What is one thing that every yoga teacher trainee must do?
Expect the Unexpected!
Share your experience with your loved ones – this will help shape and strengthen your support network. The more aware they are, the easier it will be for them to listen and be there for you.

What is one thing that every yoga teacher trainee must avoid?
Forgetting that boundaries and finish lines do not exist when one is learning. Wholehearted dedication to self study and personal practice will harvest the best reward.

We cannot hold a torch to light another’s path without brightening our own.–Ben Sweetland

Is being a yoga teacher just trendy or is it here to stay?
For some, it is a trend and one cannot judge the path that those are travelling. With luck those individuals will meet a teacher who will share the traditions and origins of yoga that have withstood time. As the stability and history of yoga is understood it is then obvious what amazing gifts a teacher can give to the world around them and within.

Can a yoga teacher still be successful if they are in a crowded niche?
If the teacher remains true to themselves, then yes, they will be successful. Every individual has unique gifts to offer and likewise there are special people waiting to receive them.

A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving.--Albert Einstein

What has the yoga teacher training done for you?
The training has opened my heart and inner courage to pursue my dreams for a full and healthy life. It has allowed me to become more comfortable in my own skin.

Laura Young, Burlington, Ontario   LOGANL@dal.ca

I would like to believe when I die that I have given myself away like a tree that sows seed every spring and never counts the loss, because it is not loss, it is adding to future life. It is the tree’s way of being. Strongly rooted perhaps, but spilling out its treasure on the wind.–May Sarton

Laura Young graduated in 2008 through Body Therapies Yoga Training, Hamilton, Ontario. www.yogatogo.com