How Many Students in Bikram Yoga Teacher Training?

If you are wondering how many students there are in Bikram Yoga Teacher Trainings, then it depends. Some schools are like factories, and will try to get as many students as possible at a hefty $10,000 price tag per student. You can imagine the profit margin for a studio that has even 10 students in a teacher training, let alone 50 to 60. In your own best interest, you should find a studio that has a low student to teacher ratio to be sure that you will learn yoga safely and advance your practice based on your own personal strengths and weaknesses, and not those of a mass crowd.

Every yoga student, and this includes yoga teachers who are considered forever-students, will find that there are certain areas in their bodies which tend to take longer to open up. After a few years or even a few months of consistent yoga practice, most yogis know where they ‘store their stuff.’ Some of us hold our emotional baggage in our hips, others in their neck and shoulders. Everyone is a little different. This is what makes us great teachers in different regards, since we can most often help others the best, that have a similar tendency to hold stress where we do. If you attend a yoga teacher training that doesn’t address the multiple places we ‘store out stuff’ then you will end up leaving with little knowledge that will benefit your students. You will more than likely, instead, practice as you always have, stressing the same points and focusing on the same muscles, and thereby the same emotional trigger points.

If you have recovered from an injury, for example, you don’t want to be stuck in a class of fifty, where there is no way a teacher can properly get to know each student and their bodies. Some of the most amazing yoga teachers have an ability to watch someone in their practice and know exactly what they are dealing with or working through, but even the best teacher cannot watch a class of more than fifteen or twenty with any sort of mindfulness. In a highly populated Bikram Yoga Teacher Training, you can end up getting lost in the crowd.

When you apply for a Bikram Yoga Teacher Training, call or email and ask for the maximum class size. Ask if they are close to capacity and if there is one teacher or numerous teachers that will facilitate your teaching. It is in your best interest to take a little extra time in determining ultimate class size, so that you can get what you need from the teachers. In a smaller class, not only will you bond with a good teacher but you can ask questions as you go without feeling like you are interrupting a class, or address concerns that might not come up in a larger crowd.

Since there are Bikram Yoga Teacher Trainings all over the world, you can concentrate on finding a great studio but also a small class that fits your budget and time constraints as well.

Bikram Yoga Teacher Training Reviews

It takes courage and intelligence, you know, to do the stages of Yoga right, and to start with this Hatha Yoga… It’s just you and nothing but you, standing in one spot frozen like a statue with no place to go for help or excuse or scapegoat except inward. -Bikram Choudhury

If you are looking for a Bikram Yoga Teacher Training Review to best determine where to attend a seminar or certification course, then there are lots of ways to gain an insight into a particular studio or Bikram teacher without actually having attended a class. Sites like ‘yelp’ or other social networking mediums are a great way to determine other’s opinions of a course or studio and if you would want to go there yourself.

Many people will post not only their opinions of an instructor, like “yells out orders like a military police woman” or “kind and even personality – I wanted to try harder to do every pose, just to make them happy,” but also comments on the studio itself and even the other students who attend it, such as, “the worst hygienic environment ever. It smelled horrible, sweaty, unclean towels on the floor and pore quality showers and locker room,” or, “Is this still yoga? I felt like I was in a boxing gym circa Rocky in 1983. YUCK,” or, “this is one of the most beautiful studios I have ever seen with zebra wood floors, air purifiers, and clean towels available at the front desk and free, locally-source water. I highly recommend it.”

There are a lot of Bikram studios out there, and sure enough, each will reflect the overall professionalism and style of its owner. If you are used to hearing all the Sanskrit names for poses in a yoga session, then you might feel disheartened in a studio that doesn’t say anything in Sanskrit at all. If you want to be ordered around like you’re in the army because you need that treatment to get your butt moving, then you may not like a studio that has a more laid-back atmosphere. Checking out a studio’s reviews is a great way to get a feel for how they do business and what kind of yoga community attends their studios. Is it all rich stay at home moms, or a mix of tattooed artists and students getting by on ramen noodles and a frequent yoga session?

Bikram Yoga Teacher Training Reviews are a great way to take a sneak peek into an environment. Don’t waste a month’s pay singing up for a studio on the first day either. Try their specials or free-class days, which are often talked up in reviews. This is another way to check them out without buying the farm, so to speak. If you aren’t happy at one Bikram studio, there are surely many others within a small radius that you can try. If you like to sweat, that’s only one part of a Bikram yoga class experience. Find the best one to suit your particular needs and taste.