2021 Yoga Teacher Training
Yoga Path
What a trip this past year has been. As we are finally starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel, we can finally rest our hopes in the all those future hugs and visits we’ve been postponing. The learning curves we’ve had to embrace around business and family has challenged us in ways we hadn’t expected, least of all the time it gave us to simply be with ourselves. How did that go for you?
I do believe that my time living homebound after my wreck a couple years ago was good training for being isolated due to the pandemic. A lot of surrendering to what is had to come into play for the sheer emotional and mental survival of it all. Deciding to close the studio before the pandemic forced my hand was a godsend. The time and space I gained in giving up my job as a studio owner was nothing short of a windfall of creativity and a renewed curiosity in the other aspects of my job. I’m thoroughly enjoying working with clients one-on-one and teaching some of the best yoga teacher training students I’ve ever had.
Stepping back into teacher training this year was a wild and bumpy ride at first. One thing that took me by surprise was how absolutely consuming teacher training is. In the past, I’ve always been running a studio while running the program and could not differentiate where the burn out was coming from because everything demanded my attention all the time. I also realized I keep waiting for the program to settle, for the lectures to become second nature, and for the nervousness of a new session and all the performance anxiety that goes along with it to go away. Well, that’s the beauty of teacher training. The material never gets old because there is always so much more to learn. A new connection, a new source of information, a new approach to the material is forever offering endless possibilities for navigating day one to graduation day.
It is super fantastic to be sharing the teaching with Beth Zagurski again. Even in our literal garden shed turned yoga school (renovations still in progress), she said it felt like homecoming. YES!!!!!! Love it! This session we’ve also had the help of Yoga Path’s Advanced Teacher Trainers and their support has been indispensable. They have not only stepped up to offer the 200 hour students oodles of support, guidance, and understanding, they have done the same for me. Their presence gives the 200 hour students a nurturing group of dedicated, spirited, and beautiful women to fall into, to let their hair down, and to relax into the “why” of teacher training. It’s so easy for me to get lost in the checklist of lectures to be covered and it’s easy for me to forget how overwhelming all this new material can be for the beginner teacher. The 500 hour students pick up the slack and they are amazing.
While it’s been difficult negotiating covid with in-person training, we have done a stellar job, as you will soon see for yourselves once these teachers graduate and get out there teaching. I can’t say enough how proud I am of these soon-to-be teachers. And with that said, we have finally settled on dates for our fall session. Click on the link below to read all about the program and registration details. If you’re interested in signing up for our fall session, shoot me an email or a phone call. I sure do miss seeing all us yoga peeps at the studio and have been fortunate enough to grab a cup of coffee can catch up when time allows. Looking forward to more of that! Take care and take a moment to enjoy a slow, full breath in, and long sigh out, and then, “feel your strength, acknowledge your beauty, and honor your truth.”
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