The Courage To Say ' I Don't Know"

<p>Season 9 | Ep. 2</p><p><br></p><p><strong>The Courage to Say &quot;I Don&#39;t Know&quot; </strong></p><p>In this episode, I&#39;m talking about something that I think every Yoga teacher needs to hear: it&#39;s okay to not have all the answers.</p><p>I share a real moment from my own teaching that got me thinking about how we relate to not knowing, and why saying &quot;I don&#39;t know&quot; is actually one of the most courageous and mature things a teacher can do.</p><p>We get into the Dunning-Kruger effect and how it shows up in Yoga teacher training, my own experience of thinking I knew way more than I did as a new teacher (including some very confident and very wrong alignment cues), and how discovering Paul Grilley&#39;s work on skeletal variation completely cracked my world open.</p><p>I also talk about the difference between clarity and certainty, why the wellness world&#39;s obsession with having all the answers can actually do more harm than good, and what Daoism has to say about the wisdom of not knowing.</p><p>Whether you&#39;re a brand new teacher or you&#39;ve been at this for years, I think this one will resonate.</p><p><strong>In this episode:</strong></p><ul><li>The Dunning-Kruger effect and how it shows up in Yoga teaching</li><li>Why &quot;I don&#39;t know&quot; reflects maturity, not inadequacy</li><li>Skeletal variation and how it changed everything for me</li><li>The difference between certainty and clarity</li><li>Why curiosity is lighter to carry than the pressure of having all the answers </li><p><br></p></ul><ul><p><a href="https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/78PEVR5WF3ZSA"><strong>Want to support my work? Leave me a tip.</strong></a></p><p><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NOyRZM7cKC-h9kOMT-rIIeuatJgOf1CKT63LjAHk2LU/edit?usp=sharing"><u>See all episodes at a glance</u></a></p><p>Yoga Teachers:<a href="https://nykdanu.com/teachers/yin-yoga-teacher-training/"><u> Join The Waitlist for my Therapeutic Yin Yoga Training</u></a> at the bottom and top of the Page</p><p>To Join my <a href="https://nykdanu.com/students/yoga/online-yoga/"><u>Yin Yoga Classes on Zoom</u></a></p><p>To subscribe to my <a href="https://nykdanu.com/students/yoga/video-library/"><u>On-Demand Video Library</u></a>:</p><p><a href="https://pranamaya.com/courses/anatomy-for-yoga/?ref=20"><u>Anatomy for Yoga with Paul Grilley</u></a></p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/3xoBnkqEXHqY8Kl6s2oWHG?si=lg0azSUCRjSeZiVrnS0kGg"><u>Hang Drum Music by Fred