Considering Teacher Training?
After you’ve been practicing yoga for a while, random thoughts may flicker into your mind about taking a teacher training to become an instructor. Oh, but then the doubting part of your mind starts to argue and reason with you about why you shouldn’t do it.
“You can’t even do a headstand.”
“You won’t make as much money teaching as you do now.”
“You don’t even know enough about yoga to tell other people what to do in a class.”
All of these thoughts have popped into my mind (and most other teachers I know) at some point. The only requirement that you should seriously take into consider to become a yoga instructor (or most things in life) is to be sure that you LOVE it. You love practicing it so much that you love talking about it and want to share it with others. In a teacher training program you learn how to talk someone into a headstand, you have the option of teaching part time for your enjoyment and not the income, and you’ll never know enough about yoga and the best way to learn more is by teaching it.
Check out the Yoga Alliance website for accredited schools in your area and you may want to consider getting a Yoga Passbook if you’re in a large city and want to sample many studio classes before deciding on the program perfect for you.
If becoming an instructor is a thought that’s presented itself in your mind, then go with it and just do it! You can thank me later by giving me a class when you’re teaching. ☺