Life of a yoga teacher

I tell you one thing. Teaching yoga with full attention, eats up all your energy. It is simply impossible to teach 8 hours a day. It eats you up, because you are on the other side. You take responsibility for all the poses as they may cause injuries short or long term. You also pay full attention to students, the more they are the more parts you have to tear. If they are not the same type of people, it is even harder. I'm not complaining, just want you to understand: there is a massive work behind a nice, relaxing class. While you relax and travel in your inner world, someone makes sure you are safe, your belongings won't be stolen, your body is fully moved, your breath is optimal and your mind is in a well prepared travel, far enough from your worries.

Kellie's exam class. She is giving here a nice headmassage as a bonus in final relaxation

All you have to do is trust and follow.

Marta, the teacher makes sure we go into the pose properly.

Marta's exam teaching class. She is adjusting Trikonasana (Triangle pose).

When you do the pranayama (powerful and various breathing excercise - I bet there would be less crime if everyone did this regularly), the teacher doesn't do it with you, because she is counting for you, she designs that for you and watches if you do it properly. It's all about restless full scanning for 90 minutes.

Exam class - at the end of the training all of us prepares with a full 90 minutes yoga class. Scary :-)

All she got the knowledge from is a big big pile of informationl, lots of traveling, discussion with other yoga teachers, hard work to design it for your needs. What you pay when you go to a course is this effort. And not only the past, but also the development, cause at a certain point you may became bored. 

Teaching yoga needs lots of background knowledge. Neverending study.

Therefore teaching yoga can't be done as only a profession, it's a lifestyle which has to be led by love.

Mahi, the best teacher, who is really committed to yoga as a therapy. We are all thankful for him to share his knowledge with us.