Preparing for Yoga Teacher Training
I told you in the last post that you don’t have to be super bendy to become a yoga teacher. And that’s true! That said, I want to go into my Yoga Teacher Training feeling healthy and strong. Here’s my plan:
🩺 Overall Health
Reminder, to my midlife friends: Just because your HRT was working, doesn’t mean it will continue working forever. I just had my annual checkups done and I’m so glad my doctor suggested running blood tests. My results came back wacky, so we made some changes. Now I’m on a different regime and I’m already feeling more energetic and focused.
🦴 Joints and Bones
I’ve had a shoulder injury for way too long (low estrogen didn’t help), so my doctor suggested I add a collagen supplement to my routine. I was put off by the idea at first because it’s a powder you stir into water, which sounded disgusting. But it just arrived today - I tried it and it’s actually not bad! I recommend it. It’s not cheap, but if it cures my shoulder pain, it will be worth it. (btw, Apparently you’re supposed to take it with Vitamin C for better absorption.)
I also started to see a physiotherapist who down-right astonished me with her diagnosis and treatment plan. The key, of course, is YOU HAVE TO DO THE PHYSIO. You can’t just think about doing it and have your pain magically disappear. If you live in west London and need a physio, I recommend Becca van Klinken.
🧐 Mindset
I mean, I guess I put this here because it feels like I should? But the truth is that I feel pretty excited and “ready” to start training. The only thing I'm worried about, I guess, is the day I’ll have to start actually teaching… but that’s why we train, right?
⏰ Time
One of my favourite podcasts is The Creative Penn by Joanna Penn. She writes about all things AI as it pertains to running an author business. Anyway, she was talking about a presentation she heard at Author Nation which I think applies to this topic:
“If you want to start something new, you need to first stop doing two things: first quit the easy thing, then quit the hard thing.”
As a person who routinely sets too many goals - this advice really hit home! We can’t do all the things all the time. I suppose that’s why I didn’t start YTT until now! I am no longer a full time parent, so I have space in my life for this.
That said, I do have other goals and projects I’d like to accomplish this year... But for Q1, my priority is Yoga Teacher Training. And blogging. And maybe writing another book (but not until February).
xo, L