If You CAN, Teach!

I love Mondays – for these are the days I wake up with the inspiration for my weekly newsletters and all the things I can share with YOU!

Today I had many tasks to complete before being able to sit down and do my writing. I am happy to be sharing with you now. Wait…first let me grab my cup of espresso….

…Got it. Also walked the dogs somewhere in there!

Now I have stowed myself up and away to my dreamcave in the sky, aka current nook for Ascended Hawk Shamanic Center – popped an old Smithereens cassette in my boom box and I am ready to get down to business!

Alright. That old saying: “Those who can’t, teach.” Poop on that. The origin of the phrase is a bit mysterious, and frankly I don’t care where it comes from – but a falser word could not be spoken (or written, or thought).

Teachers are great gifts. Sure, we could all be self-taught about everything we know and will ever learn – but that would be a looooooong and lonely road – for a huge part of the treasured teacher/student experience is the exchange of energy – not just intellect!

Some of my favorite people in the world, for instance, have been my English teachers. Quirky? Assuredly! Corny? Likely! But passionate! And the more excited they were, the more interested I was – waaaay back when, when I thought being scholarly was my main path. (Tee hee!)

And of course, there have been my healing teachers! And let’s not forget about my music teachers! And oh, my art teachers! And what about my dance teachers! And my precious beloved mime teachers! And the beat goes on….

This may not be national “Teacher’s Day” – but I am decreeing it Universal Astra Spider Hawk’s “I Love Teachers Day.”

And what I have seen, and what I KNOW, is that if my teachers hadn’t held expertise in what they taught, and been able to “do” their subject damn well, there is no way I would have learned so much from them – and no way they would have been as passionate about what they were teaching. I love them all.

Now here’s a question for you:

What subject do you hold expertise in? This would be something you do very well, enjoy being immersed in, have a great passion for – in short, something you LOVE TO DO.

Are you quite adept at baking, for instance? Perhaps vegan baking, or maybe you specialize in chocolate goods (we know the real reason – you love to lick the spoon!). Maybe you have always greatly enjoyed making beaded jewelry – and it is beautiful stuff! All your friends and relations ooo and ahh yearly over your wearable works of art at holiday functions.

Maybe you have honed your Internet skills and are an amazing online marketer for your own business, or for your current place of employment.

Maybe over time you have spent so many waking hours in your garden you know all of the ins-and-outs of growing your own ginormous squash and eggplants to a T.

There ARE things – most likely MANY things – that you are a total expert at! And this being the case (yes, you probably know where I am going with this!) – you can take that expertise, and use it to TEACH YOUR OWN CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS!

Now, why would you want to teach?

A) You can make money doing it. And who doesn’t want more income coming in? After all, money is simply love energy that supports us in creating the lives we desire!

B) There are people out there starved for the knowledge you have to offer. Again, they can spend a whole lot of time teaching it to themselves from books and articles and experience, etc…but you have already done that! Taking your class would help to create community and faster growth for your waiting students – and you might make some great new friends based on your shared interests!

C) Teaching our favorite subjects helps us to learn even more about them, and become more grounded and confident in our own expertise.

The old paradigm of “big business” is slowly falling away; we are coming to a simpler, yet fascinating time of the old Ma & Pa community-oriented lifestyle coupled with the exciting huge world of technology – so teaching online is a wonderful way to start. 

Where else could you teach? Community centers, libraries, and adult education programs at local high schools come to mind. Your living room is another possibility, depending on how large (or cozy) you want to make your attendee-capacity.

Where there are people, there are places to teach…and students to fills the seats!

So…IF YOU CAN, TEACH! Teaching is sharing and connecting, and helps the growth and expansion of community and our life here in this, our beautiful New World.

Peace and Love,

Astra Spider Hawk

Need assistance and guidance in starting your own teaching business, or other heart-centered small business or entrepreneurial endeavor? Email to inquire about my own new Ma and Pa business (or maybe just “Ma” for now!): Abundant Heart Holistic Business Coaching! astraspiderhawk@gmail.com

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