So far, I am finding the yoga teacher training course a lot more personally challenging than I expected – this is not a bad thing, as I am sure it will lead to significant personal growth. I feel that the course adequately provides the framework, information and environment for me to learn and grow, and it’s up to me to apply myself and make a determined effort to achieve everything I hope for. At the half way point of the course, I have made some progress but have come nowhere near achieving what I am capable of.

One of my expectations was that I’d be able to improve my health and fitness and reduce my chronic back pain, but unfortunately, due to perhaps too much yoga in the first two weeks, with little understanding of correct postures and what was good for my body, my back pain has been considerably worse in the past week. But this is in itself a great help as I’m beginning to learn what not to do as much as what I need to do to care for my body. The challenge with my own health has been a discouraging distraction in the past week, but I will be making a concerted effort in the remaining three weeks of the course to learn as much as possible about yoga and teaching.

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In some ways the Level 1 Yoga Teacher Training course modules have exceeded my expectations. I did not think that we would be teaching yoga so early on and I am amazed at the proficiency with which my colleagues are already teaching and how much progress they have made.

I did think that we would be learning more asanas but limiting the number has made it much easier to feel more comfortable and be more knowledgeable when teaching. I also thought that there might be more emphasis on developing our own yoga practice and that we would get more assistance with improving our asanas – but I realize that this is something that we can spend time on in our own practice.

I am looking forward to doing more of the applied anatomy and physiology so that I can get a much better understanding of how the asanas physically affect people.

I am keen to do as much yoga teaching practice as possible so that I can forget my nervousness and concentrate on enjoying the teaching and giving the students the best possible experience.

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