Yoga

I completed an 8-week yoga teacher training program in November of 2009 through the amazing studio, Core Power Yoga.

I’d been doing yoga off and on there for the last couple of years, and every time the teacher training semesters start, I weighed the idea, talk myself out of it, and then instantly start asking myself WHY I didn’t just do it that time.  Last September, I made the decision to just do it.  I was nervous.

Making a Sacrifice

I was nervous because it meant I couldn’t travel for 8 weeks.  I was out of practice, and a little rough around the edges.

I do know that yoga changed my life a couple of years ago and that I’ve been addicted ever since.  I’ve been connected.  I’ve known that my life was meant to include this.

Just before Thanksgiving, I completed 200 hours of CorePower Yoga’s teacher training.  I wasn’t sure what I’d do with that certification, or where it’d take me, but I know why (because I can’t NOT do it), and I’m excited to take the rest of that journey.

Everybody should experience yoga. Its effects, physically, mentally, spiritually– are nothing but positive. It is not a dangerous or aggressive sport that requires special Aviva health insurance. It is accessible to people of all ages, capabilities, shapes and sizes. Teaching it would be an honor. Teaching yoga is, in a way, helping people change their lives for the better.

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You can follow me on my journey.  I wrote almost-weekly reflections of the teacher training experience, and those links will live here on this page.

Yoga Teacher Training | September 23 – November 15, 2009

Reflections

• Week 1 - Like-Minded Company
• Week 2 – The Detox
• Week 3 – Yoga and Body Image
• Week 4 – Chakra Tuning and Heart Openers
• Week 5 – Translation and Meaning
• Week 6 -
• Week 7 – Dancing Corpse
• Week 8 – Satsang and Gratitude
• Yoga and Body Image

A Year Later

It’s been a year since I completed that teacher training in Minneapolis’ CorePower Yoga studios.  This November (2010), I’ll take the next step and complete CorePower Yoga’s Extensions Program in Boulder, Colorado.  Here, we’re matched with mentors, receive one-on-one training, and many practice teaching opportunities.  The goal is to be ready to walk into a classroom and teach solo by the end of the four weeks.  December 13 – I’m looking at you.