Although my yoga journey has just begun, I can't wait to
actually teach yoga.
Not exact matches
Modern postural
yoga, the practice of
actually holding poses, originated with early 20th century guru Krishnamacharya, who
taught a mix of gymnastic and wrestling moves, Western calisthenics and hatha
yoga, a medieval practice all but lost in India for centuries.
Yoga has
taught me that taking time for the practice and relieving some of my type A tendencies to find clarity
actually makes me a better person for the tasks at hand.
Levels are labeled «RYT» (Registered
Yoga Teacher), followed by numbers, which correlate to hours of classroom learning and a minimum amount of time
actually teaching.
While most
yoga teacher training programs cover anatomy, philosophy, sequencing a class, and a wealth of other crucial information for new
yoga teachers, they often tend to forget one very important topic... how to
actually get hired to
teach yoga!
All my body's resources (including my immune system, my digestive system, and capacity for cellular repair and renewal) were being diverted to help me survive my heightened state of work, work, work, as if it were a real threat, despite
yoga teaching being work I
actually love.
Yoga has
actually been shown to help some people who struggle with ADHD,
teaching kids to decompress and tune out the overstimulation of everyday life.
I
actually had my initial interview with him and told him about my Crossfit problems (I never have met a box yet where I am not totally intimidated and feel unwelcome by the community), my fear of kettlebells and box jumps, and my laundry list of injuries from years of playing sports,
teaching yoga and more.
An advanced YTT can help trainees get serious about the business side of
teaching yoga, and better set them up to
actually make a living from it.
And while nothing I'm about to share can
actually be
taught — real learning only occurs through direct experience — in these next paragraphs I'll impart some essential components of doing
yoga asana, at least as I have come to know the practice.
The word, ashtanga,
actually means «the eight-fold path,» and to really get a good feel for what Patanjali
taught in the
Yoga Sutras, you'll want to take a brief journey through these eight limbs.
We have too many
yoga teachers already, but what we need more of is a
yoga teacher who
actually meditates EVERY DAY and can
teach this to others.
I try to clarify that what I
teach isn't «doggy
yoga» because dogs don't
actually do human
yoga positions (though they can perform an awesome downward dog).
But watching it
teach me basic
yoga moves and dance along to my music felt more like an in - store product demo than anythign I'd ever
actually use.