18/12/2023
❣️❣️ Follow your joy ❣️❣️
“How did you start to teach classes ? “Did you start to teach as soon as you graduated?”
“How is it going?”
This year I’ve had many insightful talks with our recent and senior graduates. Over a tea, wine, via Zoom, at a cafe, on the phone, in written email, during a retreat or a training weekend.
For new-born yoga teachers the field is still mysterious and unknown. Some of us have been beating the path for some time already. Yet, the F.A.Q circles around same topics, believe or not.
How did it start and how is it going?
This year, with a happy heart I’ve been following how people have started their own retreats, kicked off bunch of new classes and created intriguing concepts and events. I’ve received beautifully written newsletters in my inbox, read powerful and wise words in blog posts and browsed through new websites. There’s been career shifts and moves to different countries I’ve been privileged to witness close by. New projects and jobs. More calm in one’s daily life. Deeper breaths. More shaking and less pain.
The thing is: some of these happened during the training or seconds after graduation and some took years of honing.
The common nominator I see is joy. And that’s a good one to think when honing your offerings and getting out there (or not) again next year 😌
You don’t need to start to teach right away. But you might be too excited not to. You don’t need to force out a newsletter. But if you have something valuable to say, please do. You can take break from teaching, do something else and get back to it later. You can teach classes only to your mum and friends. You can teach only yourself if you decide so! You can create heaps of reels if it’s inspiring , but if it takes the focus from whats important for you, does it make sense?
Your pace, place, space! Practice, class, presence!
As long as you follow your joy ❣️❣️❣️
I think joy keeps our offerings fresh, compassionate and authentic.
With joy,
Anna, pictured after community meditation session here at IG live. Feeling joyful.