Become a World Recognized Yoga Expert

    published on Thu. Jun. 10th, '10 by Swami Atma

    Posted in: Yoga

    Many of this blog's readers are very experienced yoga practitioners and/or teachers. We all like to share the knowledge we have accumulated over the years.

    Good Q&A Site

    There is a new platform tapping into the expertise scattered all over the Internet and offering a "Questions and Answers" format.

    The name of that platform is Stock Exchange and I have used their programming site for at least a couple years now. It's so great that I decided to use the open platform to start a Yoga site.

    This site will not belong to anybody. It will be a true community and the most prominent yogis and yoginis will be the ones who contribute the most with their good questions and accurate answers. The site's clever system of "reputation" and "badges" will take care of that.

    What Can You Do Now?

    Before the site goes live and open to the whole public it needs to gather momentum.

    The first step involves gathering experts such as yourself.

    Determine the Scope of that Yoga Site

    Here are the steps you can take and the things you can do to help the site get going and establish yourself as an active expert:

    1. Go to the home page of the launching pad
    2. Get your own username and login
    3. Click on the "Follow it!" button
    4. Use 5 votes for questions you feel will be very appropriate and right on target for the site.
    5. Use your 5 votes to determine which yoga questions should NOT be accepted on the site and should be declined by the community.
    6. Propose your own 5 questions. Right now we need questions which are more or less about yoga but are still good examples of off-topic questions. Questions which are overly argumentative, don't have a clear answer, are troll-like, negative or offensive.
    7. Leave comments on the existing questions to discuss why they should or should not be considered good questions. Please note that we are not answering the questions yet. That will come at a later phase. This phase is only about determining which questions are a good fit.
    8. You can also learn about this whole system by checking out the FAQ page.
    9. Another good teaching tool is to look at the more active existing proposed sites.

    Keep the Conversation Going

    Doing the above is already good but we want to develop a true team of experts which will be active on an ongoing basis.

    Take a few minutes every day to check out new questions and comments and keep leaving comments and adjusting your votes.

    Spread the Message

    If you have a blog or Twitter/Facebook account you can link to this post or to the Yoga Q&A site. The more active members join, the better.

    You can do the same for any forums or blogs you like to visit or yoga magazines you enjoy reading.