Advancing your own asana practice is a great way to stay content and connected. It also makes your teachings more authentic as you learn so much about yourself, and by doing so learn a lot about how your students can experience things. 

When you grow your own practice it can work as an inspiration for your classes, and by gaining new skills you also get the opportunity to keep developing your students. 

We often hear that yoga is so much more than the asana practice, and it is! But when you think of it, what you mostly teach your studends is asana so having a strong self practice would be an excellent way to become a better teacher. 

And having an advanced practice is of course not about the poses we come into or the transitions we perform, it’s about the journey there and what we learn about ourselves during that journey.