I am currently in the throws of being a student on an advanced teacher training course. Yep – I’ve gone back to bending school and my inner yoga geek could not be more delighted. There are around 50 of us on the course in total and, as is the case with these sorts of things, we’re a diverse bunch. (Okay, not so diverse in gender, but a big ‘yay’ for the handful of blokes). Some people are full-time teachers, others teaching whenever life allows. We’ve got people who seem to have the Being Bendy and Inherently Graceful genes firmly in their system, and others for whom just getting heels to the floor in downward facing dog is a wonderful cause for celebration.
And again, as is the case with these sort of things, everyone is a genuinely lovely human. Whatever our level of practice, or our reason for taking to a yoga mat in the first place, or the amount of external rotation available in our shoulder girdle, we’ve all been brought together by the same reasons; to deepen our understanding of this awesome practice and make ourselves better teachers.