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A brief qualitative survey on the utilization of yoga research resources by yoga teachers found a general lack of awareness of yoga research among practicing yoga teachers and therapists.26 Although a majority of respondents agreed that research was important, few were seriously updating themselves on such research findings through scientific channels. Most were updating themselves through general articles on the internet, and in most cases such information seemed to have minimal influence on their day-to-day teaching and practice.

At the individual level, when we acknowledge that yoga demands consciousness in every moment, we need to be living yoga in its highest and truest sense. Unless we live a life of yoga, or at least attempt to do so, how can we understand the inherent spirit of “wholeness” that joins all things together? Unless we lead by the example of our lives, how can we convince others to follow us? A good teacher teaches more by example than by words, and so does a good therapist, who heals more by “being” the therapy than by just assessing and prescribing techniques. The acquisition of a degree in yoga does not guarantee that the therapist will be a good yoga therapist. Conversely, someone’s lack of an academic qualification doesn’t mean that they will be a bad yoga therapist. Intelligence, empathy, compassion, and understanding are not necessarily by-products of an academic career or institutional status.