What if students do the Yoga Teacher Trainings course to deepen their practice and are not interested in teaching by themselves? There is a growing trend of enrolling in YTT to develop a personal practice.
If you search for “yoga teacher trainings” and press enter then it will fetch you pages upon pages of results which you can scroll for hours. But you may not find what you were looking for and might end up being overwhelmed and confused.
Every major school and the small studio is offering Teacher trainings. But what if you are not interested in teaching and are looking for a Yoga training to deepen your practice and knowledge? This blog is to answer this question.
1. Yoga teacher training is to educate Yoga teachers
There is no other way to put it. Yoga teacher trainings are designed for people who are interested teaching. They are interested in Yoga and want to do a course which equips them to be a Yoga teacher.
The programs will give its students knowledge and environment to deepen their skills, insight and technical proficiency in practice. The course facilitates its students to explore various levels of philosophical understanding of Yoga. Also it teaches how to help others practice the asanas. Important is that you learn the details of the asanas and their effects. Having said the above, there is always a distinction between practicing Yoga and teaching Yoga.
2. What you’ll learn in a teacher training program
So by now, you understand that intensive Teacher Training will cultivate and hone your ability to teach Yoga. The magnitude of training varies with each school – some rely more on training their students to teach while others are more inclined to practice immersion.
For more details, check out the various YTT programs, Meditation Teacher Training, Yoga Nidra Teacher Training, Pranayama Teacher Training of Vedic Yoga Academy.
3. How you can choose the right Yoga Training course for you
If you have made up your mind that you will do Yoga course then you should either enhance your practice or contact a school. Ask about the focus of the training and see whether it´s about practice enhancement or teaching methodology. Look at the syllabus to have a basic idea of the training´s structure. If the lead teachers don’t take the time to answer your questions—or, if they don’t have a syllabus at their disposal—find one that does!
If you can, take some classes of the lead faculty. This will immensely help you to understand your persona resonation with and make sure you resonate with theirs’ and the approach to the subject.
After all, you’ll be spending plenty of time with them and they’ll form the bedrock of what you’ll be offering as an instructor.
