My first yoga teacher training class begins in a matter of hours. Wait, that sounds too fatalist. My revision would read “I’m really amped to go to school again.”
I’m enrolled in the Yogaworks 12-week Teacher Training program with Amy Lafond and James Brown. It’s the 200-hour certification. The training is rooted in Ashtanga tradition.
I signed up for the course over a month ago – I have known this is something I’d like to invest in for the foreseeable future. I’ve been waiting for the opportunity, and more importantly for the flexible schedule necessary to do this without freaking out.
I recently quit a totally mundane job in a shop on Melrose Ave. and I knew this would be a great chance to enroll in class without consulting a full-time corporate schedule.
With that said, I caught myself completely unaware I am a “student” when someone asked the question at a party about a week ago. I haven’t been enrolled in a course of almost any kind since 2003, so I embrace the chance to actually do the required readings, among a host of other things I skipped during undergrad.
Speaking of texts, here's the assigned reading:
1) Light on Yoga, B.K.S. Iyengar (of course)
2) The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, translated by Sri Swami Satchidananda
3) The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice, by T.K.V. Desikachar
4) Yoga Mind, Body & Spirit: A Return to Wholeness, by Donna Farhi
5) Anatomy and Asana: Preventing Yoga Injuries, by Susi Hately Aldous
I've been pretty devoted to yoga for 2 years and was a window shopper for about 4 years before that. Well, lo, it's time to learn again.
I’m enrolled in the Yogaworks 12-week Teacher Training program with Amy Lafond and James Brown. It’s the 200-hour certification. The training is rooted in Ashtanga tradition.
I signed up for the course over a month ago – I have known this is something I’d like to invest in for the foreseeable future. I’ve been waiting for the opportunity, and more importantly for the flexible schedule necessary to do this without freaking out.
I recently quit a totally mundane job in a shop on Melrose Ave. and I knew this would be a great chance to enroll in class without consulting a full-time corporate schedule.
With that said, I caught myself completely unaware I am a “student” when someone asked the question at a party about a week ago. I haven’t been enrolled in a course of almost any kind since 2003, so I embrace the chance to actually do the required readings, among a host of other things I skipped during undergrad.
Speaking of texts, here's the assigned reading:
1) Light on Yoga, B.K.S. Iyengar (of course)
2) The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, translated by Sri Swami Satchidananda
3) The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice, by T.K.V. Desikachar
4) Yoga Mind, Body & Spirit: A Return to Wholeness, by Donna Farhi
5) Anatomy and Asana: Preventing Yoga Injuries, by Susi Hately Aldous
I've been pretty devoted to yoga for 2 years and was a window shopper for about 4 years before that. Well, lo, it's time to learn again.
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