200hr Yoga
Teacher Training
with Sally Parkes BSc
Author of ‘The Students
Manual of Yoga Anatomy’- Yoga Asana
- Anatomy & Physiology
- Subtle Anatomy
- Yoga Philosophy
- The Basics of Ayurveda
- Teaching Methods & Ethics
- The Business of Yoga
- Home Study & Self-Practice
- Includes our NEW Mentor Program!
Training held in London & Spain
Prices from £2470
7 Day Advanced Yoga Anatomy Module
23-29 September in SpainAnatomy of Yoga CPD Workshops
11 & 12 November 2017 in Londonhttp://www.sallyparkesyoga.com
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ou have finished your teacher training course...how
exciting! Perhaps on your course you were encouraged
to teach your friends, family and fellow students. You’ve
read books, practiced the ‘moves’, recorded your
findings in your journal and been thoroughly assessed.
However, now it is time to put all that you have discovered into
practice and develop your own style of teaching. A bit like the old
saying about learning to drive: you’ve got the basic skills, you know
what is expected, now go learn how to do it your way. This does not
mean throwing caution to the wind. You’ve learnt to be safe and to
look after yourself and your students.
As yoga teachers we are so wonderfully privileged. It is not just
a job, we are continuing to spread the word of a practice that has
existed for thousands of years. This fact alone proves what an
effective tool it is, and we (yes us!) get to continue in the footsteps
of many thousands of yogis that have come before us.
Fantastic isn’t it?
Each of these yogis has passed on the tradition of
yoga and we must learn from them. Yogis are curious,
we ask questions and I don’t know a yoga teacher whose
shelves aren’t quaking under the weight of books. We need
our mentors, our own wonderful teachers, and we do indeed
become a mix of what these people and our books tell us.
However, even though we evolve our knowledge because of our
teachers, we don’t become them.
To develop your own style you have already deepened your
knowledge on your course, you have started working with the
practices, discovering what they can do. You continue to experiment,
you will do this forever, as there is always something to discover
from this ancient toolbox. As you learn you will pass these wonderful
practices on to your own students and it is through passing on these
teachings that we learn to find our own inner voice.
You learn what is good and works for you, you will realise
everyone is different but you have much to offer. You will learn to fit
the yoga to the person and not the person to the yoga, and begin
to recognise when stuff is not working for you and your students
and when it is. The more you observe yourself and your students the
more your intuition develops. That little inner voice becomes louder,
and you will learn to trust what it says, it could be the guiding voice
of all those yogis that have been before. After all, yoga philosophy
tells us we are all one entity. We are not separate, so if we entrust
ourselves to be part of this greater energy we can let it guide us
not only in our teaching but also in making the world a better place.
However, you don’t have to be perfect – being human is enough.Sharon Gisbourne, Real Yoga (realyoga.co.uk)Developing your own personal teaching
style. By Sharon Gisbourne