“RYT” means “Registered Yoga Teacher” and I am official at the 200-hour level. This was my big goal for 2008 and now it’s done…which means, I have the rest of the year to slack off! Well, of course not…there’s so much to learn in yoga, it could take lifetimes.
I will never be the best yogini…I [...]
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I’ve just finished the fourth week of my Karuna Yoga Teacher Training. I would have been writing more about it here but it’s been kicking my ass (in a good way). I am very pleased with the training and happy that I decided to do this instead of Shiva Rea’s 200-hour program. (And heck, I [...]
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I am starting my yoga teacher training tomorrow, and physically I am soooo not ready. I caught that nasty cold that’s been going around, and my yoga practice in the last week and a half has been practically zilch. I’ll be aching at the end of the weekend. Well, at least the training will force [...]
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I am very excited; I have signed up for the seven-week 200-hour yoga teacher training at Karuna Yoga in Los Feliz (in Los Angeles). I found out about it from a client of mine who raved about it. So I went over to Karuna Yoga, tried a class with founder and teacher Kelly Wood, and [...]
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There’s a lot to consider when choosing a program for your yoga teacher’s training. Cost, location, and schedule are all important factors. It’s also important to find a style that you like and a teacher you resonate with.
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Wow! I made it. I finished the four days. I honestly didn’t know if I was going to be able to after day one. I have no idea how people last through month-long training programs. This stuff is intense.
Sunday morning started off without a hitch - the people at Exhale finally got it together [...]
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You’d think that someone as famous and respected as Shiva Rea would get keys to the yoga center (Exhale) where she performs her teacher training. But no, they rely on a probably low-paid employee to do that, and for the second day in a row, that employee overslept. On Friday, we had to wait a [...]
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There is a method to Shiva’s madness. We learned in day two why we were taken through the extremely tough series of arm balancing asanas on day one. She showed us how her yoga sequencing prepares the body through the class to go into the toughest asana at the peak. She doesn’t prefer to use [...]
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I am in the middle of taking Shiva Rea’s four-day foundational teacher training intensive, “Embodying the Flow.” Yesterday was day one.
Well, I survived. First off, nothing could totally prepare you for this other than four hours of yoga a day - and who has time for that except full-time yoga teachers? My arms hurt this [...]
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I participated in Shiva Rea’s Yoga Trance Dance Teacher’s Training in Venice, California over the weekend. I am not a yoga instructor - but the class was advertised to both yoga teachers and “yogadventurers” so I thought I’d give it a shot.
I’m not even sure where to begin to review the workshop. It was, in [...]
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