Charlotte Bell has again given us a lot to think about in her articleWalking Your Talk:  Teaching Non-Competitive Yoga? My response to her ideas is:  Well, yoga is about exploring boundaries, and fine lines are included in that!  I took my first ever yoga class from you ... wow, 20 years ago!  Knowing nothing about yoga and not much about my body.  I was hooked on yoga after one class with you.  I always felt you gave your students plenty of room to explore within the safe boundaries of your class design.  And, I will say, having spent many hours in your classes all those years ago, that any demos of poses you did only made me feel open to the possibilities.  My forward folds in those days brought my hands to about my knees...  It's always good as a teacher, and a person, to evaluate and re-evaluate one's motivations for teaching and the language with which we teach.  So thank you for that reminder, Charlotte...along with thank you for so many other things! Shanti,Yael