No, students WON'T be staring at me the entire class: A recent revelation

I had a lightbulb moment while in a Vinyasa 1-2 class last week: people do not stare at the teacher the entire time, if at all. One of my tiny fears about eventually teaching is having people stare at me for 90 minutes. It's interesting because I do things in front of audiences fairly often - give presentations, lead workshops, I've even acted in a few local plays. But, teaching yoga is new and right now it still feels very foreign, so the fear is there.

However, I realized last week that this fear of people staring really isn't an accurate one. My ego is going to have to come up with something new to discourage me (which I'm sure it will). As a yoga student, I know for a FACT that people aren't staring at the teacher because I never have time to stare! Who has time to stare when I'm sweating bullets, trying to catch my breath, wrap my shoulder blades, square hips and focus on a zillion other cues??? I hear the teacher, but rarely do I have time to look.

After visiting a few different classes, I've noticed that many teachers can effectively lead a class with very little demonstration. Of course, there's more in the Basic/Intro classes, but for the most part, they only demonstrate a few poses.

I think yoga classes are more about looking at/into myself. The teacher is there for guidance. When I'm practicing, I'm usually not looking at the teacher or the other people in class; I'm just listening and doing. Maybe this is a sign of a small progression forward. I'm sure there was a time when I needed to watch more. Now, I'm more familiar with what the names of poses are and what the cues mean and I can listen more.

Now, I just need to get over the fear of having to talk for 90 mintues straight...