Philosophy of Teaching

Teaching has always been a vehicle for me to assist students’ continued growth as individual people. Whether I was teaching 4th graders at age 21, a variety of dances to women at community and recreation centers, teaching English as a Second Language to students from around the world (of various ages and levels), providing workshops for teachers at conferences (on a variety of topics), all teaching opportunities have provided an avenue for exchanging love.

Regardless of what I happen to be ‘teaching’, the essential intent remains: sharing consciousness-love. The medium of teaching is not necessarily significant to the expression of this essential intent. I continue to derive a great deal of fulfillment from the variety of teaching opportunities.

Teaching has always been much more than being ‘a director of learning’, standing at the front of the class and so forth. I prefer to facilitate learning and to individualize learning needs. I always encourage, prod, question and listen, while circulating among the students and deciding how best to help guide arising situations.

An ongoing, important result of my teaching involvement is the gift of being a perpetual learner/student. Teaching can certainly accelerate growth when we do it in the fullest consciousness, as explorers and discoverers of the true human potential.