Teacher Training Done (almost)
I just finished the final weekend of my teacher training. Well, almost. We still have a retreat we need to do to finish our hours, but we had our final test yesterday and – no more homework! It was an amazing experience and I’m both sad and happy to be done. Sad because it’s been so enriching and I looked forward to these weekends with a lot of anticipation every month. I’ve made some fantastic friends and feel like I have a real community that has come out of this. Happy because I feel like I’ve gotten this great base of knowledge for my future and it’s nice to feel like while I will continue to learn and grow with yoga (my whole life hopefully), I also know that I’ve gone through a program that gives me the grounding to feel like I can do this.
It’s been interesting both teaching in real life and coming in for teaching practice over the months. Sometimes I come in and feel like I’m really starting to get it, and other times (like yesterday) I sort of lose the plot and stumble around a bit, but I learn a lot both ways. As one of my teachers put it yesterday, the places where things fall apart are really the most valuable. But through both of those I feel like I’ve grown immensely and have also discovered the love of teaching. I think I always knew I would enjoy it, but I’ve never really explored it much. It really forces you to be very conscious of whatever it is you are teaching and I think it’s about the best way to learn anything.
I’m really trying to make sure that I maintain the community I’ve found through this. I have several projects going with various fellow student/teachers and am going to try and figure out how to maintain a community group or list so that we can all stay in touch going forward. It’s great to see so many people making transformations in their lives and really trying to live consciously and with a lot of intent and I like having more of that in my life.
So, it’s bittersweet. But I can honestly say this has been one of the best things I’ve ever chosen to do and am looking forward to whatever next steps there are to take.
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