This May, we’re inviting you to reconnect with your practice, your breath, and your community with our Rise & Shine Yoga Challenge: a month-long journey to honor the magic of early morning movement.

If you’re considering this journey, know that you’re not alone. Every budding teacher begins with questions, doubts, and a sense of wonder about what lies ahead. But with the right training, support, and intention, you can blossom—not just as a teacher, but as a human. Here are five questions to ask as you consider this path:

In high school, I wanted to be a hippie, and when a super crunchy friend invited me to a yoga class with her, I jumped on it enthusiastically. We went to a flow class at the YMCA in Hendersonville. I stumbled through it, confused by the foreign concept of a Sun Salutation and wondering what the heck a Warrior 2 was.

That blade of grass? That verdant, striking, beautiful green frond lives inside me too. When I gaze upon what in my mind is nature’s splendor, I am celebrating that splendor that exists within me, too.

Self-love is the practice of connecting to your True Nature. It involves seeing yourself and others as more than this body-mind complex. It involves seeing yourself and others as Brahman.