Thinking
being
a yoga
teacher?
What you need to know
So, you love yoga, maybe you have been practising for some
time now or you are fairly new to yoga but you have this niggling
thought that maybe you’d like to teach. In class perhaps, you
observe your teacher and think what an amazing job they
have to be able to share their passion and it has inspired you to
consider this as a possible option for your own continuing path
of exploration of yoga, or you just simply feel that this practice
should be shared with more people! So where do you go from
that initial seed of thought of teaching to actually becoming a
teacher?
There are many di erent routes into becoming a yoga teacher
but the first stage of the progression from student to teacher
should be a love for the subject. If you are considering taking
on this role because it seems like an easy career, as an escape
from another career or a lack of knowing what to do with
yourself then it probably isn’t for you right now. That’s not to
say that it won’t be in the future but to be a great yoga teacher
(or a great teacher of any subject) you have to be totally in love
and fascinated with your subject. This is particularly true for
yoga teachers as we never get to the point of knowing it all
but we remain the eternal student as the subject is so vast and
pretty much endless in its true form of moving to integration (a
translation of the Sanskrit word yoga) that you are really taking
on a lifetime of learning. Don’t let this put you of though. As
daunting as it might be to embark on a subject that requires
you to stand up and present, have knowledge of anatomy,
philosophy, Sanskrit and be able to accommodate emotional,
physical or mental challenges of students, if yoga is your
passion you can do this. Here are 10 points that you should
consider before you make that Hanuman leap!
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