CorePower Yoga

The Yogi Should Be

November 21, 2010

Extensions started today. The Extensions Program is CorePower Yoga’s 4-week training that takes the next step in preparing to be a yoga teacher or furthering the practice of an existing teacher. It’s where I’ll learn things like theming a class, building a playlist, more in-depth practice teaching, hands-on adjustments, and becoming more confident in my [...]

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Perfect Timing

October 7, 2010

So… about that Teacher Training. If you’ve read this blog for five minutes or more, you know I graduated from CorePower Yoga’s Fall 2009 Power Yoga Teacher Training last November. November 15, 2009, to be exact. I went into teacher training thinking I’d like to teach sometime, and after weeks of training, I knew I [...]

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Blind Yoga

December 7, 2009

This post is part of the Best of 2009 Blog Challenge, the brainchild of yogini geek Gwen Bell. I’m participating, albeit somewhat sporadically. I couldn’t resist this one though. December 8 Moment of peace. An hour or a day or a week of solitude. What was the quality of your breath? The state of your [...]

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The Teacher in Me

November 10, 2009

The teacher in me is a cheerleader. Is a supporter. As I’ve mentioned, isn’t likely to play devil’s advocate, but will always tell you YOU CAN DO IT until we’re both blue in the face. In yoga, at the end of classes, the class sits facing the teacher, as they say something to the effect [...]

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Chakra Tuning, Heart Openers, and Pushing Your Edge

October 30, 2009

We’d been warned. Prior to the whole experience, they’d told us that emotions would come up. That memories, feelings, and distractions would become present. We even had the intellectual training. We could discuss all seven Chakras, their colors, their tastes, their attributes. We could define what a Guna was and what kind of student we were, [...]

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