Finished it. Nailed it. Couple weeks ago actually. Good thing I'm better at teaching yoga than at blogging.
I felt really confident and did really well during my final. The last few weeks have actually been really busy with my job job, and I've been neglecting my practice since my final. Next step: I have to sell myself to yoga studios. Shop around. Find a good fit. Get on a sub list. As far as I can tell it's a full time job to find a yoga job, esp. in a city as over saturated with yogis as Seattle. But I have faith!! I really am/will be an excellent teacher.
I have to admit I was not "totally changed" by my teacher training. I really enjoyed it, for sure, and loved getting a chance to dive into something so great so fully. I think, however, that a lot of the "life changing" stuff people experience from a yoga teacher training were the parts of yoga I had already been exposed to and which brought me to yoga in the first place. I am lucky to have come to yoga from a metaphysical perspective... first appreciating meditation, contentment, oneness, etc., etc. and then realizing that the physical asana practice was also something I loved. For me the most value of the training came from knowing proper alignments and how to safely teach them.
Anyways, I'm really excited to make sharing all of it with others a part of my life. I know I will be the kind of teacher who keeps people coming back for more.
I just need to get around to writing a(nother) resume.... *grumble grumble grumble
