Saturday, September 24, 2011

Week One, Day 1 Recap


Last night we kicked off training with a light meditation, and basically a meet and greet. There are 13 of us in the group, all ladies plus the two instructors Rebecca and Marc. It's already evident that there are some amazing people here. Lots of us are on a career change path, leaving office jobs from all sectors. There is a wide range of ages, personalities and yoga skill levels which is refreshing. Nothing about the group is stereotypical. (Save for the fact that it's all female maybe)

Today will begin more of the in depth training and teaching now that the logistical stuff is out of the way. This program is no joke! Each student is required to complete an additional 40 hours of class time outside of the intensive weekend training sessions. The 40 hours is broken down into three components; 20 hours of taking a yoga class, 10 hours of observing and taking notes in classes, and 10 hours of assisting a student partner in a class. Looks like we will all be getting to know each other pretty well!

The Training Manual!

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  1. I attended a lecture yesterday co-hosted by Bessel van der Kolk, who is a forefront neuroscientist in the psychological trauma field. He is the first to conduct some real research around the physiological and emotional effects of yoga in the lives of trauma survivors. I thought a lot about you... some really cool stuff that is possible through the practice, such as lowering the heart rate variability, thereby decreasing anxiety and creating overall greater mood stability. If you're interested (maybe once you're done with training!!), I'd recommend checking out this research - pretty amazing stuff. "As long as I know where I am, I know where to go" - Bessel (or just be) :)

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