u/National-Emphasis-37

Hello!

I'm about 75% of the way through my training, and have been teaching friends from a studio which has been offering the space for free.

I've started posting on socials and have had an enquiry from a member of the public asking how to book - exciting!

But now I wondered - should continue to I offer classes for free, or at a discounted rate?

I'm also hoping to teach at another studio, which I will pay for, so I'd need to cover that.

But I want to make sure I'm fair across my classes, whilst also navigating the pricing of classes once I qualify!

It feels uncomfortable charging friends, but equally they have said to let them know when to start charging.

Thank you in advance for any input 🙏

Firstly: yes, I know I shouldn't have intervened, I didn't think and in the moment it was the best I could do. So pleased don't tell me off for this 😥

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I was driving along today and there were three adult starlings swooping in, screeching and looking like they were attacking a fledgling, which was screeching back.

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Concerned about the fledgling and it being in the road, I safely pulled over, picked it up with a carrier bag so I didn't touch it. I planned to take it to a rescue as it had some blood on its face, and looked like it had been pecked.

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An adult swopped and grabbed my hair, and continued to screech at me.

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I couldn't get hold of any rescues, and realised the best option would be to put it out of the road and under cover of hedges close to where I found it.

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Again - I know I shouldn't have intervened, but I just felt it was safest in the commotion to move it out of direct danger of three adults and cars!

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So my question is - what was going on? It seems starlings can get aggressive, but don't seem to with fledglings.

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Was it two adults attacking a parent and fledgling, and it was the parent that attempted to attack me too?

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Thank you in advance!

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Hi all,

Currently doing my teacher training (UK) and we had a weekend on dharma and karma.

It was only an introduction, but I am struggling with understanding how it all ties in with when bad things happen to good people e.g. cancer, war, traumatic incidents?

From a traditional standpoint was explained that people may blame these on past life karma, but personally that doesn't feel true for me. Some of the absolute kindest people I know have had terrible things happen to them.

For this reason, I feel at a sticking point in my own learning and practice.

So, I'd love to hear others thoughts and if you interpret it in different ways please?

Have I taken it all too literally?

Thank you in advance 🙏

*EDIT to add: sorry for the downvotes, I'm genuinely trying to learn about the philosophy and tradition before I teach and appreciate everyone's comments so far. If this isn't the best place to post the question, just let me know.

Hey everyone, just hoping to get some experiences on how to navigate a tricky conversation and unease please!

Summary: did people get charged fines during training for missed sessions or late homework?

I'm doing in-person teacher training throughout this year. It wasn't in the policies but after joining, the teacher said there is an additional payment per day for missed training, as well as payments for late homework.

I do appreciate it takes additional time to record/upload the sessions, but since we're already paying for the training and missing the in-person discussions and opportunity, it doesn't really sit right.

Is this normal?

Thank you in advance!