@RedTravellingSocks
Sorry for the late reply! I left a very stressful job and had a few months free afterwards. I’d been covering for my teacher when she was away on a few occasions, so thought it best to do some training. ( Although you do not need any formal qualifications to teach, it’s still a good idea for others safety)
So, I went to Chiang Mai in Northern Thailand (I’d been many times previously), rented a really cool small apartment And did my training over 9 weeks with about 9 other (young Thai!)mI was going to go to another place in KohSamui and do it in 4, but felt it was too intense physically for me, I was 45 at the time, and too many students .. about 50)
When I came back, I taught friends and neighbours (SO terrifying at first)then at a gym, then my teacher went back to Australia and I took over her classes and private students.
I usually teach between 5-12 classes a week now.
Don’t forget you can do your YTT in the UK at weekend, over many months and even online (although I would not recommend this; maybe certain elements such as anatomy and history, but not the rest)
Plus, when you study with others it’s great fun and you will make friends for life.
You will realise that every other person you meet is a yoga teacher, and the market is saturated with the Lululemon crowd, but there are a lot of people who are not comfortable being taught my bendy 25 year old dancers and gym bunnies (Nothing wrong with them at all) and appreciate a teacher more relatable to themselves. And any yoga is good if it gets people thinking, feeling and moving as far as I’m concerned.
Be careful of injuries too as it can set you back massively if you over do it. The goal, if there is one, is to be doing it well into your old age. X