How To Pick the Right Yoga Teacher Training Course?

If you have been practicing yoga for a while, you may feel you want to take your practice to the next level, as well as learn more about this beautiful discipline and perhaps teach one day. And there is no better place to do this than a good yoga teacher training course. But, with so much on offer, it's important to pick the right fit for you. If you pick right, your teacher training can be one of the most memorable experiences of your life, it can help you change, grow and build good foundations for becoming a teacher, but if you don't take time to research, it can be a very disappointing one. It's your time and hard earned money, make sure you take your time with this.

But, amongst so many yogatraining in Rishikesh courses, how do you pick the one that is right for you?

I get this question a lot, coming from students, friends, friends of friends etc. who can't attend my training but, often confused, reach out to me to help them choose. And I can understand why; there is so much on offer out there and so much choice can be overwhelming. I am always happy to help and I do, but mostly with tips on what to look out for, and not choosing something for someone. At the end of the day, this is a very personal choice and one no one can make for you.

I wanted to write a blog about this for a long time now, but being a teacher trainer myself, I was always worried that some of my peers might take some things they don't agree with, personally. This is not my intention at all of course, and everything I will write here is just my opinion, nothing else. Some are based on my beliefs and some on my experience. But, as a yoga teacher, I feel my responsibility lies in serving the community, and that is my intention with this post. I hope it serves and helps some of you reading it.

Pick the right method

I had a student on one of my retreats who wanted to do a Vinyasa based teacher training, but not much was available at the time in her city, so she contemplated other methods as well. In the end, she picked a Zen yoga teacher training which is very much rooted in the Chinese yoga tradition, not much in Indian, and is very different from what she originally wanted. I never heard back from her about whether or not she was happy with her training, but I remember telling her one thing. If you love the Portuguese language and dream of living in Portugal one day, learning German or even Spanish doesn't make much sense. If you love and practice Vinyasa, and you feel one day you would like to teach it, pick a Vinyasa TTC. But a good one;).

I have heard many stories, some funny, some not so funny, some even traumatic. Do your research and be smart.

This will help you find the right yoga teacher training in a Rishikesh course right away!