Events, Teacher Training As part of yoga teacher training at CorePower Yoga, we’re required to do a karma project. A karma project is where we get to pick a nonprofit organization we’re passionate about and volunteer a couple hours of our time. We then share our experience with each other during one of our Group […]
Teacher Training The first two Teacher Training Group Sessions this week were all about anatomy. With anatomy, there’s so much more to learn than what you could possibly pack into (2) 3-hour sessions so we skimmed over some of the basics – physical benefits of yoga, why anatomy is important for yoga, why alignment is […]
Teacher Training After feeling like I was going to have a mental meltdown earlier this week, I decided to take the whole day off from work today. Here it is five weeks into my Yoga Teacher Training and I’ve hardly had any extra time to memorize the sequence or practice teach outside of our group […]
Yoga FAQs For me, I’ve always been a fan of the 6AM Bikram Yoga classes and it’s not because I’m a morning person. No way. Not even close. Trust me, getting up at 4:45AM for a 6AM yoga class is extremely difficult. Getting out of bed and into the studio is the hardest part about […]
Hiking Have you ever gone hiking alone? If someone had asked me this question a few months ago, I would have looked at them like they were crazy. A female hiking alone in the woods, all by herself? Are you nuts? Now that I have four solo hikes under my belt, my only question now […]
Inspiration The more Bikram Yoga classes I go to, the more I start to really listen to the dialogue and hear what the instructors say during class. When I first started going to Bikram Yoga, I only heard the corrections called out by an instructor along with “Lock your knee!” “Lock your knee!” Now that I’ve been […]
Bikram Yoga When I think back to when I took my very first Bikram Yoga class back in 2010, I remember practicing in an uncomfortably crowded, carpeted studio in San Francisco as I sweated my way through class wearing cotton tank tops and cotton running shorts, all the way in the back row, in the […]
Inspiration Happy New Year! My resolutions for 2016 are quite simple – to practice as much Bikram Yoga as possible and complete yoga teacher training. I took a total of 123 Bikram Yoga classes in 2015. For 2016, I’d like to double the number of classes I took in 2015. That means taking 246 Bikram […]
Class Themes You know that feeling you have after taking a yoga class? Some call it yoga bliss. You feel a little happier. Life feels a little lighter. You may feel inspired to try something new or take on a new challenge. You might even be motivated to tackle a daunting item on your to-do […]
Teacher Training Savasana is the Sanskrit name for Corpse Pose. It’s typically the last posture in any yoga sequence. In Savasana, you’re cued to lay all the way on your back, extend your legs out and allow your feet to fall open, face your plans up and close your eyes. CorePower Yoga and Bikram Yoga […]
Class Themes Last week, I went to a high school and talked to three different classes about my upcoming PCT thru-hike.I had spent a few weeks putting together my PowerPoint presentation covering the who, what, when, where and why the hell would I hike all the way from Mexico to Canada all by myself details […]
Events Last year when I was in teacher training, I had a crazy vision. I wanted to combine my love for hiking and my love for yoga into one event – a yoga hike. At the time, I had no idea how I was going to do it or even when I would make it […]
Gear I’ll be honest. The first time I spotted the Bengal Tiger WAYmat was on Facebook. One of my former Bikram Yoga teachers had just posted a picture of her Bengal Tiger mat she was using for class that day. As soon as I saw the picture, I instantly wanted a Bengal Tiger mat of […]
Bikram Yoga, Yoga FAQs Those who are familiar with the practice know what Bikram Yoga is, but might not know who he is. Here’s a fun fact: Yes, there is an actual man behind the “Bikram” name. Bikram Choudhury is the man who developed the Bikram Yoga Sequence, a form of hot yoga consisting of 26 Hatha Yoga […]