Yoga teacher training works for beginners and experienced practitioners alike. A 200-hour certification is like a bachelor's degree, giving you what you need to teach confidently. You don't need to master centuries of practice first, just like you wouldn't study electrical engineering before taking a basic course.
For me, I will work with people who know nothing about yoga and people who have been practicing for 30 years. Because to me, a yoga teacher training, especially the 200-hour, should teach you everything that you need to know to successfully and confidently go out and teach a yoga class. But also to make you feel like you kind of know something about yoga. Because to me, it's like a college. I think of the 200-hour teacher training as like your bachelor's degree. In yoga, and the 300-hour training is like your master's degree in yoga. So it's just about adding on and learning more. You would never have the unreasonable expectation that you should know everything about electrical engineering before signing up for that class. And it's the same with yoga. And I'll let you know, you'll never know everything about yoga because yoga is a centuries-old practice.
