The basic roles of the yoga teacher

Guiding the yoga students towards -

Develop correct understanding and clarity of thinking

Take responsibility towards one's thinking/belief/values/practice/desires/decisions/behavior/action/reaction, and the consequences of all that

Self-reliance

Self-discipline/control

Self-introspection

Mental and emotional independence

Simplicity and truthfulness

Question/investigate/inquire the truth of everything

Open the mind

Non-blind believing, non-blind following, non-blind agreeing/disagreeing, non-blind practicing, non-blind propagating

Quiet/purify/discipline the restless impure modification of the mind

Turn the outgoing tendency of the mind inward

Develop inner (mental) stamina (patience/perseverance/cheerfulness/contentment), strength (acceptance/will power/attentiveness/forbearance/determination/independence/the ability to let go/non-grasping), and flexibility (adjustment/adaptation/accommodation)

Develop non-attachment, non-identification, non-craving, non-aversion, non-comparison, non-judgment, and non-expectation

Let go the idea of 'I', self-esteem, sense of self-worth, sense of belonging, self/group-identification, self/group-image, pride, arrogance, selfishness, self-righteousness, pettiness, stinginess, possessiveness, ownership, greed, hoarding, bribery, prejudice, discrimination, untruthfulness, hypocrisy, story telling, fairy tales, lies, superstition, day dreaming, wishful thinking, boasting, justification, debate, argument, gossiping, slandering, back-biting, manipulation, exploitation, scheming, cheating, stealing, passion, lust, jealousy, admiration, bitterness, resentment, vengeance, anger, hatred, cruelty, violence, blame, self-blame, fear, worry, guilt, regret, clinging, longing, chasing after love/attention/sympathy/empathy/acknowledgement/recognition/agreement/approval/admiration/name/fame/glory/power/status/title/wealth/luxurious enjoyment/superior treatment, ...

Renounce/Let go worldly passionate egoistic ideas/affairs/activities/interactions/status/titles/castes/sects/associations/organizations/ties and connections/thinking/belief/values/practice/desires/aspiration/inspiration/ambition/indulgence of the senses

Transcend duality/dualism

Go beyond the worldly egoistic thinking/belief/values/practice about good and bad, right and wrong, should and shouldn't, positive and negative, meaningfulness and meaninglessness, happiness and unhappiness, joyfulness and joylessness, pleasant enjoyment and painful suffering, hardship and easiness, success and failure, achievement and non-achievement, gain and loss, superiority and inferiority, appropriateness and inappropriateness, respectfulness and disrespectfulness, attractiveness and non-attractiveness, usefulness and uselessness, purposefulness and purposelessness, deserving and non-deserving, ...

Middle path

Dispassion

Renunciation

Solitude

Seclusion

Respect the nature's law of cause and effect

Respect all and everything as they are

Observe/Witness the perceived reality as it is

Non-interference and non-association

Perform self-inquiry

Identify/Recognize what is the ego (the idea of 'I') and egoism

Thin-out/Eliminate the ego (the idea of 'I') and egoism

Focus/Be/Live in the present

Non-wavering to the past memories and the future imaginations

Meditation/Silence/Stillness/Quietness

Direct realization towards selflessness and impermanence

Self-realization

Know Thyself (the selfless impermanent modification of the mind/the mind perception of a selfless impermanent worldly life existence/what is 'I' that the thinking mind thinks and believes as its permanent independent self-existence/suffering and the root cause of suffering)

Liberation from ignorance and the by-products of ignorance

Realize unconditional peace

Stop hurting oneself and others

Be free

Be happy

Be peaceful