I feel like I get the blogging bug once a month and then I just can’t shut up. I’m okay with that! I just wanted to share with some of you the benefits of yoga that have already started to make a drastic change in my life, my body, and my mindset. Teacher training has become such a blessing to my life and has opened up my eyes to what yoga really is, what it has to offer. It has taught me that yoga can really be what you want it to be, your yoga. I have been practicing yoga since I took my first class when I was fifteen years old and about a year ago, I decided that I really wanted to teach it. I want to show people my yoga and everything that I love about the different classes that I’ve taken as well as my own ideas.
Since starting teacher training I have noticed that my positivity and passion for life is a lot stronger and fuller than it has ever been. I’m not sure I can really explain why, but I know that learning about what yoga really means makes me feel like my practice has purpose. It’s not all about how it looks, it’s about how it feels. How your body connects with the ground and that first comfortable breath in forearm stand that makes you feel like you just conquered the world. Learning from different instructors on YogaGlo.com is also something that has made me appreciate my practice a lot more and life. Tara Judelle is really amazing. Another yogi who I am extremely inspired by is Rachel Brathen, a hand-standing yogi who lives in Aruba who is also known as yoga_girl on instagram. She posts almost daily about how to connect with yourself and your practice, how to love who you are, and different must reads like The Power Of Now by Eckhart Tolle. She literally gets to travel the world and teach workshops wherever her heart desires. I want that lifestyle. Three more yogis who I have especially loved learning from are locals in Clearwater. Heidi Templeton and Erin Motz both teach at Heat Yoga & Fitness and Jennyris Nieves teaches at Pure Yoga & Fitness. Tara, Rachel, Heidi, Erin, and Jennyris are the main yogis who have taught me that with the love and appreciation of what yoga can do, we can change the world into a bigger and brighter place. Wendy O’ Lenic, my teacher training instructor, is also someone who I admire.
Yoga also has a MILLION health benefits! I don’t understand the people who will let their lack of flexibility influence them from not going to a class. Wouldn’t that be the same thing as saying “Well…I don’t know how to ride a bike…so I’m not going to even try”? Even if you want to take a quick class online to know the basics to avoid feeling embarrassed in class, which you shouldn’t, do that! There is always a starting point! I’m going to make my entire family do yoga by the time I’m done with this training! Get ready, Beempa! Teacher training is starting to really shine the light on how important yoga is and how much it can truly help heal someone or prevent future injuries. Everyone under the sun from Athletes to Businessmen should be going to yoga. Get the synovial fluid in your joints flowing and your muscles warm. Everyone should be jumping on this bandwagon. Wendy recently taught us that yoga is such a release that sometimes people will just be overwhelmed with laughter or sadness because you’re opening up the heart chakra so much when practicing. It hasn’t happened to me yet, but I can’t wait for that day.
I’m rambling on and I’m only in my third month of training. Yoga is important. Do it 🙂 http://yoganonymous.com/ can give you heaps of information about WHY you should be doing it, too.
“Healthy plants and trees yield abundant flowers and fruits. Similarly, from a healthy person, smiles and happiness shine forth like the rays of the sun.” ~ B.K. S Iyengar
Growing and Wandering 