We are currently finishing the third week of our January yoga teacher training. This week is when teaching practicum starts to step up a gear and everyone's classes begin to take shape. It's an exciting time to see how things improve so quickly. Teaching practice is a big part of the yoga teacher training. Talking about teaching is important but actually teaching is even better!
Vicky is currently on the course, so we thought we'd catch up with her and ask her a few questions about her experience here in Spain.
Hey! Can you tell us a little bit about yourself?
I'm Vicky, I'm 22, I'm from Germany and I've just finished my studies in primary school education and now I'm on a mission to find out whether I want to do my masters or something else.
Are you planning to teach yoga after the course here?
When I signed up I was thinking of doing so but I was also very open. I knew maybe I would discover it wasn't something for me but 3 weeks into the course I feel very confident in teaching yoga.
Is there anything about this process of training that has surprised you?
As I've just studied to become a primary school teacher I know that a lot of thought and preparation goes into a lesson, before I thought it would be a bit less with a yoga class but it's a lot to think about (not in a negative way!) It's very nice to think about all the things that go into planning and teaching a yoga class and that every class is very well prepared if you do it right.
Also all of the yoga philosophy and yoga history which maybe wasn't surprising but very nice to know and also very important to learn about if you want to be a teacher.
What advice would you give somone that was about to start an intensive yoga teacher training like this one?
Have a regular yoga practice before and know what you are getting yourself into especially physically. I did that before coming here and I think that it was a good basis because you know you're not going to be dead after doing at least 2 hours of yoga each day because it can be a lot along with all the content that you learn, so it's nice to have a strong physical basis to power you through.
Thanks so much Vicky!
You can learn more about Vicky’s experience by listening to her episode about her 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training in Spain here :)