September has the feel of a fresh start. Even if your year isn't organized by a school schedule (or even if school started in August), we all have an imprint of "back to school" in our bones from at least 12 years of body memory. The smell of the classroom, the crispness of a new notebook, the way we settled into the routine of the week.

In the past, I've tried describing Teacher Training as Life Training (as many past students have called it). I make the language as welcoming and permissive as I can to those who don't want to teach. This program is for everyone.

But why should they have to pay the same amount and have the same intensive homework and requirements? I created a yearlong program (The Daily Craft) with the intention of giving a similar opportunity to non-teachers. But nothing is like the 5-month immersion of TT.