So you have made the decision to start teaching yoga! Congrats! Maybe you are still in the contemplating stage and haven’t really decided what you want to teach or where you want to take your training. Maybe you have decided that you want to teach yoga as complement to services you currently offer or as something completely different that you can do on the side. Maybe you are wanting to make a leap into something completely different and leave your current job to become a yoga teacher.
No matter what stage you are at there are so many great benefits to becoming a yoga teacher. From our years of experience taking trainings and offering teacher trainings to the public here is what we would like to share with you:
1. Find a Teacher Training that best suits your needs, schedule and availability. There are a ton of trainings available and it can be overwhelming to figure out which one to take. Find a training that is going to fit into your schedule. Take things into consideration like your family life currently and what will need to be changed to accommodate the training. Is the training far for you to get too? You may be eager the first few training sessions but do you want to be driving an hour in traffic to get to your training each time a session is held? Do you want to eventually focus on pre/postnatal yoga or yoga for seniors? If so then you don’t want to take a teacher training that focuses on power or hot yoga.
2. Teachers Credentials and Experience- don’t be afraid to ask questions before you invest in your training. You are making an investment into your career and life so make sure you are learning from the best! Take your trainings with somebody who has experience and has taken many trainings themselves. Don’t hesitate to ask questions!
3. Know what you will get out of the training- want a training that focuses more on the physical side of yoga or maybe you want more focus on theory and anatomy. Try to find people who have taken the training before and hear what they have to say! What was there goals for taking the training? Did they find their goals were met? Are they happy that they made an investment in that particular training?
4. Ensure your training is recognized and credible- – There are so many trainings now available- in person and online. Before you take your training make sure that you are going to be able to use it for where you want to teach when you are finished. If you are looking to teach adult only classes most facilities and companies will require you to have a 200hr Yoga Alliance approved training. If you are looking to teach children’s yoga classes only then most facilities and companies will only look to ensure you took some sort of training in this field and have experience working with children in other capacities.
5. Just do it!- We hear quite often “But, I don’t think I am experienced enough/flexible enough/good enough.” The fantastic thing about Yoga is that Yoga meets YOU where YOU are at.
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