Your Yoga Life: To Be a Yoga Teacher

Your a Yoga Teacher?

For you, it may have started as admiring your own yoga teacher, or it could be you’ve felt all along that you wanted to become one instead of forever being a student. You wanted to inspire others, too, in practicing yoga, just as your own teacher had inspired you.

Whatever the reason, if you feel that urge to share your knowledge and experience, then it surely is a sign that you can teach yoga, isn’t it?

Of course, there are other signs that you can look into to make sure that you’re ready to teach yoga. You’ll need to be very consistent in practicing, even if you’re just by yourself. This will help expand your knowledge and self-esteem in becoming a teacher.

Another sign is when people already see or recognize your level as more advanced than theirs. This would mean that they recognize your strength and that they’re ready to take your word for it when you begin teaching them.

A sure sign is when your own teacher says you can be one! A teacher wouldn’t tell you so if you didn’t have any potential or merit, especially if he or she is a yoga teacher. There are many risks in yoga, so saying that you can be a teacher means that not only do you have the skills, you also have their trust that you will teach yoga the right way.

Experience is also a big factor. You can say that you’re experienced when you have assisted a teacher with his yoga class many times. Add to that your skill and knowledge, then you’re really qualified to be a teacher!

But remember: it is not just skill and willingness that will make you qualified to be a teacher. It’s also in how you make the connections with other people and their experiences, combined with brining out the best in them.