Teacher Training
Tonight’s group session for yoga teacher training was an entire three-hour Posture Clinic. We went through each of the postures in the Flowing Balancing Series starting with Standing Forehead to Knee Pose all the way through the Triangle Series, ending at Toppling Tree. We covered a total of 13 postures! A Posture Clinic in a […] Read more…
Teacher Training
After learning about the Eight Limbed Yogic Path in last night’s group session, I realized what had gone wrong in my Hot Power Fusion yoga class the night before. I had failed at achieving the sixth limb, Dharana. Instead of concentrating on one thing in class, I let all kinds of outside distractions take over […] Read more…
Teacher Training
Tonight’s group session was all lecture. There was no practice teaching, which honestly I was kind of relieved after my experience during the last group session on Sunday. We started off going over a brief history of yoga. When I say “brief”, I mean we covered yoga history from 2000 BCE through today, in a […] Read more…
Teacher Training
Ever have moments, hours or days where no matter what you do, you can’t seem to focus on what you’re suppose to be doing? I, for the life of me, could not focus on myself in my Hot Power Fusion class last night. Yoga requires you to shift the focus onto yourself and whatever your […] Read more…
Teacher Training
I decided to double up on yoga classes tonight. I started the evening off after work with a Hot Power Fusion class with Jill and then stayed for her C1 class right after. I hadn’t taken a C1 class since I first came to CorePower Yoga to check out their yoga classes and decide if […] Read more…
Teacher Training
Tonight was the first Hot Power Fusion class I’ve taken since our posture clinic last week in teacher training. In the posture clinic last week, we learned how to cue postures in the CorePower Yoga HPF sequence, starting at the beginning with the Standing Sun A Series all the way through the Flowing Balancing Series, […] Read more…
Teacher Training
I was so excited when I found out Jordan was teaching the 10am Yin Yoga class this morning at Bikram Yoga Everett. I met Jordan in the first Bikram Yoga class I ever took at Bikram Yoga Everett back in December. She was the photographer for the class during the studio’s holiday party. I recently […] Read more…
Teacher Training
Tonight, we started off our second yoga teacher training group session by practicing a full Hot Power Fusion class together, lead by Jill with extra hands-on assists from Sunny. This was the first HPF class I felt 100% comfortable in because I personally knew every single person in the class. By now, the sequence is […] Read more…
Teacher Training
So here it is! At last, the first night of yoga teacher training has happened. I feel like I’ve been waiting for this night for the last two months, ever since I first secured my spot in the program back in December. I’ve enrolled in CorePower Yoga’s Hot Power Fusion Teacher Training. For the next […] Read more…
Teacher Training
…you take three yoga classes in one day. And yes, that’s with working a full eight hours at the day job. How did I manage to do this today? With plenty of planning, preparation, determination and a pep talk or two to get myself out of bed in the morning. Surprisingly getting myself out of […] Read more…
Teacher Training
I’ve practiced at quite a few yoga studios where there’s a sign posted on the door to the studio that blatantly reads, “No Cell Phones Or Conversations Allowed in The Yoga Room” and rightfully so. The yoga studio should be considered a sacred place. Even though this may not be a place of worship for […] Read more…
Teacher Training
I did something new tonight. I took my second C2 class at CorePower Yoga with a new teacher to me, Dominique. Technically, she was new to everyone else in class because she was a sub. Now that this is my second time taking a C2 class, I’m learning that not all C2 classes are the […] Read more…
Teacher Training
Even though trying something new is always scary, its always a huge growth opportunity for me. For some people, getting out of their comfort zone and trying something for the first time can be fun and exciting. I have to really psych myself up first. I usually always end up enjoying myself doing whatever it […] Read more…
Teacher Training
Tonight’s 5:30 Hot Power Fusion By Candlelight class with Jill was a special HPF class. In addition to practicing the HPF sequence by candlelight, we also did some chakra balancing. I didn’t know much about chakras, let alone had ever done anything with them in a yoga class before so I really wanted to check […] Read more…
Teacher Training
Tonight’s Hot Power Fusion class was at the Ballard studio with Jessica. One of my favorite things to do on a cold and rainy night is to practice yoga in a hot room. On my way into class, it was pouring out so I was really looking forward to being in the heated studio. Before the start of class, […] Read more…
Teacher Training
Tonight was my best Hot Power Fusion class yet. First of all, I snagged a sweet spot in class. I walked into the studio and set up my mat in the front row, in the right hand corner. I didn’t even consider setting up in the back row. Class tonight wasn’t super crowded either so […] Read more…