Comments on: On Observing

By: Julie

Julie — Sat, 23 May 2009 23:42:04 +0000

I’ve been enjoying reading about your journey!

Julie
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By: Anne Lindenfeld

Anne Lindenfeld — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 13:29:56 +0000

You know my friend Eliza! This definitely falls in the small world category. Isn’t she amazing?

Eliza and I were members of a weekly writer’s group for years. We hadn’t seen eachother in, well, more years and then reconnected last year at a Politics & Prose new book reading by a fellow writer friend. She told me she was in training — and really interested in Yoga Nidra.

So glad to hear that she (and you) are well on your way to being full-fledged instructors.

Anne

By: Anna

Anna — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:19:47 +0000

Your training course sounds excellent. As my British Wheel of Yoga foundation course draws to a close I am pondering which type of teacher training to go for. I have just this week decided to do the Sivananda teacher training, which is a one-month immersion course in an ashram. I’m excited but also nervous about it, and I’m loving reading about your journey while thinking about my own.

By: Bossygirln

Bossygirln — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:07:57 +0000

I think you’re awesome. I admire you for following your path where it leads you, knitting, yoga, vegetarianism, photography…I always enjoy reading about what’s up with you. And…you are looking great! Good for you!

By: Miri

Miri — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:57:59 +0000

I really enjoy hearing your YTT tales – thank you for sharing with us!

I was lucky enough to once take a class similar to the ‘therapeutic’ yoga you describe although it was called something slightly different at my gym. What an amazing class it was! Going slow and using props, focusing on truly feeling the changes in your body as you become solid in the pose… it was fabulous. And heartbreaking, since it was only offered one day a week during work hours (I’d taken a mental health day that day or I’d have never experienced it). I wish more studios and gyms offered this along with all the fitness oriented yoga!

By: Jenna

Jenna — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:12:32 +0000

Very thought provoking! I thought that your apprenticeship entailed some leading of the class, but I guess you can’t really do that until you get an understanding of potential class dynamics. The practice of observation sounds very powerful. I’m glad that you’re forming these bonds in your training and I hope they continue indefinitely!

By: Kala

Kala — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:57:28 +0000

I love the picture of you in the yoga pose, very cool

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:22:43 +0000

Oh, I love Calder! Some of his sculptures really do look yogic (is that a word?)–I’d never thought of them in that way before.

By: Shaye

Shaye — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:25:59 +0000

if you do a yoga workshop for knitters, definitely let us know! i live and work in the same area as you (well i live in baltimore city, but work in howard county). i, myself, am just starting to get into some exercising after coming back from a surgery in the past year. i’ve only started doing very basic and easy poses, but would LOVE to continue with it!

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:08:55 +0000

As someone who is relatively new to yoga (but I’m trying to make up for lost time!), I notice a real difference between the teachers at the studio where I practice. The woman who owns it has a way of explaining things that just makes sense to me – and there’s something about her that I just clicked with. A few of the other teachers there don’t have the same ability to explain things and it’s noticeable to me. I’m glad you are enjoying your training and I have no doubt that you will be an exceptional teacher.