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Karma: action is its own reward. If you are thinking of doing your 200 hour Yoga Training, this will help you understand the heart of yoga teaching.

It’s easy to give when there’s something coming back. So what happens after months of daily acts of care go by and those acts are unnoticed or taken for granted? What happens when kind words are met with scowls and growls and any action at all triggers criticism? Still brimming with unconditional love? Didn’t think so.

Morven Hamilton

Apr 19, 20244 min read

Karma: action is its own reward. If you are thinking of doing your 200 hour Yoga Training, this will help you understand the heart of yoga teaching.

Who Do We Want On Our 200 hour Yoga Training Course?

If you’re thinking about becoming a yoga teacher—or simply feeling the pull to dive deeper into your practice—you might be wondering if you’re “ready.” Let me be clear: I’m not looking for perfection. You don’t need to be able to chant the Yoga Sutra by heart - or, in fact, at all, or twist yourself into eye-watering contortions. Chaturanga isn't on the list of criteria. What I am looking for is something quite different.

200 hour Yoga Training Course in Weston-super-Mare

200 hour Yoga Teacher Training - Not bendy? Brilliant. You’ll be a better teacher for it.

So many people tell me they’d love to do a 200 hour yoga teacher training but: “I’m just not flexible enough.” “I can’t do a headstand.” “My balance isn't great” HONESTLY IT DOESN'T MATTER! Did I say that loudly enough?

200 hour yoga course participants drinking tea, chatting and laughing in the yoga studio

5 Unexpected Benefits of a Small-Group 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training (like ours in North Somerset!)

If you’re considering a YTT, you might be weighing up options: weekend or intensive? Online or in-person? But here’s one more question to ask yourself — do I want to learn in a large group or a small one?

200 hour Yoga Teacher Training, Weston-super-Mare

What If Your “Weaknesses” Are Actually Your Strengths? (Dear New Yoga Teachers, This One’s for You Now you've fnished your 200 hour Yoga Training)

So, you’ve graduated from your 200-hour yoga teacher training. You’ve chanted the final Om, folded up your manual, and maybe even taught your first few classes. And now… cue the inner critic. I want to talk about some of the common “weaknesses” new yoga teachers experience — and why they might actually be signs that you’re right on track.