| A good yoga teacher training program is one step | | | | It's unfortunate, but true, many excellent Yoga |
| along that path providing a basic and solid foundation | | | | Teachers and Masters do not know how to market |
| that gives the graduates knowledge, skills, and | | | | their yoga studios. What makes yoga so effective, |
| confidence to begin teaching yoga safely and | | | | beyond teaching proficiency, is the presence and |
| mindfully. Yoga Alliance maintains a Registry of Yoga | | | | vitality that you, the yoga teacher, bring to the class. |
| Schools that offer yoga teacher training programs of | | | | A teacher trains students in a specific method of |
| at least 200 or 500 hours. There are also home study | | | | yoga. Most teachers divide their day between group |
| yoga teacher training programs available. When | | | | classes and individual instruction. Before attending |
| looking at these, it's best to make sure that they | | | | teacher training, most schools require that students |
| also offer some type of way of interacting with the | | | | have practiced their style of yoga for one or more |
| teacher/students while you are studying. This is | | | | years. |
| usually done through online discussion groups or | | | | Length of Yoga Teacher Training |
| forums. | | | | Most teacher training programs take one year and |
| Finding Yoga Teacher Training | | | | are usually a mix of night classes and weekend |
| If you're uncertain about home study as a method | | | | seminars. As teachers, it is a necessity to know how |
| for Yoga Teacher training, read what others have | | | | to read your students and to know what they need: |
| had to say about it and you may be surprised. Most | | | | to know what's essential for them to learn from you. |
| Yoga teacher training camps will teach you what you | | | | If you are considering becoming a yoga teacher, you |
| need to know to become a certified Yoga instructor, | | | | may want to talk to your favorite yoga teachers |
| but they will not teach you anything about how to | | | | about where they received their training. Your |
| operate your own yoga business - you'll have to | | | | reward will be the certainty that you are meeting |
| either learn that on your own or search for a course | | | | your highest goals and dreams about who you are |
| that offers some business training. The learning | | | | and who you are capable of becoming as a teacher. |
| environment of many online teacher trainings is filled | | | | Yoga Styles |
| with demonstration classes, lesson plans and | | | | There are literally hundreds of styles of yoga, and |
| sometimes even ready-to-use teaching tools. | | | | each emphasizes a slightly different approach. Hatha |
| What You Will Learn | | | | Yoga is one of the most common styles taught in |
| In any basic yoga teacher training course you will | | | | the USA, but there are many variations on this |
| learn how to practice and teach yoga - not as a basic | | | | traditional approach. There are so many different |
| physical exercise, but as a profound science that | | | | yoga styles and approaches that focus on the |
| unites movement, breath, sound, concentration, | | | | varying aspects of philosophy and exercise (asana). |
| meditation and prayer. Along with varying amounts of | | | | Any instructor should know how to make use of |
| yoga philosophy, anatomy, and physiology, almost | | | | generally accepted teaching methodology and have a |
| every other style of yoga teacher training today | | | | thorough understanding of their own style of yoga |
| teaches technique; that is, how to teach a particular | | | | along with a basic understanding of anatomy and |
| asana or pose. | | | | physiology. These talents, all together make up an |
| Yoga Teacher | | | | effective teacher. |