I took a yoga teacher training course back in my early 30s with the idea of incorporating teaching yoga into my career. I loved the whole training program up until the part where I had to sequence and teach courses to my classmates. I very quickly realized that while I love yoga, teaching a roomful of people was not something that brought me joy. Now, I still beat myself up for several years about not finishing the course and being “a quitter”, but that is another topic of discussion.
Knowing what I like to do just for the love of doing it and not tying productivity or finances into it is a crucial life skill I hadn’t known existed until my forties, and I am now wise enough to be grateful for that yoga teacher training experience.
Passion is so powerful and doesn't have to be tied to finances, though I think we often feel productive when we pursue a passion. There may be instances when we don't. Thank you for sharing!!
You are so welcome! I wish I had learned back in my twenties that my worth is not tied to my productivity. I do grieve for the decades lost running myself ragged. And at the same time I am grateful to be learning and putting that into practice now instead of losing another two decades.
I took a yoga teacher training course back in my early 30s with the idea of incorporating teaching yoga into my career. I loved the whole training program up until the part where I had to sequence and teach courses to my classmates. I very quickly realized that while I love yoga, teaching a roomful of people was not something that brought me joy. Now, I still beat myself up for several years about not finishing the course and being “a quitter”, but that is another topic of discussion.
Knowing what I like to do just for the love of doing it and not tying productivity or finances into it is a crucial life skill I hadn’t known existed until my forties, and I am now wise enough to be grateful for that yoga teacher training experience.
Passion is so powerful and doesn't have to be tied to finances, though I think we often feel productive when we pursue a passion. There may be instances when we don't. Thank you for sharing!!
You are so welcome! I wish I had learned back in my twenties that my worth is not tied to my productivity. I do grieve for the decades lost running myself ragged. And at the same time I am grateful to be learning and putting that into practice now instead of losing another two decades.