\u00a9 2020 wikiHow, Inc. All rights reserved. This image is not<\/b> licensed under the Creative Commons license applied to text content and some other images posted to the wikiHow website. If you really can’t stand to see another ad again, then please consider supporting our work with a contribution to wikiHow. At a recent teacher training, I was told that “Namaste” is an informal version of the greeting “Namaskar” and that true yogis do not say it at the end of class. “None of my teachers [Pattabhi Jois and the late, Denmark-based yogi Swami Narayanananda] ever said it.”, “I don’t think it’s wrong to say it,” he continues. by | Sep 15, 2020 | Uncategorized | 0 comments. “At the end of my classes, I, as all Sivananda-certified teachers do, chant the Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra [an invocation to Lord Shiva],” says longtime Sivananda teacher Gloria McCartney, a.k.a. In order to do that, you should probably steer clear of inauthenticity as much as possible.”, There were also many teachers who felt strongly connected to the meaning of the word, and how the word was a way of honoring students. In Sanskrit, the word is namah (to bow) and te (you), meaning “I bow to you.” In, other words, "greetings, salutations, or prostration to you." My current ending ritual with students is an offering. This image may not be used by other entities without the express written consent of wikiHow, Inc.
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