Yoga Teacher Training - Byron Yoga Centre
Yoga teachers of Byron Yoga Centre July 2022
I’m starting this blog, sitting under a pagoda, on a bean bag with a blanket over my lap and staring out into the beautiful lush greenery of Australia. I’m 17 days in to my 20 day intensive and I’m feeling really reflective of the experience I’ve had here these past few weeks.
I initially thought about coming to byron yoga centre to do my yoga training 4 years ago when travelling to australia, but plans went awry and I came home and didn't think much about it. Here I am finally, and I’ve had the most amazing experience. When I started the year off I was working in local government as a business analyst and my brain was nowhere near the world of yoga teaching. I was unhappy and knew I wanted to get out of the corporate world but I had no idea at the time that I would end up here 6 months later.
I was both nervous and excited to travel to Byron bay to do my yoga training, people kept asking me “were there none in the UK” (home) I could do, but there were a few reasons I chose here to have this experience. 1) I’ve been drawn to Australia ever since I last came, 2) This was the course I had initially thought about doing all those years ago, 3) It cost me just as much to fly to australia, stay here for a month, eat and train and get my 200 hour YTT certificate as it did for a non residential without food at home…. for me it was a no brainer and an opportunity to come back to this beautiful country.
I was super nervous when I arrived on site for training, I was in a quad share room and hoped I had nice and “normal” roomies for the next 20 days. Thankfully, I not only have the most wonderful human beings as roomies, literally every single individual on this course has a beautiful soul. We have all connected and bonded with eahcother so deeply, its crazy to think we have only known each other for a mere 17 days and not years. We’ve cried in front of each other, discussed our fears and our worries, our dreams and our hopes and we’ve all supported and nurtured each other throughout this intense experience. I feel really blessed to have met them all and really hope to maintain the relationships.
The training itself has been intense, but it is an intensive after all. I have learnt SO MUCH and I am SO glad I chose here to do my training. They really have left no stone unturned. I’ve had ample teaching experience with the public and it’s already leaving me feeling confident to go straight out into the world and put my new skills to use. I have developed confidence in new areas and I’ve also healed a lot here. Released some stuck emotions, found clarity on things and learnt so much more about myself. I’ve learnt new ways to meditate and connected with the amazing benefits of breathwork. There is so much I am going to take home and I really hope I can keep the amazing habits i’ve started here up. The food here has also been amazing, its all ayurvedic and vegetarian/vegan and I feel amazing! I’ve tried new things that I definitely want to ty making back home also. I’ve fallen in love with yoga philosophy, it aligns with so many of my core beliefs systems and it feels so nice to be surrounded by a group of people that I can talk about all these things with and them actually know what I’m talking about. I feel like I have found some of my soul tribe here and I’m going to be really sad to let them go.
I want to sign off with some gratitude for the experience I’ve had.
Thank you to the beautiful sunrises that got me out of bed every morning. Thank you to the beautiful souls I got to share this experience alongside. Thank you to the teachers who shared their wisdom so effortlessly and clearly. Thank you to the staff who made the experience pleasurable with a clean environment and yummy food. Thank you to the teachers before us who passed the wisdom of yoga down so I could experience its magic. Thank you to everyone I spent time with and shared heartfelt moments with. on this trip. Thank you universe for helping me make this happen. Thank you to me for doing a bloody good job and taking a chance.
