Category: Mi Vida Yoga
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Week Four : Surya Namaskar
Class Seven I missed this class and later caught up by watching the video. Class Eight I opt to take the pre-yoga class. It is full of headstands. What? This yoga instruction often brings me to the edges of my comfort zone. Fortunately, it is always a safe space free of judgment. I feel capable.…
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Book Report : The Miracle of Mindfulness
One of the core requirements of yoga teacher training is a book report on a yoga reading. I chose to do my report on Thich That Hanh’s The Miracle of Mindfulness. When I signed up for yoga teacher training, my main goal was to achieve a hot girl summer body and check off an imaginary…
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The Yoga Journey – Table of Contents
The yoga posts are organized chronologically. Each week may contain a separate (assigned) journal post. Start Here : Why and how I started my Yoga Journey Week 1: Pre-training and Week 1: Everything you always wanted to know about yoga teacher training Week 2: Week Two: Getting into the Routine Journaling the journey of meditation…
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Week Three Journal: Meditation is a new high
Our assignment was to journal our meditation. We were to meditate one day a week until the next class and journal our reactions. I mainly use sound meditations in the morning. Each meditation lasts around 10 to 15 minutes. Day 1: I meditate in the morning before work. My body feels good. It is quiet…
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Week Two: Getting a Routine
From now on posts will be split into a recap of the week and journal assignments Class 3: One of the perks of attending teaching training, is we are allowed to take yoga classes at the studio at any time a class is scheduled. I opted to take the Wednesday class of week two. It…
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Week Three : Meditation and Super Mario Brothers
Week Three Class 5 I missed class, but watched on-line at a later date. We learned about the invocation prayer that is dedicated to all teachers. We say it at the beginning of each class. We also did some sun salutations. We learned about the bandas. They are places in your body where you generate…
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Expect the Unexpected: pre-training and a recap of week one
Everything you wanted to know about yoga teacher training but didn’t know to ask My first step of this journey was based on instinct and trusting myself. As stated before, I did yoga before it was popular in the US. But signing up for yoga training was that last final leap of expensive faith. I’d…
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Week 2 Assignment: Journal the journey of meditation
I do no remember learning how to meditate, yet I have always been able to meditate. I compare it to languages. I do not remember learning to speak or read. Yet if I try to read or speak in another language it is difficult. The most difficult thing about learning something new usually isn’t the…
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Yoga Journey Begins
Am I too old for this? There are so many things on my personal bucket list I’ve checked off this year. I’m not talking about society’s bucket list of good job, marriage, kids, vacation. I’m talking about a personal bucket list – things you are unexplainably drawn to. Things that make no sense but feel…
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