or found at place teacher goes.

30 and 31st July 2018
Game went on, I pretended most of the time as a student. Switching the role between student and teacher, wherever I liked and found necessary. They also enjoyed along. Few student of 4th and 5th grade wanted to take advantage. They started acting and tempting me to come out of the role.
I am just pretending. Can't really be a student, specially of their age group. Still it is a worth to try and find.

1st August 2018
I woke up early, around 4am. I have to get ready to reach the yoga institute by 9am and before that go home, collect documents and fee receipt. I left bhiwandi house around 5.10am. on good ground by 7.30am I was at goregaon. Took little bit rest, collected documents and left the place to reach Santacruz.
Dot 9am I am at the institute. It took a longer time to complete all formality, I was getting impatient. Classes will being by 10am. I waited. It's 10.45am and still no sign. I went to concern person and told, hope my class will not get miss. Can I go and attend the class. She agreed and I am in the class now.

First class itself set the tone and brought a new light which I was seeking. A much needed thing and it came.
Finally, I am a student again.
Going to be student for a month now.
I was waiting for this moment since March 2016, when I had registered and paid fees for this course. At that time, I followed the different call. Time was not ripen to attend this course in 2016. Time has come now and looking forward for wonderful learning.
At the end of a day, still in exahlated state. Out of three class two became special. One by the director of the institute, smt. Hansaji. And another a class on patanjali yoga sutra by vandana ma'am.

What is yoga?
A question with multiple answer, multi dimensional. Conscious and unconscious seeking of nature.

I will try to write more on learning, experiences and whatever else comes up.

Happy on being a student again. That's what I shared in introduction round too.

Till yesterday, I was a teacher in school and today, now I am a student among you.

Learning as a student

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As a learner life teaches us many things. Our education continues from birth to death. Every moment there is something to learn and progress to be made. Evolve into the future, into our better self. Consciously or Unconsciously we are learning. Our brain, mind, heart and body keeps on adapting and adjusting according to newer learning taking place. Sometime with our knowledge and acknowledgment, while many times without that. Life moves on. That's where a question needs to be asked "Are you learning as a student?"

What does this mean, ' learning as a student' in above context?

There are certain typical character or actions which belongs to a person who is a student. Like, student is seeking something beyond him/her. Student has a questions and seeks the answer. Student has some goal to achieve. Students wants to develop certain skills by learning from the teacher and putting them into practice. Ideal Student is sincere, attentive, aware, and so on...

When we just live our life, some of this characteristic of student are not present or present but in its lower state (can be called unconsciously present). Many unsolved problems and questions are there but in daily rut they are put aside. We can't put our 100% attention and occupy oneself only for finding answer, a difficult task.

Yet, there are few who are not just aware but consciously puts an effort to live and not just exist. When we do not just live our life (merely alive) but really live (full of awareness, joy and enthusiasm). They are student of Universe, or the life itself.

Thus asking again a question

Are you learning as a student, from the life/universe?

 

or

Does life just teaches you important lessons and you move on without learning?

PS: I started writing this blog post with intent to share my experience as a student in past 30 days (month of August 2018). I wanted to share few of the learning, feelings and much more. What I learn and found as a student at The Yoga Institute, Santacruz, Mumbai. It would have been simple if I just typed what I wrote yesterday night in diary. But this question "Are you learning as a student?" is very powerful right now for me. I hope this questions brings something to you too. If it does, do share your views/learning/experience on it. 

I hope to write down another post about the experience as a student in a day or two. Eti Shubham