How to Shift Gears, Change Careers, and Become a Yoga Teacher, Part 1
By Paul Jerard
Do you enjoy practicing Yogic exercise? Does teaching seem like your ultimate dream job? Does the thought of becoming a teacher feel like a “calling from within?” How would you pay your bills teaching classes for a living? If your life mission is becoming a Yoga teacher; let’s look at a few practical solutions to your obstacles.
If you feel like a “fish in water” during a Yoga training session you are not alone. However, when teaching Yoga becomes your own long-held aspiration, your spirit will not be fulfilled in the “daily grind.” You begin to feel frustrated in commuter traffic, and during office hours, when your dream job of teaching seems out of reach. So what do you do next - if you really want to become a Yoga teacher?
Apparently, you are focused on your goal, so you are far ahead of the majority of people who do not have a clue about what they really want. Here is a formula, and sequence of events, for you to consider: Focus, action, plan, envision, pace yourself, and goal realization.
Focus: It seems like you already are focused on becoming a Yoga teacher, but you should do some research on what teaching is really like. The types of Yoga teacher training courses will vary, according to style, hours required, on-site training, or correspondence course. Also, the preparation for a 90-minute class is something the average student is unaware of.
Action: Most of the world’s population never gets to this point. Most people fall into a “rut” and never take any action to move forward. This requires even more research about what you plan to do, how you plan to teach, and who you plan to teach to.
Plan: Write your goals down and only share them with people you can trust. Look at your goal of becoming a Yoga teacher as often as possible. Write down the exact chain of events required for you to become a Yoga teacher.
Envision: Visualization is important in reaching any goal. When you practice meditation, you should see, feel, hear, and possibly smell, what your new career of teaching Yogic methodology will be like.
Pace Yourself: There is a saying, “Rome was not built in a day.” If you try to get to your goal of teaching too quickly, you will “burn out” along the way. Life is a journey, not a race; “stop and smell the flowers” along the way.
Goal Realization: Once you become a Yoga teacher, do not “rest on your laurels.” Continuing education will be an important and valuable part of your life. always remember: A teacher is a student of healthy living for life.
© Copyright 2006 – Paul Jerard / Aura Publications
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