If your mission is to share everything you know about yoga, training to become a yoga teacher is the next step to living life fully
Not everyone is meant to be a yoga teacher. No matter how many hours of training they have under their belts, teaching yoga is a huge responsibility which becomes meaningful when the teacher truly has the calling, not when they’re inspired only by money.
In this sense, it is true that job opportunities are one of the aspects that future yoga teachers consider when starting their training, but for many others the real motive is to further explore a discipline which helps them live their lives fully both within themselves and with their surroundings.
In case you’re still not sure, below is a series of points shared by the vast majority of yoga practitioners who have decided to take the step to becoming yoga teachers.
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When you realise that practising yoga is simply part of your life
If the physical practice of yoga, meditation, positive thinking, the quest for inner growth, achieving fullness or living live consciously are some of the main points that define your everyday life, there is no doubt that yoga is part of you and you have this calling. These are the main factors which help open a teacher’s heart and allow him or her to share them with others following the yoga path.
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When you do everything to give others something good
By constantly cultivating self-confidence, we feel more capable of conveying and offering something good to others. As our confidence increases, we feel more motivated, our level of commitment increases and consequently we improve our experience and connection with others as we share our calling.
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When you want to make your life truly meaningful
We currently lived immersed in a society that bombards us with distractions and false stimuli which steer us away from authenticity and fully living in reality. Immersing yourself in yoga helps you to work towards the objectives you want to achieve in your life and align your actions with your values.
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When you think that any space can be turned into an ashram
There is nothing that better represents the calling of a yoga teacher than always wanting to turn any space into a place of meditation where silence can be evoked, and to spontaneously hold a brief pranayama session along with your loved ones in a gym room that nobody is using, in your own living room or in the gardens near your home. Likewise, you take advantage of any free space in your living room, no matter how small it is, to try to improve your sirsasana, even if you’ve already broken a vase or two.
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When you are excited to teach your friends or partner the new pose you’ve learned
There is nothing more exciting to a yoga enthusiast than learning how to master a new pose and noticing the benefits to your body. The first thing you want to do is practise that new pose and teach it to your friends or partner, to the people with whom you want to share this new experience that has overtaken you.
Don’t miss the chance and take the next step now
Listen to your heart and decide whether this is the next step you want to take in your life. Remember that to be trained as a yoga teacher, the most important thing isn’t your age, background, gender or where you are right now; the important thing is having the motivation needed and the desire to study and develop the skills to teach yoga.
We recommend that you check here for the different yoga training options for future teachers. At YogaOne, we have classes lasting 200 or 500 hours, as well as specific classes lasting 40 or 50 hours taught by international teachers with extensive experience teaching yoga.