Becoming a yoga instructor or teacher in your own community is one of the several ways of giving service or providing a service that benefits everyone.

So the question that I asked myself, almost 20 years ago, and you may ask it of yourself is:

“What are you going to do when you are finished with working, or when work has finished with you?”

My answer came by way of a yoga retreat where I met my yoga instructor with whom I trained for over 3 years to obtain my Yoga Alliance YA-500Hrs qualification.

There are 2 points worth noting in your own life:

1. We know that the average age in the UK and Europe is 84 Years for Women and 81 Years for Men. That is the average. So even on normal retirement age, there will be anywhere between 15 to 40 years of living to be had. What is going to be the quality of your life in retirement?
    
2. Apart from a fair salary, what other satisfaction do you get out of the job or the service that you give at the moment?

In my case this second question became the most important. I had arrived at that stage in life where I really didn't like my job. It paid well but there was no other satisfaction.

Anyone can become a Yoga Teacher or Instructor. Yes it does require some yoga background but essentially any person, regardless of what they are doing now, can train and become a yoga instructor / teacher.

Here again the important factor is WHY?  Why become a yoga instructor?

 
Why not take a few minutes and consider the following. And this is very much my case:

• I have the freedom to earn by doing something I really enjoyed.
• I have the opportunity to provide a service to my students that gives them a good feeling of their own good health.
• It is the most satisfactory business that I have ever been involved with.
• Although I have had to adjust my life-style, it is a wonderful way of making a living.
• I know that if I had not made the life-style changes that yoga has brought in to my life, my own health and condition of my body and mind would have deteriorated.
• As a yoga teacher I get the opportunity to empower my students to do all that Yoga can afford to reach to a satisfactory life-style.

As a business, it is one of the finest opportunities. It is understood that, in any community, only between half and 3 percent of the population ever practice yoga. This ancient art of self-healing is just not on everyone’s radar. So the opportunity is the vast market of the rest of the population that knows, understands, and are also aware that Yoga is something that will give them good health and a quiet mind.

My personal definition of happiness is: “good health and a quiet mind”.

So the answer to the question is…...

Why not become a yoga instructor and take this discipline and this science of Yoga in to local halls, colleges, schools, offices, sports centres as well as retreats in exotic places. Possibilities of extending and enjoying your own life are endless.

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