YogaYatra issue 4 December 2021

ISSUE4

DECEMBER 2021

YOGAYATRA Y O G A

M A G A Z I N E

MARTINA S CLAUDIA C MARTINA R

Ashtanga Yoga is a ritual designed to erect a temple within the inner space of your body and on this holy site, you experience the magic of personal transformation @kinoyoga

WHEN WE ACCEPT TROUBLES WITH PATIENCE,WE HAVE GOD'S BLESSINGS

ENERGY, CREATIVITY, DYNAMICITY Martina, Claudia, Martina

In particular moments, a sudden magic is created that can unexpectedly bind energies belonging to different areas of the world! This is how Martina Sergi, Martina Rando and Claudia Casanova responded to the wonderful interview with off microphones who, through their different but similar personalities, have created what today, thousands of yomers, can unite spiritually and energetically: YOME = YOUR HOME that is, the possibility to practice yoga whenever and wherever you want! A much more complete and structured tool to allow all people to continue with a complete wellness routine. In June 2020 the YOME platform was born (www.yomedigital.com).

YOME was born immediately with 4 disciplines: yoga, meditation, fitness and nutrition and today it has more than 15 different teachers.

On this special day, we want to celebrate this party with the founders of one of the most followed STARTRUP of the moment: Claudia Casanova through her power yoga is power and energetic, her practice focuses a lot on the connection between breath and movement. Martina R. through her practices gives creativity by embracing different styles and disciplines seeking a balance between a fluid and controlled practice.

Martina S. through her style introduces dynamism, focused on strength and flexibility that meet in an always well balanced mix!

In yoga, nothing is randomly placed and each energy element communicates with each other in a systematic and logical way just like the color of Yome's online platform: orange. Then, in this regard, the question arose:

YOGAYATRA : “The orange color is connected to the second Chakra (Svadhisthana) and its meaning is: I FEEL. Was this color researched for Yome or was it just a coincidence? " YOME: YOME was born as a portal to well-being within the auqle, yoga is one of the protagonists.

The choice of orange was not based only on yoga but on the feeling of openness and warmth that this color is able to communicate. YOME is a friendly, inclusive and hospitable platform within which we all feel part of a big family.

YOGAYATRA: Jane Hirshfield (American poet) says: "The Buddha can shine from the eyes of anyone within an ordinary human life, at any time.

What the Buddha has discovered, we can find.

Therefore, we can all reach enlightenment for this, we can all become buddhas ". In your opinion, can yoga be a path through which every practitioner can awaken?

YOME: Absolutely yes. Yoga is a discipline that can have a huge impact on the life of all of us. It can be easily inserted into your routine and can change your perspective and outlook on life. The beauty of yoga is that it is a continuous path during which everyone grows and evolves along it Today, World Yoga Day, we celebrate the reconnection with Nature by welcoming Spring, a symbolic date to show us that Rebirth must take place in every moment of our life!

And, when I asked the three founders what this day represented, the answer was: June 21 is the longest day of the year, the day during which the sun shines the longest.

Yoga is energy, light, it illuminates the lives of practitioners every day. June 21 is a metaphor, a time to celebrate yoga but it is a daily practice, not an annual event.

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YOGAYATRA: So, Yomers, I think most of the people, me one of them, got to know you through the very first lockdown. I, for example, by chance browsing the youtube platform with #restoacasafaccioyoga. Why did you decide to offer yoga classes? Let me explain: what made you understand that you had to practice, for free, with everyone?

YOME: The first lockdown was a very special time. It was new and we didn't know anything about the future. There was a strong emotional and solidarity component. We knew we were in a fortunate position compared to so many other people and we wanted to do something for others and make our small contribution in such a complicated situation. So we decided to do what we knew best: to offer a schedule of yoga classes for free, hoping that it would help people to better face the historical period we were experiencing or maybe help them to approach and discover such a beautiful discipline for the first time.

YOGAYATRA: Before #restoacasafaccioyo ga where did you teach? And, did you already know each other? If not, how did you meet?

YOME: We met during a Fitness Meet Up organized by Claudia Casanova in a park in Milan. It was a time when we were all looking for people who shared a passion for a healthy lifestyle. During that time we became certified teachers. Martina S. and Martina R. have taught in the main yoga centers in Milan (such as Bali yoga, Spazio Garibaldi, Accademia Palermo, Pura vida power yoga, etc.) and then focus mainly on organizing workshops and masterclasses around the world. Claudia taught in some Milanese centers (such as Pura vida power yoga, Power asana yoga) as well as in various events, always trying to reconcile her full-time work in the company with teaching.

YOGAYATRA: In your opinion, was yoga the main tool that made you rediscover?

YOME: Yoga has been our point of contact and also a shared interest that has contributed to the birth of a beautiful friendship that has been going on for several years now.

The three founders of Yome feel and have always felt part of something as you might think at first impression. Everything they give to others is constantly being returned to them. And to the question: Only what does not begin has no end and, sooner or later, it would be time for the "closure" of #restoacasafaccioyoga but, during that period, did you already imagine Yome among your projects? The answer was: We thought that #restoacasafaccioyoga lasted a week or two because, initially, we thought that the duration of the lockdown was that. After three months we had to finish this project, but initially we didn't think YOME would be born from this idea. YOME was already in our thoughts from the year before but, obviously, given the circumstance, we changed a large part of the project compared to what we had in mind.

Intrigued by this long interview, I then realized that it lasted a really long time! And, I couldn't help but wonder, like so many yomers, if everyone, really everyone, can become yomers. The response of the three founders of Yome was what I expected: We recommend it to all those who want to dedicate some time to themselves to develop or consolidate a wellness routine. With on-demand and live yoga, fitness, meditation and nutrition courses, you can combine these disciplines within your lifestyle and find your balance by sharing this path with all the other YOMERS!

HOLISTIC MEDICINE: THIS UNKNOWN ANNA

FERRIERO

First of all, let's start by saying right away that the holistic operator is very different from the homeopath. Let's try to clarify a bit. Because, while the latter focuses on the treatment of pain through one's fellow man, therefore through the alternation of natural care with medical care and therefore contained in the medical doctrine, the holistic operator works through and completely the whole and the simple. But let's not be fooled by the etymology because there is very little that is simple! But what escapes man (especially Western man) is that holistic medicine has been present since the earliest times ... even, since the birth of religion ...

From a holistic perspective there is no separation and we can understand ourselves and the world around us only if we are willing to recognize the larger reality in which we exist. This reality also includes that which dwells beyond our ordinary perception. To say holistic is to say gnostic. Therefore, the main area of attention in holistic and Gnostic spirituality is on the release of separate perception, forgiveness and the experiential search for knowledge: gnostic. The peculiar characteristic of spirituality and related teachings is given by its explicit provisional nature.

The practices, rituals, cosmologies, techniques, ideas that we convey have a purely strategic and theatrical function, the purpose of which is to facilitate a direct experience of the mysteries that concern our nature and that of the reality in which we live or believe we are. to live.

Therefore, according to a holistic view of reality, even the smallest part contains all the elements of the whole of which it was a part. For the Christian Catholic Bible "whoever grasps a part of the essence, has grasped the whole essence". For the Emerald Table of Ermete Trismegisto “as above so below”.

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These principles are the basis of the holistic view in the approach to science and culture. For the Encyclopedia Britannica, holism is "a theory that makes the existence of 'totality' a fundamental configuration of the world. It considers natural objects, both animate and inanimate, wholeness and not simply a collection of elements or parts.

These bodies or things are absolutely not divisible into parts, in one way or another they are a totality that is worth more than the sum of the parts ". For the mystic George Gurdjieff, "everything can influence others and be influenced by them". This principle underlies the concept of "synchronicity" expressed by Gustav Jung and that of "nonlocality". The holistic view of reality, therefore, considers existence made up of interpenetrated planes of more or less subtle energies, which cannot be separated into physical or spiritual ones. The holistic view knows that the smallest part contains all the elements of the whole of which it was a part. It is no coincidence that the single cell of the human body contains, in the DNA, the global information of the body and mind, thanks to which it is able to communicate and relate continuously with the entire cellular system.

The cell in turn is a macrocosm in which there are complex biochemical cycles. We find the same holistic vision in religion, when it is argued that whoever understands even a small part of the Sacred Texts is as if he had understood the whole message! Even the kabbalist from the interpretation of a single letter or phrase is able to discover profound spiritual and human knowledge. The holistic view is also found in the study of the atom by physicist Wolfgang Pauli, Nobel laureate in 1945, who was able to demonstrate the existence of a real communication of the atom as a whole, as if the electrons that constitute it were constantly at knowledge of each other's position or the situation in which they find themselves. But, to better understand what holistic medicine is, perhaps the testimony given by an oriental doctor in an article entitled: I was an alternative may be useful.

During the lectures held by fellow specialists in the various branches of Western medicine, he was struck, each time, by the ability facilitated by a purely scientific level to a level belonging to the field of parapsychology. This obviously aroused a lot of opposition on the part of Western doctors. He recalls that one day he got angry because he had to participate in an exercise on the powers of the "pyramid". Some of the students would have had to act as a guinea pig by placing themselves under a wooden pyramid to experience the "therapeutic" effect of this object on some affection of their own organism. There was no magical and esoteric tradition. Going forward with his studies he removed the importance of certain episodes such as that of the pyramid and of certain attitudes, of a teacher in particular who, once, during another exercise, with the simple energy of thought he was able to condition the muscle tone of my upper limbs. He remembers his condition very deeply: lying on the examination table and the teacher of applied kinesiology (a discipline that evaluates the tone and strength of various muscles of the body in relation to the so-called "meridians" of traditional Chinese medicine), not having available homeopathic remedies for the case in question, he limited himself to thinking about the action of these remedies.He, therefore,drew some conclusions but, first of all one in particular:

All oriental medicine and in general all so-called energy or bioenergetic medicine is unscientific medicine, as it cannot be demonstrated or better, to say it with Karl Popper or Dario Antiser (supporters of modern epistemology) not falsifiable. In other words, these are disciplines which by their very nature cannot be subjected to the scrutiny of the Cartesian method.

Holistic medicine has always been seen and thought of as an ultra-earthly dimension, a dimension to which magic, ritual, belief, dreams are associated ...

And, a place, defined as the place of the root of holism is Cuba with the figure of Lydia Cabrera.

The first important work of Lydia Cabrera, halfway between literature and anthropology, is “Cuentos negros de Cuba” of 1936. It is a collection of ancient Cuban legends and traditions. They are mainly stories of Yoruba traditions that have animals, men, anthropomorphic beings as bullmen as protagonists. A work from which the study method of the famous Cuban writer is immediately evident, which is divided into 4 main sections consisting of the African universe, Africans and divinities, men and nature, animal personifications.

A precursor style of the so-called magic realism is immediately evident from these writings. A style in which a pantheon of divinities with human-like vices and virtues is told with which they are placed on the same level with animals. Nature is very important in the Afro-Cuban religion as evidenced by Cabrera's most famous work entitled "El Monte" and known as "Plants and Magic" in Italy. Here the Cuban religious universe is described in detail, with a detailed investigation into the different creeds that constitute it. In particular, the mountain represents the universe in which the gods live and decide on the life of man divided between reality and magic.

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My name is Cailan.

I’m the creator of Understanding Ayurveda and The Mind Body Connection. My background is in in yoga and meditation teacher, fitness, nutrition and coaching. Through education and understanding, I help people take the reigns on their health, heal from self sabotaging behaviours, regulate their lifestyles and create balance in their lives. I thrive off helping people discover their purpose, realise their potential and create the life they want through self discovery.

Having a history in burn out, eating disorder recovery and overcoming self sabotage, learning to own my problems and confront my demons was a difficult path to walk. Having someone in my corner, guiding me through the steps and showing me the tools to heal was instrumental in my journey. Now I have the opportunity to help others from a place of understanding and compassion. My goal is to help people find their ultimate version of health and harmony, and overcome whatever has been holding them back, allowing them to unlock their potential because the world needs what you have to offer.

Years of Teaching/Practicing:

Teaching for 3 years, practicing for 6 years How did you get into yoga:

In my early 20s I started training at the gym which began to drastically improve my health, self image and confidence before I entered the body building realm which exacerbated every detrimental habit I’d begun to heal from. Suddenly the obsessive level of control around food and body image was glorified and the eating disorder I had suffered from since my teenage years reached a new height. This continued well into my late twenties.

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During this time, I began to see a remedial masseuse for the tightness in my body, who also happened to be a yoga teacher. I saw him every week for months.

“You need to come to yoga so you can stop paying me to fix you,” he would say. I wasn’t that keen. I had tried a few yoga classes and never felt like I gained anything from that. It wasn’t enough of a “workout”.

Eventually I listened though, as I had begun to respect his opinion, and I attended one of his classes. I was blown away. It was hard! I didn’t know at the time that his background was in ashtanga, so it wasn’t a standard beginners class. At the end of the class, he also performed 5 minutes of kirtan meditation, which is mantra meditation. That mantra hit me straight in the heart and I walked out of yoga knowing that was what it was all about and how it was meant to feel. I had never felt such peace and bliss in my life before. It goes to show how important it is to find a teacher you relate to and who has an understanding of the entire picture of yoga. Not just the physical practice, but the spiritual as well.

I made a decision that day to commit to at least one yoga and meditation class every week for a year and see what happened. It changed my entire life and I truly believe it has helped me find my path, potential and purpose in life.

How does a Yogic lifestyle change your life:

Practicing Yoga moved me from a consumeristic, material focused life to living a life focused on peace, harmony and kindness. It changed my direction and helped me find a passion for helping others, as well as becoming vegetarian, improving my relationships and my overall wellbeing.

Which yoga styles do you practice:

Hatha Yoga

According to you how yoga works for youthfulness :

Yoga helps to nourish our bodies on a cellular level and remove energy blocks that exist in our subtle energy channels.

Our daily lives are stressful and we constantly live in the “flight or fight” mode, which is taxing to our body as it doesn’t get the chance to find homeostasis.

During yoga, we learn to tap into the parasympathetic nervous system, allowing ourselves the chance to rest and our bodies the opportunity to repair and rebuild.

Your favourite Asana for youthful appearance :

Anything energising such as warrior poses or inversions:

Where did you teach/learn and how did your get started:

I did my qualification through Veda Yoga Teaching and began working with Darwin Yoga and Meditation initially. I soon started my own classes in conjunction with this and built a steady flow of regular students.

How was your life as teenager/ students in terms of fitness? Any School memories you want to share :

I got involved with the wrong crowd at school. I gave up most things fitness orientated despite being quite athletic and began smoking, drinking and rebelling against the system as much as I could even though I was quite academic. Looking back now, I know that I was searching for love and using any form of attention I could to get it. I am lucky I had a supportive family who was there for me no matter how much I misbehaved as that foundation helped me find myself again later in life.

Where can we find you when you're not on the mat:

I’m an Ayurvedic Wellness Coach so I run my own programs as well as one-on-one coaching. This is all done online so you can find me creating at the computer for my business. When I’m not working, I enjoy getting outdoors with my husband and our dogs, hiking, going to the beach, camping or eating out!

What advice would you give to some one that is new to practice of yoga:

Be consistent, even if it’s just once a week, and leave your ego at the door (this was hard for me!)

What does it mean to you to align mind, body and spirit:

Union is the true meaning of Yoga. Union between you, the self, and the Divine or the Supreme Soul. The true essence of Yoga is to understand we are not the body or the mind, but the individual spirit soul. While yoga asana is purifying to both the body and mind, you cannot align your body and mind without focusing on your spiritual practice and connecting with God. What do you like about teaching/Practicing yoga:

That I am able to pass on this wonderful wisdom to other people and seeing their journeys progress over the years they practice.

Your favourite book:

That’s a tough one. I have many books I enjoy reading – both fiction and non-fiction, however I think the best book anyone can study are the Vedas, particularly the Bhagavad Gita: As It Is – His Divine Grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Swarmi Prabhupada.

Your Travel Destination:

India! I was meant to go there for a pancakarma retreat before Covid hit!

What message you want to give woman who wants to stay like you in 40+:

Learn to surrender because nothing is really in your control - the stress is not worth it. Care for your body, mind and spirit. From here, the rest will flow.

HOW TO BE A DEDICATED YOGA PRACTITIONER

Nina Charitou

Do you often start practicing yoga with a willingness to continue but after a couple daily sessions you stop. With seemingly no reason to have given up. If yes, this article is for you.

The Alpha and Omega for long term success is that yoga should become a ROUTINE for the individual concerned. In my experience it takes about three weeks of daily conscious effort in order for regular practice to become an almost subconscious habit.

Here are some tips that can help you to avoid the stumbling blocks which result in giving up.

First of all, make a weekly plan/schedule on your calendar for every day of practice which mentions which teacher which location and of course which time. You can leave 1 or 2 days of the week free of practice in order for you to reschedule an existing lesson if an emergency comes up.

It is critical that you complete the realistic personal roadmap which you commit to.

I know it is not easy!

There will a variety of reasons in order not to go to your practice.

Let’s discuss one by one.

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You are busy with something else You are about to book an appointment with a doctor/client, he recommends to you that they are available the same time with your yoga practice. Then the only thing that you have to answer is: Unfortunately, I cannot, I have another appointment this time. Can we arrange after or before?

I am pretty sure that they will have more options for you.

As a last option you can use one of your rescheduling free days to make up the class if all else fails.

You have an injury Injuries are very common reason to postpone your practice. Here it depends on the type of injury. If it is an old injury (this means that you already had rest) there is not reason for you to cancel your practice, as your muscles needs the practice in order to straighten and to heal and recover faster.

If it is a new injury, go to your practice and at the beginning of the class inform your teacher about your injury. Your teacher will give you more options to modify your asanas/poses according to the nature of your problem. Focus on how many poses you can do. You will be impressed of the variety.

Many times injuries seem to almost “disappear” after your practice. But in almost all cases yoga offers the flexibility to work around an injury and still enjoy a fruitful session.

Fatigue It is very important for your health to have enough sleep. If you sleep early and well at night you will have the energy required in your practice as well as be calmer during the day. Furthermore our memory improves among many other benefits.

You do not have clothes to wear To practice regularly it is advisable to buy (if you don’t have already) at least 2-3 outfits for your daily routine. This athletic apparel should be comfortable in order to need not distract your attention for constant fixing and adjusting throughout class. It would be better if you prepare what you will wear the previous night. Who knows? - a new outfit is also often times a good motivator to go to your next practice.

Bottom line: Find your right teachers and the right classes for you.

Stick to your program which you lay out in advance. Be aware and steer away from excuses which most often are pitfalls in giving up practice. Nowadays we are lucky as there are such a variety of yoga teachers and styles available on a daily basis.

When making your 3 week program take advantage of this fact.

Also give attention to try and find a classes at your experience level.

Always remember how good you feel after practice.

Remember the regret you felt in the past when you had given up and make yourself aware of the fact that you never regretted having gone to and finished a great class.

Carry this with you and in no time yoga will be a beautiful and essential part of your life.

Good luck.

Nina Charitou

YOGA IS PATH TOWARDS THE HARMONY OF BODY,MIND AND SOUL

Across the world this pandemic has taught us that health and wellness are the greatest gift to mankind and rest of the materialistic possessions are all futile if your health is not in order.Yoga has emerged as the strongest weapon against covid and the entire world has realised the importance of pranayama.We breathe everyday but still majority of us do not connect with our breath and do not realise the importance of breathing correctly.Pranayama teaches us different breathing techniques which helps us in increasing our lung capacity,calming our mind, connecting with our breath and being more aware of ourselves.

As we all know yoga is not merely a physical workout but it is a combination of four different aspects which include your postures (asanas),breathing techniques (pranayama),meditation (Dhyana) and relaxation(yog nidra).So a combination of all these helps you achieve a healthy body and mind.

The postures take care of your physical health, the pranayama in breath awareness, meditation for mental health ,peace and relaxation calms your body ,mind and makes you self aware. So yoga has multiple benefits and one must include it in their daily practice.

Along with yoga a healthy diet is another gateway to complete health and wellness.

Your body is your temple and you cant put garbage inside it so eating a healthy diet is very important. Simple home cooked food and including a variety of grains, fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds in your diet is the easiest way to stay healthy rather than following fad diets which play a havoc with your system. Timely meals, small potion size ,drinking adequate amount of water and giving a gap of minimum 3 hours between your last meal and bed time are the few other things which help you in a long way to keep that weight in check.

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Sattvic food is the best and we are blessed to be born in India which has a variety of grains to take care of our protein, carbohydrates and fiber content.

So all in all leading a holistic lifestyle by practicing yoga, eating home cooked meals, sleeping and waking up early, maintaining a balance between professional and personal life, practicing gratitude, serving mankind, being humble will make this life worthwhile and enriching. from the heart of a @fityoginidr.taran

JOURNEY TO BECOMING A YOGA TEACHER

This week marks two years since I began my yoga teacher training in India and I can’t help but feel incredible appreciation and gratitude for all of the ups and downs in establishing myself as a teacher, the learnings that felt as if they had touched my soul and set it on fire, for all of the new friends this practice has brought into my life, and for the opportunity to feel more alive and conscious. Because Monday was the two year mark, I can’t help but look at the evolution of my teachings as well as the kind of student I have become.

My initial journey into a yoga practice had little to do with the heart and soul of yoga and more to do with creating beautiful shapes and sweating. I was a retail manager at one of the best retailers to work for, but even working for a great retailer, this still meant that I worked more than the 40 hour work week. Call-outs were common, shipments not coming when they were scheduled to come happened more than I would’ve liked, and the usual retail hiccups meant that I needed to workout and didn’t like to think of time “wasted” on too much of the soul part of yoga.

That was the very beginning.

I was lucky enough to have a teacher that was excellent at beginning classes with a beautiful thought and would sneakily incorporate the things I thought I didn’t care for in a yoga practice.

I decided to travel to India for my Yoga Teacher Training still thinking that I wanted to teach Power Vinyasa because I felt most American’s don’t realistically have time for anything other than a workout. Because of this I am grateful that I completed my training in India.

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It allowed me to observe firsthand the benefits of a daily pranayama and meditation practice and I was able to completely immerse myself in the culture that started yoga asana. Don’t get me wrong, I was the most stubborn and frustrated meditation student, but at the end of the 30 days, the seed that was planted started to grow roots and my curiosity deepened. Some evenings after the meditation class I felt like I was walking through clouds. I wasn’t sure why, but a few nights while we were repeating mantras, I felt complete and would feel such a deep overflowing of absolute love. I wasn’t sure if it was that I was in a room filled with other students also wanting to breakthrough the autopilot mentality, truly trying to feel alive, or that we were by the Ganga river receiving it’s powerful forces, but the feeling was very new to me.

My stay in India made the training that much more unique. My lunch breaks were often times spent petting cows, stray dogs, or taking a dip in the Ganga river to cool down.

I was lucky enough to be there during Holi, or the festival of colors, and even had the incredible opportunity to attend my philosophy/pranayama teacher’s wedding where I got to dress up in traditional attire and dance the night away with the youth at the wedding and my classmates. I deeply appreciate how I was able to give all of my energy to learning and absorbing as much of the philosophy and practical teachings of the yoga practice. Instead of having to worry about commuting to work, prepping my meals for the week, or any of our hundreds of other daily tasks that take us away from the present moment, I was able to simply be a student and learn.

Strangely enough, while I was in the training, I was in a lot of body pain. My hip would hurt and my wrist ended up hurting so badly I could no longer put weight on it. I began using my knuckles for every vinyasa and that ended up bruising my knuckles which led to sharp pains shooting up my forearm in the middle of the night. My low back started hurting and that’s when I realized I needed to learn more than the basics of Yoga Teacher Training. I began asking around for a local teacher that would focus more on alignment and everyone unanimously mentioned Surinder Singh in the town next to where my school was. Once I received my certification I decided to stay and practice as often as I could with this teacher.

Surinder’s class would get full about 20 minutes before his class began. It was mat to mat in his shala and for just $2, I would enjoy the most powerful class I had ever experienced. Not only was his attention to alignment threaded through the class, but he understood the flow of our 72,000 nadis or energy lines and would often times call out which nadis we wanted to become aware of. I remember one day in class, he tented his fingers next to my heel while I was in downdward dog and he asked the class to feel the roots we create and become aware of the sudden upward energy we will experience once we did that. He kept his tented fingers next to my heel almost as if he was creating roots with his hand and all of a sudden I felt a flow of energy going from my heels to my sitting bones. I realized then how little I knew about teaching.

Luckily for me I was traveling through Thailand and Borneo once I left the training and I met several very kind backpackers and volunteer coordinators that allowed me to practice teaching on them. When we go through YTT, we are generally surrounded by yogis that have pretty great alignment during their practice. When I was practicing with backpackers, it was the opposite. I continued to become more and more curious about verbal cues that would help alignment and having students hold postures in a safer way. I became very curious about how different body types felt postures and wanted to know as much as possible about the flow of energy instead of just calling out a long sequence of postures.

I returned home a few months after traveling and what happened once I got home was definitely not how I envisioned my career as a teacher unfolding. I will share more on that next week! Stay tuned! For those of you who have taken my classes, I would love to hear feedback. Feel free to leave a review @Franciprana

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