As yoga teachers we all know what a yoga ashram is.  Many of us have probably even been or stayed on a yoga ashram.  In fact a lot of us may have completed our yoga teacher training course on an ashram.

But how many of us are still drawing from the well of the ashram still today?

The yoga ashram still has an abundance to offer even when a yoga teacher is well established and running their own yoga business.

Firstly for any burnt out yoga teachers, the ashram offers a place of rejuvenation and return to self.  It is a common problem that yoga teachers have full schedules and have difficulty with finding enough time for themselves.  Yoga teachers are often burnt out running from session to session.

The ashram is a great place to take some time out and take stock and regain ones energies and focus on oneself and practice.

Taking it a step further, the yoga ashram is a great place to reinforce all that has been learnt.  A return to the ashram, means integrating previous teachings and acquiring higher levels of understanding and knowledge.

All of this means, taking your practice to the next level.  A chance to deepen your yoga practice.  An opportunity to connect with yourself at a deeper level and your yoga practice.

Ashrams offer further teacher trainings and courses too.  If there is something you would love to integrate into your teaching or practice return to learn this.  

As a yoga teacher, learning new aspects of ones practice means keeping practice fresh and alive.  This is where the ashram helps.

Ashrams are often running different courses and teachings like advanced pranayama, yoga anatomy and physiology refreshers, yoga therapy courses, detoxification courses and asana specific workshops.  Taking further trainings such as these courses is a way to keep your knowledge fresh and vital.

This a great way to increase your own knowledge and deepen your own practice at the same time.  However, all of this in the end also gets transmitted back to your student and in the end – everyone benefits.  Everyone benefits.  Your students receive better classes and you become a better teacher.

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