I graduated and am now officially a certified yoga teacher (RYT200) by the Yoga Alliance!!
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| 2016 Yoga Teacher Graduates from Discovery Yoga |
Wow. Graduation was two weeks ago and I'm still over the moon. From the experiences of going through the training, and from our last weekend and graduation ceremony. ALL THE FEELS right now.
When people say a yoga teacher training will change your life in ways you never expected, they are so right. It truly does crack you open and evolve you as a person. The first day of training I was scared to death and thinking, "What did I get myself into? "Speak your truth." What the heck does that mean? This is a lot of speaking! I don't know if I can do this..." The list of negative "I can't" thoughts went on and on.
10 months and 200 hours later:
1) I've never practiced so much yoga in my life (and I love it!)!
2) I'm more self-confident across the board.... in my writing, speaking to people, even communicating with my family and friends.
3) I feel comfortable teaching a yoga class. Of course, I'm nervous but nothing like I was towards the beginning of my training during my first practice teach.
4) I've learned so much (but there's so much more to learn) about the history of yoga, chakras, meditations, breathing exercises, anatomy, etc. Tools to carry me throughout my life.
5) I've experienced the feeling of energy in my hands and in turn become a reiki practitioner.
6) I feel accomplished. This is something I knew I wanted to do after my first month of practicing yoga six years ago. Making the investment in myself and learning how to instruct others in their practice is something I'll have forever.
7) I've made connections with some amazing women who have touched my heart in a way that is hard to explain. These women learned many of my fears and strengths as I discovered them myself.
Here I am teaching my final. A 75-minute class that incorporated trikonasana (triangle pose) and dirgha pranayama (three-part breath) into a full sequence.
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| Demonstrating Trikonasana (triangle pose). |
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| Providing assists as part of my final practice teach. |
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| Warming up. |
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| Guiding the class to feel the breath physically with their hands. |
I'll be offering private/small group beginner yoga workshops, as well as classes at the beach soon. Stay tuned for more on that!
The excitement for my 500-hour training is already high, so I'm keeping up the momentum and will be starting on that in the next couple of months. :)
I highly recommend Deva's yoga teacher training at Discovery Yoga. The training is in the Kripalu tradition of yoga, the yoga for everyone. It is very spiritual, but not in a religious kind of way. Check out their website for more information.
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