Experience, Skills, and Personality Traits
Any volunteer or paid experience you can obtain teaching yoga or Pilates classes will be useful.
Yoga and Pilates instructors are expected to be flexible and physically fit, but they do not have to be in superhuman shape. The American Yoga Association has established a list of strict qualities that instructors should adhere to (maintain a vegetarian diet, act ethically), but the basic qualities of every good instructor are the same: to be knowledgeable and passionate about your craft and be a patient and thorough instructor.
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