Drawing From The Well Of Yoga Ashram For Yoga Teachers
The yoga ashram is a usually quite a well known concept for the yoga teacher. As yoga teachers we may have stayed on a yoga ashram. In fact a lot of us may have completed our yoga teacher training course on an ashram.
However are we as yoga teachers still drawing from the well spring of the ashram?
Even after obtaining teacher training certification and up and running as a yoga teacher and running a yoga business the yoga ashram still has much to offer.
For yoga teachers burnt out from teaching the ashram is a place of retreat and a step back to self. It is a common problem that yoga teachers have full schedules and have difficulty with finding enough time for themselves. Many yoga teachers are run ragged running from class to class.
Here the ashram offers a space to retreat to oneself, rebalance, regain energy and return to ones own practice.
Not only that, the ashram is a space to reinforce all what one has learnt prior. Returning to the ashram is an opportunity to gain higher levels of understanding having integrated prior teachings.
All of this means, taking your practice to the next level. A chance to deepen your yoga practice. The chance to reconnect with self and ones practice at a deeper level.
Ashrams offer further teacher trainings and courses too. If there is something you have always wanted to learn in your yoga practice or something you are passionate about – go back for more training.
As a yoga teacher, learning new aspects of ones practice means keeping practice fresh and alive. This is where the ashram helps.
Ashrams are often running different courses and teachings like advanced pranayama, yoga anatomy and physiology refreshers, yoga therapy courses, detoxification courses and asana specific workshops. This is a great way to keep your own learning fresh, active and vital.
Returning to the ashram is a fantastic approach to enhance understanding and further ones own practice. However the final result is that everyone benefits because the new trainings that you integrate into your own practice gets transmitted back to your students. Everyone benefits. Your students receive better classes and you become a better teacher.
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