Your Desire To Learn Is All You Need For Teacher Training!

I had a question about the decision to start yoga teacher training. I have been thinking about doing it for probably five years now, but have yet to take the plunge. I practice regularly, but due to time (and money) constraints I have not applied.I know that teacher training would be a great thing for me, but I am having trouble figuring out if I am advanced enough for it...I wanted to see if you had any words of wisdom on knowing when it is right. 

What a wonderful question, right!? How do you know when the time is right to enroll in a teacher training (TT) program? Although I think the answer definitely is a very individualized one, here are some things that I've learned about TT, both from working with teachers and being a teacher over the  years...

Practice :The label, "advanced," is definitely controversial in the yoga world, I do think that in order to enroll in teacher training you should have some level of comfort with the asanas,this doesn't mean that you need to know how to do every arm balance, inversion, or "advanced pose," as I definitely didn't know these things when I did TT  and still cannot do many, many  poses and transitions!

Desire to learn: More important than the practice, in my mind, is the true hunger and desire to learn more about yoga. You have to want to try, to push, to learn, to experiment, to study, to devote your time and energy to practicing and teaching yoga. I think this makes one much better prepared to jump into such an intensive study of the subject, and eventually, makes one a much better teacher and leader. When I enrolled in TT I couldn't do a handstand and most arm balances, , but I had a hunger to learn everything, and that desire led to my learning how to teach and eventually do these poses over time (many of which I learned how to do during TT!). But to be clear, this desire to learn should be broader than just the asanas--it should also include other aspects of the practice, such as pranayama (breathwork), meditation, anatomy, philosophy, etc. 

Life situation: If you know that you want to do TT and have the time/finances/space in your life to do it now, do it NOW. I know lots of people who had been wanting to do TT for years, but kept putting it off because of one thing or another; then, when they finally do it, it's life changing and they wish they'd done it years ago. If it's something that you know you want to do eventually, but you can do it now, just do it, so that you don't end up feeling like you've wasted many years not following your dreams. I know this sounds cheesy, but if your life opens up a bit and you have space--just enough space to take the plunge and make it work--then do it. 


Overall, I guess what I'm saying is TT = a big decision. But also, TT = Amazing. 

Teacher Training will change your life 

 Vinyasa Teacher Training Starts Jan 10th Registration Closes This Saturday Jan 3rd

Do It Your Way

Create your vision for 2015!

 In order to GET what you want, you have to know what you want, and in order to know what you want, you have to know who you ARE: What lights you up, what brings you down, why you have made the decisions you have made up to this point, and where the potential for making a change is.
So that is where we begin – with YOU. 
If you are dealing with any life changing decisions or with emotional distress, this workshop will help you see all the components in your life more clearly. 

What to expect:

You already know more than you might think you do, I have some fun exercises and prompts to pull out everything you already KNOW you desire but may not yet be in your awareness. We will discuss deeply, laugh, learn, but most importantly we will get you understanding what you want in LOVE, CAREER, MONEY. And bring them all together to form a vision of the life you want. A life that lights you up. A life you love.

Do It Your Way:January 3rd 3-5:00pm

Traveling Light

This time of year is a  good time to be thinking about clearing out old stuff. This can be literal like your closet, or more figurative like the baggage you carry around in your  mind. This baggage is stuff that we no longer need but keep holding onto.What baggage are you hanging onto? Fear? Doubt? Regret? Anger? Resentment? Or are you  “shoulding” yourself to death? . 

Any of these sound familiar? I know that I have definitely  fell into all of them at different times of my life. So how does yoga help clear out baggage? Yoga helps us to  focus our energy on what really matters instead of all of that stuff  that drains our energy. 

Traveling light spiritually and emotionally has to do with leaving your baggage behind; refusing once and for all to lug those memories, those hurts, those "failures"  around behind you. When you let go of what you do not need, you create more space inside for good energy to fill up.  It is that simple.

Yoga is the practice of being present. Focusing on exactly what is happening around us right now, breath, by breath, by breath, by breath. I am reminded of a mantra I use when I am feeling like my mind keeps getting ahead or behind me. Inhale, “I am,” Exhale, “here 

 See You On The Mat