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