Saturday 24 May 2014

3 Things Your Yoga Teacher Wants You to Know

There is more to yoga then just practicing different postures. As one becomes more and more involved in the process, true meaning behind the yoga teaching starts to become apparent. Especially if you are on your way to become a yoga teacher then your awareness towards yoga is meant to elevate.

The teaching of yoga is simple, however, when we start to delve into its spiritual meaning then there are chances that students may not comprehend some notions in the way their teachers want them to. And if the message is not received in the manner in which it is delivered the whole learning process starts to become ineffective.

When you are spending lots of time and money on your yoga teacher training, you simply don’t want any misconception to obstruct your learning. Even when you are learning yoga to deepen your practice at a local studio, or have joined yoga instructor couples’ retreat you would want to try anything possible from your side to enhance the experience of learning, which is only possible when your instructor can build mutual suggestibility between you and him/her.

To help you out , there is list of things given below that a yoga teacher wants his/her students to know so that the every message can be received in the same manner in which it has been delivered.

Don’t Overdo It: It is a natural feeling to spend more time practicing yoga once you start to observe all the positive changes in your body and life. While doing it for longer certainly expedites the results but crossing a limit will eventually leave you in exhaustion. Besides concentrating on the process, you also need to maintain the balance between the calories you take and calories you burn.

Difficult Postures are not Necessarily Better: When you do your research for a yoga retreat, it is inevitable to see some pictures with practitioners doing impressive poses. Your actual yoga training may or may not contain these difficult postures depending upon the form you are learning. You should not feel distressed if such poses are absent from your daily routine. Mostly, advanced practitioners can do very difficult poses and you need to trust your teacher to introduce them to you once you are ready. Also, if you try them without much practice, you might end up hurting yourself.

‘To Feel Better’ More Than ‘To Look Better’: Most people practice yoga to improve their appearance. But to have a good physique doesn’t always equate to having good health. The sole purpose of practicing yoga is to feel better, calm and relaxed at the end of the day, since the beauty within is the purest and highest form of beauty.

To become a yoga instructor is not difficult, but to become a true teacher, you need to build insights within. Many people even fly to distant places and learn yoga in Goa, Dharamshala, Rishikesh, Bali and other such yoga hubs to experience yoga in its pure form. This, however, will only happen when you trust your teacher and give your complete focus to yoga training.

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