09/12/2025
The first week of the Fall 2025 Term is in the books. Given my decade of yoga teaching experience, the 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training that I'll be taking over the course of the next 9 months looks a little different than most of the rest of the group with little to no teaching experience. As they learn, I'll be unlearning or refining my knowledge, which may prove more difficult in the end, but I know that this is exactly where I'm meant to be on my journey.
Most of the 50 clients who came to my studio this week are returning clients with only a handful who are new to me & my studio so as I shared about my learning thus far, I thanked them for helping me practice and being my guinea pigs! I am excited to see how my personal practice of yoga & meditation and my teaching grows & evolves over the course of the next few months...a little pregnancy to birth a deeper understanding of yoga in my life & business.
My teacher encouraged me to share my own words and even though I love sharing readings from various authors in my classes, this year I am going to courageously share my own words from my heart (and in turn, strengthen my Throat Chakra!).
This is what I shared with my classes this week:
Sacred Space - Building the Foundation
The foundation of my home & studio lies below us, unaware but vitality important just as the roots of a great tree grow deep into the earth to support its trunk and branches. Whether you are new to yoga, new to my studio, or returning, we begin this journey together & create a sacred space by building the foundation.
These are times of transition & change; whether it's back to routine after the summer or honoring nature's cycles in last weekend's Full Moon Lunar Eclipse. For me, it is my 200-hour Yoga Teaching Training this year.
When I was in Montreal to start 2 weeks ago, I was reminded: "If you don't want to change, don't do yoga." And there are many levels to change, not simply the physical. How I teach will change & I want to remind you that there is no perfect pose - we are looking to enhance what we already do, not correct what's wrong.
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