How I Learned A Big Lesson While Teaching...

How I Learned A Big Lesson While Teaching...

October 2009 I attended a 200 hour International yoga certification in Koh Sumui, Thailand...

I had already been a student of yoga for the past 10 years and now it was time to step up and go deeper into the philosophy and practice of yoga....

I then arrived in Vietnam end of November 2009 and have lived there ever since....

Even though I just completed 4 weeks of yoga teacher training I still was a newbee at managing the class and giving a great experience....

I remember one of my first classes, I got some feedback, someone mentioned that I will never come back to this class because I did not even work up a sweat...

With that feedback I decided to master the art of teaching yoga and I needed to practice, practice, practice...

I quickly filled my schedule with 5 yoga classes a day 6 days a week...

Wow, did I have a quick learning curve...

With each class I was able to modify and get better...

By the end of the first month I had practiced over 100 yoga classes and my body was tired as I do all the postures with my students every class...

My body was still getting use to my new routine...

I remember very clearly on a Friday night at the end of the first month how I had 1 more class to complete at a small skin care and beauty center....

It was a 7.30 pm class and I was so tired...

I arrived in the small studio and there were no students so I though I may have the night off which would suit me very well as I was so tired...

At 7.29 pm I heard foot steps walking up the stairs so I mentally started to prepare myself to to teach...

The young lady arrived, introduced ourselves and got straight into it....

I said, tonight we can start class in Savasana, lying down on our backs for a few minutes to prepare...

All of a sudden, I sit up very quickly and I see the student up on one elbow looking over at me....

I looked at my watch, I had been asleep for the past 15 min....

My eyes were red, we looked at each other, very calmly I said, are you ready to begin?

My learning lesson was....

When your tired, don't start your yoga class lying down on your back, in Savasana... 

Another big lesson was that after any form of training we must practice, practice, practice to own the skill and become a master...

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