Yoga teacher training is an amazing journey that lasts a lifetime.
By Amanda Edlin
S
o, you’ve researched your training course, studied the
curriculum, location and cost. You’ve discussed it with
friends and family. You’ve spoken with the lead trainer and
now feel ready to embark on your yoga teacher training
course. Well done for taking this step into a new and bright
future. Let’s take a walk through what you’ve really signed up to.
As a course director, working with students during their teacher
training is a huge privilege. It’s wonderful to greet a new group of
students who are excited, anxious, uncertain and anticipating the
course to come. Each student is a little bud just waiting to bloom
into a beautiful flower.
You may expect to be challenged physically on a course and most
students prepare for this element by upping their personal asana
practice and building stamina. What you might not expect is the
process of accepting your physical limitations and understanding
the best way to work with your body, rather than pushing against