Everyone Starts at the Same Place
By: Jennifer Kitzman
For the past several months, I have been toggling between two roles: student and teacher. I have been a student in a year long Breathwork Facilitator training program and at the same time, I have been a Teacher Trainer for S Factor, a feminine movement practice I have been involved with for over ten years.
Of course, what is also muddled is that I am also still a student of S Factor, taking my own class every Sunday. You can't preach what you don't practice yourself. I also truly believe that I cannot take my students on a journey any further than I have been myself, so I keep my journey going on and on.
Being a student and a teacher at the same time reminds me that we all started at the same place: on Day One. No one starts with the mastery of any topic. As I teach my students, and they ask me questions, I realize that hard earned knowledge came from years of practice, trial and error, learning from other teachers, and well, failure.
Even as I teach my regular class every week, I often get a brand new student who has never taken a class like mine before. She might be slightly intimidated by the unfamiliar apparatus we use for dancing. I reassure every student that everyone in the class all started at the same place: Day One. Including myself.
As I learn about Breathwork, I have to constantly check myself. It is ok to not be "perfect". To know absolutely nothing about a particular topic or how to do something. Even thought I am no longer on Day One and we are about three months in now, I still find myself learning so many new things. But one day, I will be the one leading the breathwork session, I am certain. I will master this topic. As I have so many other modalities: tantra, reiki, pole dancing, tarot, angels, ascended masters, crystals, clairvoyance, mediumship, energy healing, space clearing, animal communication...I am a lifelong learner.
Most of all, I am a teacher. I would love to see you in class.
About the Author
Jennifer Kitzman
Jennifer is training to be a Breathwork Facilitator with Breathing Space. She loves teaching embodiment and spiritual practices for growth, healing, and transformation. Visit TheJenniferLove.com for more and her blogs are on YouTube.
