Completing my yoga teacher training has left me feeling humbled and deeply grateful.

This moment does not feel like an ending, or even a clear arrival. It feels more like a threshold. A quiet crossing into a deeper relationship with the practice, with myself, and with what it may mean to guide others one day. This is all part of my teacher journey that began with yoga teacher training.

For now, what feels most true is this: I am still a student. In fact, the journey through yoga teacher training has shown me how open I must remain.

Though I have completed this chapter of formal training, I do not feel rushed to claim certainty. In many ways, the training has only shown me how much there is to learn — not only about postures and sequencing, but about presence, discernment, responsibility, and the sacredness of holding space. That realization does not discourage me. It humbles me. And humility, I am learning, may be one of the most important foundations for any teacher. In reflection, this yoga teacher journey is ongoing.

I am grateful for all that this path has already offered me. Yoga has not entered my life as a performance or accomplishment, but as an extension of a much deeper inner practice. For me, physical yoga is intimately connected to Meditation. It is another doorway into awareness. Another way of preparing the body, mind, and spirit to take the seat. It is a practice of listening, of softening, of becoming available to what is true. In addition, my yoga teacher training journey deepened my connection to both the physical and inner work of yoga.

That is why I find myself reflecting less on whether I am “ready to teach” in the conventional sense, and more on how to bring the practice forward in a meaningful way.

I do feel an inner pull — an itch, really — to bring this practice to my Harlem community. Not as something trendy or performative, but as something grounding, sincere, and needed. I want to offer yoga in a way that honors both spirit and culture. In a way that makes room for self-knowledge, breath, presence, and preparation for Meditation. In a way that feels accessible, rooted, and real. Furthermore, sharing my experience of the yoga teacher training journey can help others connect more deeply with their own practice.

This next season will not be about rushing into a title. It will be about listening more closely. Stepping forward, I carry learnings from my yoga teacher training journey.

Beginning in April, I will start developing my classes in the Percolator at RokmilWE. I see this as a sacred stage of becoming — a time to contemplate, refine, and shape a yoga offering that I can stand behind with integrity. I want these classes to be more than movement alone. I want them to reflect the values that brought me here: devotion, self-study, spiritual inquiry, embodiment, and care. Importantly, my yoga teacher training journey has encouraged me to focus on integrity and authenticity.

So perhaps this is what the teacher’s journey looks like, at least for me.

Not certainty, but sincerity.
Not mastery, but devotion.
Not a departure from learning, but a deeper commitment to it. Embracing the yoga teacher training journey means accepting growth and change.

I remain grateful for the teachers, the teachings, and the path itself. And as I step into this next chapter, I do so gently — with reverence for the practice, love for my community, and openness to what is still unfolding.

I am still a student.
And maybe that is exactly where a true teacher begins. In summary, the yoga teacher training journey is a continuous process of learning and growth.

In April, I began developing my classes at RokmilWE — with humility, gratitude, and a desire to bring this practice to Harlem in a meaningful way.