Read our latest Blog Entry Tanyas Journey karmateachers/tanyas-journey-from-karma-teachers-to-full-time-yoga-teacher/ What Karma Teachers means to me – Tanya Skok Hobbs (From Karma Teachers to Full time Yoga Teacher) I remember moving to Vancouver just 10 months ago, January 9th 2013. It was a big step for many reasons, but I had also just completed my 200 hour yoga teacher training in December and I was really eager to start teaching. I knew that being in Vancouver would make it extra difficult, not only because that is what everyone says to you all the time, but also it was a new city for me. Also Vancouver is the mecca for yogis in Canada – if you wanted to practice and teach with some of the best teachers in Canada, get exposed to the most variety of practices and grow your personal practice all at the same time then Vancouver is and was the place to be. I had set the goal for myself at teacher training that I would teach one class a week for the first six months out of teacher training. Shortly, after arriving in Vancouver I realized that despite my “go get’em” attitude, achieving the goal was going to be something very different then setting the goal. I had been back in the city a month and had taught one “karma” class at Exhale and was really itching to get teaching more. All I could think about was if I wasn’t using my teaching skills, then I was losing them and that in order to get better at teacher I needed to practice, practice, practice. Oh and practice, practice, and practice some more. A friend of mine, a fellow Karma Teacher (Jakub), told me about Karma Teachers and how it was a great place for teachers getting started and that I should check out their website and send in an application. So that is what I did – my first yoga resume. I then went to Karma Teachers one chilly Thursday night in February, took Jakub’s class and met Emerson. I remember being extremely nervous!! Emerson was so warm and welcoming and asked me if I could sub for a class that coming Saturday, I immediately said yes, without really even thinking it through. I spent the next 2 days lesson planning and being nervous as Emerson had told me that he was going to come to the class and I really wanted to make a good impression, as I realized that it would be kinda of like an audition. My nervousness in that first class is something that Emerson and I both laugh about now. Despite my nerves, after subbing that class Emerson offered me a regular weekly class at a prime time and I was able to achieve the goal I set for myself in teacher training. I was also able to practice my teaching, start getting regular students and build confidence as a teacher. Karma Teachers was exactly what I needed. It gave me a home, a community. Karma Teachers gave me the opportunity to grow teaching yoga beyond just a dream and make it into a reality. I am now teaching two classes a week at Karma teachers. Emerson has also provided me the space to grow as a teacher promoting my classes and workshops. Now I am subbing at different studios in the city, which feels incredible. I have recently quit my job and I am off to take another teacher training with Shiva Rea in Costa Rica in December and then teach a retreat of my own in Nicaragua in January. I am now pursuing my passion, yoga as a full-time career, something I have dreamed of for some time. Karma Teachers gave me the space to grow as a teacher and Karma Teachers will always be my home. What Emerson and Karma Teachers offer to the yoga community in Vancouver, to new and up and coming teachers and to yogis throughout the city is truly a unique and beautiful thing. I am filled with so much gratitude. I look forward to reconnecting with my students in February – look for a workshop coming your way!! “Act without Expectation.” Lao Tzu Follow me on my travels: choochootraveler.wordpress
Posted on: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 17:17:23 +0000
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