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| When did you know you were ready to teach? I know I am capable but something holds me back (or has held me back in the past.) I feel like I want to know it all before I begin to pass it on..... but if I do that I will never start teaching!  | |||
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| I was very nervous when I started too, it helped a lot that my training involved several "practice teach" sessions where we taught one another and got feedback. The first time, I was TERRIFIED! But right after the first session, I realized that if I had a million dollars, I would teach for free every day - I never had so much fun or fulfillment. It was still nerve-wracking getting in front of a bunch of new students for the first time. For months, I was a total spaz and typed out every single class beforehand, and kept the pages with me in class! But, one of my wise teachers advised me not to get too full of myself and remember, it's the yoga that people will get - not me. All you have to do is put them in the poses, and the magic will happen! The fun part is, they will still thank YOU for how great they feel!  Just get up there and tell them what you know, which is PLENTY. You will always be learning more and more, both from your studies and from your personal practice, and your classes will get better and better throughout the years. As a student, you wouldn't expect a 1st year teacher to be as good as a 20-year veteran. But you have to start somewhere! Just share your yoga with a loving heart, and everything will be okay. You will be a GREAT teacher! In my experience, yoga students are very loving, happy, non-judgemental types - most of the time they're incredibly supportive and kind. Teaching will make you fall in love with the human race all over again. Occasionally, you will get a cranky person or someone who just doesn't like your class; that's natural. Your style will connect with some and not with others, just as you've found with your different teachers throughout the years. And don't get too frightened when someone grimaces all the way through class, often they're the ones concentrating super hard and loving it the most! Bruce - I didn't know you were doing teacher training! I would LOVE to take one of your classes! Just don't forget that some people LIKE to do savasana at the end!  | |||
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| Plus, you have a great resource when questions come up about your class: US! You know we love to share our opinions . . .  | |||
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twisti - 2005-04-18 6:06 AM When did you know you were ready to teach? I know I am capable but something holds me back (or has held me back in the past.) I feel like I want to know it all before I begin to pass it on..... but if I do that I will never start teaching! sister girl! you are already a teacher! i have been to your website and i learned plenty! if you can put your wisdom and knowledge down in cyber space, ask yourself what is stopping you from vocalizing it? one thing that i did - i taught my friends for years before i took it seriously. ask a few friends if you can practice on them! but make sure you treat it like a proper lesson. my first few classes i was a nervous nelly. but when the class is over, poeple come up to you and thank you and then this wonderful rush comes over you...(helping people does that for me anyway ) | |||
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| Thank you for all the support, encouragement and kind words everyone. Every little sentence that you all shared really touched me.... I taught a series of teen yoga classes in 2003 which I loved. I was very nervous but at the end felt amazing! At the end of the 12 week course I also finally found out how beneficial these girls found my classes and how much they enjoyed my teaching. Since then I have done 2 teacher trainings and am registered with the Yoga alliance. I was starting to think about doing another 3 week course in August "to refocus". As much as I would love to do this it occured to me that I may just be procrastinating....... I guess that is where the question for this thread came from. I have been travelling the last 3 years so it has been hard to start teaching seriously (another excuse??) but I am thinking it is time to plant some roots and begin to pass on all the knowledge and lessons I have recieved in my 10 years as a student of Yoga. I guess it is just about biting the bullet and trusting that I know enough and have the heart to pass this on in the right way. Oh and YAYAY Brucey! | |||
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Cyndi - 2005-04-17 5:57 PM ...and a teacher is a teacher, doesn't matter what you teach. Got that right. (I've been homeschooling for 5 years.) | |||
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| When did you know …???............................................. Actually I didn’t know.. And I was not ready either… I had to start it as a part of my TT after the first certification. It was a great opportunity I got and I got lot of courage from the gurus and my loving friends in this forum to go for it. You have to start teaching at some point if you want to be a teacher! Its an amazing experience., You will be surprised when you find the Love, kindness and patience you have had in you... Go for it ! All the best for you Twisti ! Only problem here I face is when a person comes to a Yoga class they expect a teacher with grey hair or at least a person over 40s.. (I hope it’s not the case in USA.) Sometimes they are disappointed when they see a girl as a teacher., They picture a person Like a “Swami” to teach them., not a girl in her pants and a skinny., (I had a situation in my TT class that one parent used to come and wait outside the door when I was teaching her daughter and other students.. I think she had doubts about a person like me teaching her kid. I hated it .It was disturbing me to know that somebody is watching while Im teaching, Still I had no choice.. But it happened only the first 2 days, She must have cleared her doubts after that or she may have found something useful to do instead watching me) When you talk they will find that you know what yoga and yogic culture is. You can be perfect in poses., But when you teach., you teach people who are different., One persons body is different to another when it comes to flexibility., One person needs to achieve perfection in poses ., while another needs only to do something .. Its challenging to teach everybody equally Based on my experience teaching pranayama is harder than teaching Physical poses. It may be, coz Im teaching kids.. For adults it might be different I think., I haven’t taught any adults yet.  Still I’m a newbie for teaching long way to go… But I’m building confidence to teach my own class soon.. | |||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 5098 Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | Sponge Bob Banana, Too bad you don't live near me...we could have fun teaching our children and practice the Yoga Asana's at the same time. | ||
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Cyndi - 2005-04-18 8:36 AM Too bad you don't live near me...we could have fun teaching our children and practice the Yoga Asana's at the same time. That would rock! I love when Yoga and Homeschooling mesh ~ like when Math gets tough, and I see my daughter take a nice, couple of deep breaths to clear her head before attempting the next problem. Today we just discussed the phrase "Check your ego at the door" and how the ego really shaped history. Meg (soon to be 10 years old) is continually amazed by the amount of greed, jelousy and revenge the world has to offer. Makes for awesome reading though!  | |||
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twisti - 2005-04-17 7:38 PM I taught a series of teen yoga classes in 2003 which I loved. I was very nervous but at the end felt amazing! At the end of the 12 week course I also finally found out how beneficial these girls found my classes and how much they enjoyed my teaching. Cool! The Kids and Teen classes are very popular at our studio. My girls are totally enamored with their teachers (Meg wants to be a Yoga teacher now.  ), and I can't think of a better role model. Go for it, Twisti ~ we need you!!!! | |||
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| Krist, I have gotten to know you pretty well over the last few weeks and I want to point out to you that you are too smart for your own darn good! You've got way more knowledge than you could ever share in a million classes! Don't be greedy start spreading the love. Someone once pointed out a very interesting fact to me. If you ask 100 people how to lose weight, they would all say pretty much the same thing: diet & exercise (with obvious variations). However, if you ask them if they did any of that stuff most of them would start listing all their excuses: I don't have time, it's too hard, I can't stop drinking soda, I love bread and pasta, etc. Therefore, it's obvious that the problem isn't knowledge. We all have a bunch of diet & exercise books on our shelves. The problem is in application of knowledge. People just put up obstacles in front of themselves and never get down to the doing. It's in the doing that things happen. ACTION!!! Taking action is what separates the successful from the unemployed and the enlightened from the nosepickers. All that stuff about 1000 mile journeys and single steps applies here. Physics is important and teaches us about momentum. If you put your body in motion it will stay in motion. If you stay at rest, you will continue to rest. Whatever your reason for not teaching is, is just a lame excuse to keep yourself from really being great! Most of us live in absolute fear of our greatness. It's sad. If we all let our greatness shine, the world would be a better place. Look at Bruce, he's so great he can't even afford to take a savasana. He can't wait to get into action!!! | |||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 5098 Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | Kabu - 2005-04-18 10:50 AM That would rock! I love when Yoga and Homeschooling mesh ~ like when Math gets tough, and I see my daughter take a nice, couple of deep breaths to clear her head before attempting the next problem. Today we just discussed the phrase "Check your ego at the door" and how the ego really shaped history. Meg (soon to be 10 years old) is continually amazed by the amount of greed, jelousy and revenge the world has to offer. You have no idea, well you might:~) I think our children are sooo lucky and they know it too! All of my daughter's friends and cousins are so envious of her and they say, your Mom is so cool, I wish we could stay with her - they hate school. There are no teachers at school, the only thing they are learning is how to take tests, memorize, and learning how to dress sexy with makeup - UGH!! I can always tell when my daughter has been talking with her cousin who is a year older (she's 12), this girl is a wild thing and my sister doesn't have a clue. When I tell my sister she looks at me as if I'm crazy and is in complete denial and doesn't even know her child...its very sad. I predict she will be pregnant at age 17. Anyway, I am so happy to have made my life's decisions and take charge of my life and my family...it is the greatest thing. I think all parents are teachers - that is our true responsibility. Some people say to me, you should teach a Tai Chi Qi Gong or Yoga Class, or help people with nutrition and teach what you know to others. I used to want that more than anything, now I just want to pass it down to my children, I felt I needed to teach my children first. I may later do the other, but right now this is most important because they are the next generation and God knows something needs to happen or else we are all doomed. If I ever become a teacher outside my home, I will teach children, not adults. I wish Yoga could be taught in the schools, that would be so wonderful. Right now we do a weekly dance class. The dance instructor blends some Yoga into the warm ups before class which is really good. They don't know that it is Yoga and they do it soo well. | ||
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| In this case Twisti, there is no try, there is only do. Apologies to Yoda. The peoply I know who have your training, all own studios. Your pictures of yoga poses show you're more than capable. I'm sure you'll be an amazing teacher. Edited by MrD 2005-04-18 12:09 PM | |||
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| Thanks so much Kabu, YogaGuy and MrD..... thanks for installing a little but more faith in myself Well I am in the process of planning my ticket back to NZ, I have been looking for studio space already.... once I am there NO MORE EXCUSES. No more trying only doing (right MrD) | |||
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Cyndi - 2005-04-18 11:37 AM I think all parents are teachers - that is our true responsibility. A new HSing Mom once asked how we handle the transition from parent to teacher. I told her HSing is really an extension of parenthood, so there is no big transition. It comes naturally. Some middle and high schools are offering Yoga as a P.E. elective, and they're seeing great results! I believe Seattle is one area that has really embraced the idea. It isn't catching on as much here in the Midwest...yet. I'm working on it though. I've been drumming up support for our studio's Kids and Family classes. | |||
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YogaGuy - 2005-04-19 10:26 PM Physics is important and teaches us about momentum. If you put your body in motion it will stay in motion. If you stay at rest, you will continue to rest. Whatever your reason for not teaching is, is just a lame excuse to keep yourself from really being great! Most of us live in absolute fear of our greatness. It's sad. If we all let our greatness shine, the world would be a better place. Look at Bruce, he's so great he can't even afford to take a savasana. He can't wait to get into action!!! WOOOOW What an advise !!! I love this part of your post ! | |||
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