Students who want to stay close can follow your public page — and you keep the relationship as yours, not brokered for engagement.
Students want updates without you spamming a broadcast list. You want signal — who is interested — without turning your practice into a growth-hacked funnel.
Following is designed as a continuity surface: students keep teachers they trust in one view. You get notified when someone follows so you can respond humanly, not metric-chasing.
There is no public ranking of teachers, no popularity sorting, and no harvested inbox resale. The point is a direct, teacher-owned line for people who already care about your teaching.
In feed-first products, reach is negotiated by the platform; teachers optimize for engagement signals. Following on a·vara is closer to a subscription to a schedule and offerings from someone you already chose. Students keep agency; teachers keep ownership — without turning teaching into a popularity contest.
Guides and city pages that match the next step in your teaching setup.