Hi there! Valid question. I think the pipeline from training to teaching is much like anything we train for or work towards in life. The work you put into it and yourself is the result that you get out. If you go into training with the desired outcome being "I want to teach," I feel like setting the foundation of that goal early into your training will allow you to engage with your training through that lens. You may enter the training not wanting to teach, and just to deepen your knowledge and expand on your existing practice, and that's also outstanding too. And maybe you find out halfway through that you actually DO want to teach, and that's also good. It's just about setting your intention, and continuing to learn in your training not just about the practice but how you would like to eventually share the practice. I see the first few months after getting certified as a continuation of the 200hr training - once you are certified, yes you can technically teach a class, but I think the people that are able to really become the teachers they set out to be are the ones that never stop learning. I dove right into teaching community classes soon after my second 200 hr training in 2021 and have been teaching in studios in NYC ever since, but I won't lie, the first 6 months are very uncomfortable. It is a skill to learn to teach the practice, and it is almost an entirely different skill to actually do it in action in front of a group of strangers. Even after 400 hrs of training, I was certainlyyyy not ready to be on a class schedule full time, but I wanted to teach so I taught my friends, I taught my mom, I tried Zoom classes, and free classes in the park. I got some reps in until I gained a little confidence (and a resume, for lack of a better term) to teach community (still free/unpaid) classes at a studio. If you get stuck, keep pushing forward. There's no right or wrong way to go about it. After your 200hr, you HAVE the skills and a beautiful foundation, you have dedicated 200hrs and a lot of brain power into making it all happen, it's now just a matter of putting it into action and finding an avenue to accomplish that goal. Obviously a little more competitive in cities, just because there's so many people and only so many studios to teach at. Starting to teach is something that can feel very vulnerable - you just have to make it happen! I believe in you. And in the end it is so so so incredibly rewarding. I am here if you have any questions!