Top Winter Activities for Lacey:
1. BAKE
2. Read Pride and Prejudice. Again.
3. Consider what I'm going to do after the Winter
I did plenty of baking this weekend (3 pumpkin pies and 1 pumpkin cheesecake) and I don't usually start Pride and Prejudice until December 1st... so, I'm considering things. Considering many a things.
Top Things to Consider for Lacey:
1. Spring Teacher Training
Uh oh. I've come down to crunch time to decide. But I fear a few things regarding training.
Top Things to Fear Regarding Teacher Training for Lacey:
1. Not being able to travel with my man during a prime traveling time.
2. Its expensive. How long am I seriously going to have to work for it to pay for itself?
3. How often am I really going to be expected to teach?
4. When the heck am I going to practice?
Which of those 4 are actually valid concerns? Only the last two. Honestly, I want to teach. I truly and honestly want to be part of the beautiful tribe that is Yarrow Yoga. I feel like I already belong to something bigger than what Yarrow Yoga is and has been. I may not have been practicing all that long, but I do feel like it is my studio and try to treat it as such. BUT... realistically I would only want to teach once or twice a week because the last thing I want is to neglect my practice (Although, arguably I already am...).
I suppose it is time to consider all the reasons why I should do it, instead of the fears. Bikram does say that newbies will always be scared and that is the biggest process... Getting past fear. Probably good idea to get a meeting going with my studio owner and express my concerns.
Anyone else wanna weigh in on the fears or excitement of Teacher Training?! I'd especially love to hear from peeps who are not doing it full time, but have another career or full time job they plan on keeping while teaching. :)
Lacey, I've had those same thoughts! More so, that if I teach, how will I have time for my own practice? Will I get tired of yoga because I'm teaching and practicing? Or my mind keeps saying I need to do it ASAP, whereas I know that the teacher training will happen when it's the right time.
ReplyDeleteGo for it!
And thanks for your comment the other day :-)
I think all of your questions and fears regarding teacher training are totally valid. And, with a little bit of digging around on discussion boards, Bikram blogs, and Facebook groups/pages of past trainings, I think you'd find some answers. Or, at least, other people's answers, which might help you decide your own.
ReplyDeleteYou'll get there. One step at a time. :)