From the teacher’s mat
May 15, 2009 by admin
Filed under Teaching Yoga
I need more yoga training but with more training I need more money and more time off from my full-time job, which, incidentally, gets in the way of my being able to embrace a yoga teaching career full-time. I'm working on that all-encompassing career shift, where I'll abandon legal secretarial work and instead help people discover themselves and their souls through the practice of yoga. It'll come in time, because it's my calling and I have to do it. Yoga is a journey, not a destination. Let me help you make it yours, too.
I've been teaching what I call a basic hatha yoga class for over three years, but I still feel like a beginner because I get into these stagnant ruts when I don't know how to make a class sparkle. My students are mostly middle-aged church ladies (I teach at the church where I belong), and I seem to stick to the same sequencing over and over, because it's what they like and what we're all used to. But I become proud of myself when I can throw them off guard and introduce a couple of new poses for them to try, and they come up to me after class and praise me for helping them break out of their comfort zone, or helping them to discover a muscle they didn't know existed. Then, my heart shines and my confidence grows. I go home feeling like a new person -- a yoga teacher who's ready to conquer the world.
Caryn's Eye Pillows, lovingly handmade with a cherry blossom brocade fabric, filled with flax seed, rice and organic dried lavender or chamomile. Also available in unscented. Relax deeply with a comforting eye pillow by Caryn. $10.00 each. Buy one today!
