3 Reasons to Take a Yoga Teacher Training

As we prepare to hold our twelfth 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training in Kingston, Ontario, we've been reflecting on some of the biggest reasons why a yoga teacher training is life-changing, regardless of whether you want to teach or not afterwards.

Let us take you through three great reasons to take this life-changing journey.

1. Deepen Your Self-Understanding

Yoga teacher training is like a doorway to start seeing our true selves. With lots of time spent in yoga and meditation practice, and learning how to bring mindfulness into our daily lives, we can have awakening insights about ourselves and how we relate to the world.

We may start to see our tendencies on the yoga mat or how we live our daily lives (anger, rushing, mind wandering, etc). Practicing self-awareness can help us let go of the ways we think or behave that make us suffer and learn how to live in a way that nourishes our joy and peace.

2. Deepen Your Yoga Practice

During the training, you will be immersed in all things yoga. Yoga poses, yoga anatomy, yoga philosophy, Sanskrit, chanting, meditation, breathwork, and mindfulness. You will learn how to create your own yoga sequences for self-practice and work towards any goals that you have - poses that you want to work on, meditation or breathwork techniques you want to learn, cultivating peace on your yoga mat, etc. With loving guidance from your teachers, you can step on the mat with confidence in your practice.

You do not need to have an advanced practice to take a yoga teacher training, it is a place to meet you where you are at and work from there. As students for life, there is always something to work on or work towards.

3. Learn How to Share Your Yoga Practice

One of the best ways to stay on the path of yoga and wellness is by sharing our practice (teaching yoga) with others. And one of the best ways to really know something, is to teach it. Many of our students come to teacher training not wanting to teach. Then a few weeks into the training, they feel lightness and joy in their practice and feel inspired to share their practice and their insights.

At the training, you will learn step-by-step how to share your practice and give you all the tools to become a confident yoga teacher. You will learn tools to hold compassionate space and support your students on their yoga journey; sequencing and teaching skills to craft and teach intelligent, and insightful yoga classes; and how to find your authentic voice, teach from the heart, and understand what makes you unique as a teacher.

Feeling ready to take the leap and sign up for teacher training? Still undecided? If your heart is beating a little faster then usual, it might be a “Yes, I’m ready, my heart is ready!”.

We’d be delighted for you to join us at our upcoming 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training in Mui Ne, Vietnam in November 2024.

Please always feel free to reach out to us with any questions. We’d love to hear from you!

With a joyful smile,
Sarah & Hang