There are topics that, although not included in the curriculum or traditional teacher training, have a direct impact on what happens inside the classroom. One of them is the energy we bring as teachers. I’m not talking about how many hours you slept last night, how many coffees you’ve had, or how many extra calories you’ve consumed. I’m talking about something deeper: your emotional energy, your presence, your polarity.
I first heard this concept from two mentors who changed the way I see the world: Tony Robbins and Joe Dispenza. Thanks to them, I understood that energy is not just a spiritual or philosophical matter. It’s real, concrete, and transformational. You can’t see it, just like love or empathy, but it carries a huge weight. It influences how a class feels, how students respond, and how learning flows or gets blocked.
What is energy polarity in teaching?
Energy polarity is the dynamic balance between two core energies:
- Structured energy: it gives direction, sets clear boundaries, contains, and leads.
- Receptive energy: it welcomes, flows, listens, and connects emotionally. Both energies exist in all of us, beyond gender, and in the classroom, they need to be in balance. When a teacher loses their center, gets emotionally overwhelmed, or hands over leadership to the group, the polarity flips. The result? Chaos, exhaustion, and lack of motivation. No one knows exactly what went wrong, but everyone feels that “something’s off.”
How does this energy show up in the classroom?
- In your tone of voice, is it calm or reactive?
- In your body, are you upright and present or slouched and checked out?
- How do you start the day: with intention or on autopilot?
- How do you set boundaries: with compassionate firmness or with anger?
- In the quality of your attention: Are you truly present? Do you make eye contact or just float above the class?
Yes, your energy speaks before you say a word. The whole class feels it. And responds to it.
What can you do as a teacher to care for your energy?
1. Raise awareness
Awareness brings change. It’s not about always being happy or perfect. It’s about choosing, consciously, what kind of energy you bring into the classroom. That choice changes your day, and over time, your life… and your students’ lives. Are you walking in with complaints or possibilities? Are you showing up on autopilot or with presence?
2. Create meaningful rituals
A ritual isn’t just a repeated routine; it’s an intentional act. Something that connects your intention with your energy.
Some examples:
- When you wake up, say three things you’re grateful for out loud — practice it with your students too.
- Before entering the classroom, pause and take three deep breaths. Remind yourself that you are in control. You hold the power and magic to change everything.
- Start the class by recalling that phrase that inspires you, that song that lifts you up, that idea or purpose that drives everything you do.
- Tell your students: “Today we have another chance to grow together and discover how amazing we are.”
Say it with real emotion, not just as a habit. Rituals only work if you truly feel them.
3. Stay centered energetically
Your center is that inner place where your strength, clarity, and peace live. Caring for it means:
- Regulating your emotions before reacting.
- Setting boundaries without losing connection.
- Listening without absorbing what doesn’t belong to you, remember: observe, don’t absorb.
- Reminding yourself that you’re not a savior, you’re a guide.
- Remembering that you are a gift to your students, and they are a gift to you. Everything that happens in class is for your growth, well-being, and expansion.
Laugh, enjoy, and be playful. The classroom is a place where you can be a child again if you want to. You already have a fan club ready to support you: your students.
4. Avoid reversing energy roles
When the teacher becomes overly accommodating and students take control, emotionally or structurally, the polarity breaks.
And when that happens:
- Respect starts to fade.
- Learning becomes disorganized.
- The teacher feels drained and doesn’t know why.
- The group feels insecure, even if no one says it out loud.
Chaos takes over. Everything feels off.
Energy is contagious, too
Whatever you radiate, your class picks up on it. If you walk in with joy, it spreads. If you walk in without energy, it drags everyone down.
You’re not a machine. You’re human. But you’re also the energy leader of the group. Don’t aim for perfection, aim for presence. Your classroom doesn’t need a perfect teacher. It needs a teacher who’s connected with themselves. Someone who can lift others’ energy. Without energy, there’s no movement, no action, no learning.
When you change your energy, everything changes
Maybe today you’re tired. Maybe you’re carrying worries that no one sees. Maybe you’re going through something difficult. But know this too: inside you is an immense strength, a never-ending source that doesn’t depend on what’s going on outside. Because energy is not luck or coincidence. It’s a conscious choice you can make every day.
It’s not about denying your pain or faking happiness. It’s about choosing what to focus on. You can see the glass half empty… or half full. You can walk into the classroom with complaints… or with possibilities. And even if it feels hard at first, you can train your energy every day. Like a muscle. Like a commitment to yourself.
When you choose to connect to your center and keep your energy high — even in the middle of the storm — not only do you feel better:
- You make better decisions.
- You attract better relationships.
- You earn more credibility with your students, their families, and your colleagues.
- And most of all, you start seeing life with more clarity and purpose.
You don’t need a perfect day to teach with energy. You just need to remind yourself that you create your state of being. And from that place… everything transforms.
Today, you can decide to enter your classroom with different energy. Not to pretend. Not to impress. But to create. To create a kinder, more alive, more human space. For you and your students.
Because teaching with energy is simply teaching with love.
And when love leads, the class doesn’t just improve, it rises.
It becomes a sacred space where we learn… but also live better.
And that miracle starts with you.
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