Very early on in my yoga practice, it was clear to me that I wanted to be a yoga teacher. I wanted to share with others the peace and strength that I only found through yoga. I tried different teachers, practiced at home on my own and traveled to far off places for yoga workshops and retreats.
Fast forward five years to my first yoga teacher training certification program. The year was 2000 and there weren’t nearly as many trainings being offered as there are today. It was before the time of the yoga alliance, rockstar yoga teachers, fancy yoga wear and so many “branded” yoga styles. I decided that I wanted to participate in an intensive immersion rather than a training that was taught over weekends so I chose a month long, 200 hour residential teacher training certification course in “Inter-disciplinary Yoga” at The Omega Institute in New York. I loved everything about it.
The training taught me what I needed to know in order to put a good class together, and to my pleasant surprise it also brought to light many of the answers I had been seeking on a personal and spiritual level. I also made some amazing friends and contacts from around the globe, and we all supported one another through a life-changing journey. It was great to be away from home, work, cooking and cleaning so that I could apply all of my energy to learning and practicing yoga.
• A yoga teacher training immersion is a rare opportunity to dedicate about 200 hours of full time focus to reading, studying, asking questions, discussing and practicing yoga with curious, interesting people without the inevitable distractions of life at home. It is a unique time to enjoy life while learning more about yourself.
• This is a juicy opportunity to delve deeper into aspects of the art, science and philosophy of yoga that are too complex to explore in a regular studio class or workshop. You will discover that there is much more to yoga than just the physical practice, and you will also discover that there is much more to the physical practice than you thought.
• Spending your time and money on something healthy you enjoy, especially an educational endeavor that promotes personal growth, is the best investment I know of! It is priceless and precious.
May your path be blessed and illuminated along the way. May your yoga teacher training experience be all that you hoped for and more. Enjoy the journey.
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