Ananda Shala - Yoga and Pilates Studio in Frederick, Maryland » Blog http://www.anandashala.com Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:45:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 To Teach or Not Teach http://www.anandashala.com/to-teach-or-not-teach http://www.anandashala.com/to-teach-or-not-teach#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:25:14 +0000 Jennifer Weiss http://www.anandashala.com/?p=2402 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?
To Teach or Not Teach Yoga
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.

Whether you decide to teach or not, yoga teacher training will change your life.  And I can tell you for the better.

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