| When you teach a friend, co-worker, or family | | | | Yoga teachers are works in progress. In fact, Yoga is |
| member, one Yoga technique, you have taken the | | | | a work in progress. Yoga changes as teachers make |
| first step toward becoming a Yoga teacher. This is | | | | new and innovative discoveries along the way. |
| the traditional way Yoga was initially taught before | | | | Hopefully, innovative Yoga teachers will record their |
| Hatha Yoga classes became such a "magnet" to the | | | | discoveries for future generations. None of us has a |
| public. Large Yoga classes are not a bad thing, but it | | | | life long enough to learn all that has been written |
| is easy to forget the way Yoga was taught for | | | | over 5,000 years, but we learn everything that will |
| centuries. | | | | help our students live a better quality life and more. |
| Now, let's fast forward into the 21st century. Today, | | | | Every student ailment is researched again and again. |
| we have access to instant information. You can learn | | | | Yoga teachers may eventually run into a situation |
| Yoga from television, the Internet, books, DVD's, | | | | where the right Yoga book is not available, or |
| MP3's, CD's and e-Books. It would seem anyone who | | | | perhaps it was never written. Always remember that |
| wants to become a Yoga teacher has all the tools, at | | | | Yoga books are very valuable, but they are learning |
| hand, to pursue his or her dream of teaching Yoga. | | | | tools for the beginning of the journey, and good |
| Should you read Yoga books to become a Yoga | | | | references, to come back to, when you put Yogic |
| teacher? Yes, you will have to read and much more. | | | | principles into practice. |
| Yoga books, DVD's, and CD's set a foundation of | | | | So, when do you know if you are ready to become |
| Yoga teaching knowledge, but there is much more to | | | | a Yoga teacher? If you have been practicing Yoga |
| this, in order to become a Yoga teacher. | | | | for years, reading Yoga information, and showing |
| It is daily experience, gained through teaching Yoga | | | | your friends Yoga techniques, you have already |
| students, which causes a Yoga teacher to further | | | | taken the first step. |
| evolve beyond the initial teacher certification process. | | | | There is no promise that the journey to become a |
| Practical knowledge and experience becomes a | | | | Yoga teacher will be easy, but it is rewarding. Yoga |
| "treasure chest" for any Yoga teacher. | | | | has much history behind it, but many new chapters |
| Teaching Yoga is a journey. If Yoga teachers sit still, | | | | are being written at this moment, and many more will |
| without expanding their knowledge, they will become | | | | be written in the future. The public is always in need |
| stagnant. Yoga books are great references, but | | | | of competent and innovative Yoga teachers. |