| Once an intern graduates from a Yoga teacher | | | | correspondence Yoga teacher courses are a viable |
| training course, there are many high expectations. | | | | option, as well. |
| Within each of us, these expectations will differ, | | | | Read as much as you can about Yoga. If you can |
| because we do not all want the same thing. There are | | | | read Yoga books and Yoga magazines for one hour |
| many different fields for Yoga teachers to pursue. | | | | per day, you will have amassed 365 hours of study in |
| Physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional health will not | | | | one year. If you get tired of reading, watch a new |
| be addressed equally by any two Yoga teachers. | | | | Yoga DVD for an hour. |
| One Yoga teacher might focus on Yoga as an | | | | If you did this every day, for four years, you would |
| exercise, while another will address the therapeutic | | | | easily be a "strong teacher" about the subject of |
| aspects of Yoga, and yet another will address the | | | | Yoga. If you continued to do this for ten years, or |
| spiritual aspects of "Union." These are just a few of | | | | more, you could become one of the most |
| many potential possibilities, but there is a common | | | | knowledgeable Yoga teachers in the world. |
| formula to be the best you can be. | | | | If you study Yoga for life, you will become the best |
| If you have become a Yoga teacher, you are already | | | | you can be. This commitment to excellence only |
| doing what you love, but many of your students do not | | | | requires one hour per day. This formula is not complex |
| love their occupations. Your passion and inspiration for | | | | or difficult, but most certified graduates, of any subject, |
| life should be contagious. Students want to learn from | | | | will not take the action to begin, persist, and endure, |
| a Yoga teacher who is "full of life." | | | | because most people are not self-starters. |
| Make an internal commitment to excellence. This | | | | It is only human to perform better in a structured |
| commitment requires constant effort and action. | | | | setting - where deadlines for examinations are set and |
| Unfortunately, most of the world gives up and refuses | | | | enforced. This is how we earn college degrees or |
| to take action. This lack of action is to your advantage, | | | | become a certified Yoga teacher. What separates the |
| if you take the next few steps. | | | | top ten percent of any field, from the rest, is the |
| Learn as much as you can, and practice as often as | | | | inspiration and motivation, which burns like a fire from |
| possible. This may require you to take more Yoga | | | | within. |
| courses, and visit Yoga teacher workshops. Online and | | | | |