Teacher Training
We started off our Group Session tonight talking about the two books we were assigned to read during our yoga teacher training, Journey Into Power: How to Sculpt Your Ideal Body, Free Your True Self and Transform Your Life With Yoga by Baron Baptiste and Hot Yoga by Marilyn Barnett. After our discussion, we each […] Read more…
Teacher Training
As part of the 60-yoga class requirement for teacher training at CorePower Yoga, two of those classes have to be Hot Power Fusion classes I observe. When deciding on who’s Hot Power Fusion classes I wanted to observe, I decided to go with the trainers themselves – Sunny and Jill. I already observed one of […] Read more…
Teacher Training
In our Group Session tonight we learned about another tool we can use to help balance our life. In addition to regular yoga practice yoga, balancing chakras and learning about the Eight Limbed Yogic Path, we were introduced to Ayurveda. Ayurveda is a form of holistic medicine. It’s a healing system that treats a whole […] Read more…
Teacher Training
I brought my husband with me to Mandy’s 5:30 Hot Power Fusion class at the Greenwood studio tonight. The couple that does hot yoga together stays together! Since I had a teacher training group session at 7:30, I figured why not come a couple of hours early to take a Hot Power Fusion class? I […] Read more…
Teacher Training
Tonight was another double dose of yoga with Sunny at CorePower Yoga. My husband and I took Sunny’s Hot Power Fusion class at 4:30 and then stayed for her Yoga Sculpt class at 6PM. Two hours of back-to-back yoga sounds like a daunting task, but I enjoy doing this double combo each week. I won’t […] Read more…
Teacher Training
Sunny’s Hot Power Fusion class tonight was probably the most fun I’ve ever had in a yoga class. I don’t say that statement very lightly either. I love me some yoga and have taken a number of yoga classes over the years. This class was by far one of my absolute favorites. It was still […] Read more…
Teacher Training
On Sunday morning, I had the pleasure of taking a Bikram Yoga class at my home studio, Sealevel Hot Yoga with both my husband and one of my yoga teacher training coaches (and favorite Yoga Sculpt instructor), Sunny! This was the first Bikram Yoga class I had taken in five weeks. I was a bit […] Read more…
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 Sessions. The organization […] Read more…
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 important, what […] Read more…
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 sessions. My […] Read more…
Teacher Training
So far, Week #5 has been the toughest week of yoga teacher training for me so far. I started off this week feeling overwhelmed and exhausted. Almost borderline feeling like I was going to get sick. The overwhelming feelings started this week with my drive into work on Monday morning. As I sat in bumper-to-bumper […] Read more…
Teacher Training
Tonight after observing Sunny’s Hot Power Fusion class, I stayed for her Yoga Sculpt class to be an active participant. I was worried I’d be super exhausted and sore from snowshoeing the day before at the Yoga, Snow & Wine event. I was so worried about it, I warned Sunny when I checked in for […] Read more…
Teacher Training
Instead of taking Sunny’s Hot Power Fusion class tonight, I observed it. As part of our 60-yoga class requirement for Yoga Teacher Training, we’re required to observe two Hot Power Fusion classes. I set up my mat in the back of the room and brought my phone out to use as a voice recorder to […] Read more…
Teacher Training
This morning was my third Yoga Sculpt class. I can’t believe there was a time, not too long ago, when I was actually too scared to go to a Yoga Sculpt class. That’s not the case anymore. Yoga Sculpt is quickly becoming one of my favorite classes to take at CorePower Yoga. I love the […] Read more…
Teacher Training
If I had to pick the perfect class to take right after a Hot Power Fusion class, it would be CoreRestore, CorePower Yoga’s version of Yin Yoga. My husband and I stayed for Mandy’s CoreRestore class tonight, right after taking Hot Power Fusion with Christine. CoreRestore is a 75-minute yoga class where we go through […] Read more…
Teacher Training
Tonight’s Hot Power Fusion class was especially special for a couple of different reasons. First off, I hit a CorePower Yoga Teacher Training milestone. Tonight’s class was the 16th Hot Power Fusion class I’ve taken during my training. This means I’ve completed the Hot Power Fusion class part of my graduation requirement of taking 60 […] Read more…