Last year, I enrolled in a 200-hour yoga teacher training program. I had mixed feelings about whether or not I really wanted to teach yoga. Yoga was my release and escape from the hustle and bustle of life. Would I grow to despise it if I taught it too?
I decided to not put any pressure on myself and consider this training as a way for me to deepen my own practice. As a golfer may go to golf school to learn how to swing, I wanted to learn how to practice the asanas (poses) correctly and safely.
The spiritual side of yoga and I have collided many times with me usually pushing it away. However, I let the teacher training program expose me month-by-month at what I was missing in my daily practice. Pranayama (breathing) and meditation soon became the foundation of my home practice with asanas second.
I cannot believe how nine months can change one’s thinking. By the end, I wanted to teach and spread the joys I experienced. Seeing a student have an “Aha” moment or reading an email from a client that states “I’ve never felt so relaxed in just 60 minutes,” melts my heart.
