You don’t have to show up perfect!
As a movement professional, I thought I had to already know everything about the asanas. I was training in Ashtanga at the time, and I remember putting so much weight on getting the jump-backs, the jump-throughs, completing the whole practice ‘perfectly.’ I thought: if I’m going to be there, I should be excellent already.
Part 2 – Why I started yoga – what I thought it would lead to and what really happened
I often ambitiously describe how finding Vinyasa Flow was like coming home, like landing in myself, but it was a very physical love at first.
And after the first initial in-love phase, when I wa
Why I started yoga – what I thought it would lead to and what really happened
In 1999 I was 21 years old, I was studying fashion design, smoking cigarettes and drinking beer (as most 21 year olds in the 90s 😆)
But I was also working out regularly and nurturing some sort of spiritual practice and an interest in meditation
A Look Inside an in-person Yoga Teacher Training
I Began To Really See The Value In The In-Person Meeting. The Connections That Happens Away From The Classes And Lessons. The Discussions At Lunch And Dinner, At Small Encounters By The Water Boiler And Coffee Machine.