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5 Things to Know Before You Start Yoga Teacher Training

Learning and practising yoga is one thing. If you wish to become a yoga teacher, it is a different matter altogether. As a yoga practitioner you need have only limited knowledge and physical as well as mental capabilities in order to get the hoped for benefits. A yoga teacher must have profound knowledge and wisdom besides supreme capability in yogic practices.

Here are 5 things you must know before you plan on joining yoga teacher training India at Akshara Yoga School based courses from the best yoga gurus.



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Knowledge
A yoga teacher must be a brahmand or universe of knowledge and wisdom, especially as regards yoga and its four main branches: karma yoga, raja yoga, bhakti yoga and jnana yoga with subsects such as hatha yoga. Knowledge of karma yoga helps him become objective and dispassionate, believing in helping others without expectations of reward. Raja yoga is the science of physical and mental well being encompassing yama, niyamas, asanas, pranayama and dhyana. In order to become a yoga guru, you must first undergo yoga teacher training from a guru who is adept in all these 8 branches and become adept practitioner yourself to attain the state of Samadhi or super-consciousness. You can teach just the physical aspects in which case you would need to be physically fit and actually demonstrate even the most difficult poses but being a guru yourself helps you impart transcendental knowledge and techniques to your students. Jnana Yoga deals with knowledge which you can do without but possession of which is extremely useful in attaining greater spirituality.

2
Patience
Yoga poses look easy and are, if you have a flexible body but not everyone has it, especially those with deskbound jobs. You must have infinite patience and understanding to be able to teach yoga to students who might range in age from 8 to 80.

3.
Mind body control
With practice a yoga student transitions from a being with a body and a fractured mind to a guru with a unified and harmonized mind controlling the body and keeping it in balance. You become objective and attain a state of spirituality through incessant practice under a guru when you undergo extended yoga teacher training India based institutes offer.


4
Yoga transcends religion
Yoga transcends religion and puts you on a higher plane as you will find when you train to become a yoga teacher in the top yoga teacher training courses. Your vision and perspective of the world, and of people, change. 

5
It is hard work and requires lifelong dedication
Yoga is not learnt in a day. Becoming a yoga teacher takes a life time of commitment and dedication to a way of life. You could earn money or you could just do it to spread knowledge. At that stage, it does not really matter but what does matter is you are helping people become holistically healthy.

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