MIND BLOW.
I am learning SO MUCH at yoga school!
I decided to do my advanced teacher training (300 hour) with Laughing Lotus in New York City!
NEW YORK CITY!!! (Said in a very Southern cowgirl accent)
After teaching yoga for ten years, I knew that I wanted to continue in my personal growth and career as a yoga teacher... Always a student! This past year included a lot of meditating and manifesting where the best place for me would be. I wanted to find a school that would challenge me, encourage me, and inspire me. And I feel like IT FOUND ME. Laughing Lotus New York kept popping up everywhere, from friends talking about it, social media showing it, and last April I walked by it- so I decided I would stop in. The events that led me to it were very serendipity- It was my first time as an adult in NYC, and I had won the ticket to the Yoga Journal LIVE Conference that year. And I fell in love. I felt like I was HOME immediately. From the sparkly, colorful walls, to the big smiles behind the desk, I was welcomed. Lotus has a very unique feel to every class- soulful and insightful, while allowing you to 'move and groove like you'. The alignment cues are smart, well thought of, and the flow of every Lotus class absolutely talks to the body. It is truly the whole ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨shebang✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨
My body, heart, and mind are healed.
And I know I made the right decision to do my advanced teacher training with them.
The teachers have so much heart, speak with intelligence, and teach as a conversation of connection.
Side note: for those of you that don't know, The Yoga Alliance has two different kinds of certifications that a yoga school could offer- the 200 hour, and 300 hour. You can not proceed to the 300 until the 200 is completed (usually accompanied with other requirements depending on the school).
Never stop being a student. Never stop learning.
You can learn from everyone and everything, and every situation, if you only have the right perspective. When we stop being open to learn, we stop growing. I think it is vital to remember the student within, the thirst for more knowledge. After all, we can never be at this place of
"I'm good. I know it all, and no longer have anything to learn. All filled up."
Hello...ego check?
One of my dear friends, and first teachers (who is spoken about in an earlier post), Shannon- once told me to look at the learning process of yoga (and life) like a ladder that never ends. And boy am excited to take this next step with Laughing Lotus!
I get to break the 300 hours into 50 hour segments over the next 3 years, which I am excited to take my time, and have an adventure for the next few years. I love the idea of learning, coming back to Austin, and digesting, then sharing. I will be traveling back and forth from New York City to Austin for the next three years. My laboratory is my mat. I will study, reflect, and grow.
The 50 hour training I'm doing this week (my first one) is appropriately named 'Super Sequencing'. I have learned the template sequence behind the LL class. They are appropriately geared around the seven Chakras. I have also learned so many creative transition and playful variations of poses.
Mudras, meditations, and mantras!
The most powerful realization I have had this past week is the idea of going outside the box. There are infinite areas to explore in your practice, and in yourself. Laughing Lotus encourages you to be CREATIVE. Be wild, and be bold on and off the mat. Allow yourself and your students to explore different shapes in the body and how they connect with our inner world.
MIND. BLOWN.
Namaste Friends!
As always, thank you for being apart of my life!
xoxo
