Not sure which Yoga school is suitable for you….?
Some students choose a training program based on their
personal holiday schedule or their preference for one style of yoga asana
practice, without ever understanding who they will be learning from.
A Yoga Teacher Training course can be a deeply
transformative and profound journey into your innermost self. Here are
few significant points you would definitely have to consider before taking a
Yoga Teacher Training Course which then will be transformative and life –time experience.
1. Spiritually focused
Integral Transformation is the very essence of
yoga. Yoga is not limited to stretch the body, get flexible and strong so
that you feel lighter and happier. Yoga as it is practiced in the west has changed
vastly from its traditional roots here in India. As such confusion can
arise in the minds of students who are unaware of the deeper dimensions of yoga
and how it is both taught and learned. A Yoga teacher training Course should offer
a complete and holistic system of self-transformation, Yoga in its traditional,
pure form that allows for each individual to discover their true Spiritual
Self.
2. Yoga Anatomy
We will have an
introduction to Yoga anatomy, in which we will discuss the anatomical aspects
of Yoga practice. It is important to know how to engage/relax the muscles,
deepening the stretches yet not injuring ourselves physically and so on. It is
also important to understand the structure of our respiration to improve the
quality of the breathing by pranayama techniques. A whole new world of Yoga
Anatomy which improves the quality of our Yoga practice will be explored during
the Yoga anatomy sessions.
3. Art of hands on
Adjustments:
Art of Adjustments is one
of the significant fields wherein Yoga teacher has to work constantly to grow
and to keep his/her class special. Hence we try to explore it with all details.
How-to-adjust; assist, how to keep ourselves grounded while adjusting, the
subtle aspects of art of adjustments are dealt in detail. This is one of the
major ingredients in a Yoga Teacher Training Course that you would think to
join.
You can’t learn to swim without getting into the water and
swim. Group class is one of the inevitable parts of the training. You must be asked
to take a class every day based on what was already given to you by your
teacher for your group which builds the confidence, tones up the teaching
skills and other required criteria to be a teacher. The learning curve, which
can be full of learning from mistakes, can be easily surmounted in a supportive
and nurturing environment in the presence of your fellow students and
teachers. This class will always be supervised by one of the main
teachers and a feedback session after every group class session to improve the
quality of the participant's teaching will be an added flavor.
5. Creating Class
Modules
You will be asked to
design a yoga class module based on what you have been practicing since a week
under the guidance of a teacher. By practicing the class modules, you will be
able to teach your class back home effectively with creativity catering the
needs of different types of people coming to your classes.
6. Lead the whole
group
After building the
confidence, skills and other required criteria, you must have an opportunity to
take a class for the whole group in the last week. This prepares you to get
ready to teach once you go back.
It has been a tradition to begin the journey in search
of the teacher who lives what he teaches and learn from him so that the
disciple too would live what he practices. This is how the
bridge between the
teaching and practicing could have vanished during the golden era of Yogis.
Ok! You may not find this everywhere
as most of the
schools will not be able to offer you. But if you get explore your training in
nature, it will be something really special experience. Yoga is best practiced
in a natural environment
where the earth is clean, the water is abundant, the
temperature is mild, the air is pure and the space is clear. Yoga
studios, small rooms, rented halls in cities are probably not the best
choice.
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