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Yoga Teacher Training Essence of Living: THE BITTERSWEET END!

The yoga and Pilates teacher trainees are still all together for these last two weekends of yoga teacher training at Essence of Living, which means a yoga asana class directly followed by a Pilates class with Michelle for those of us doing both. Yep, butt still very sore. And we’re running out of body parts not to work on in Pilates class – ‘can we not do glutes today because we did glutes yesterday and I can’t move?...’ The yoga and Pilates crew together Week 9 of yoga teacher training at ...

Yoga Teacher Training Essence of Living: 8-week mark!

Week 7 at yoga teacher training at Essence of Living was a massive weekend of assessment for us yogi teacher trainees. We had to deliver 3 one-hour classes: one for a special population of choice (e.g. someone with a hip replacement or obesity), one for a specific type of athlete (I chose AFL players) and one for kids! We also had to give an explantatory presentation on one of the yoga sutras of Patanjali. Delivering our classes at yoga teacher training Essence of Living When we deliver ...

Yoga Teacher Training Essence of Living: 6-week mark!

I can’t believe it’s already been six weekends at yoga teacher training at Essence of Living!! Like little Alice said, it’s easy to get caught up in the stress of worrying about all the assessment that’s due, but really, we should all just relax and enjoy the ride because as sad as it is, it’ll be over soon! Last weekend Michelle acknowledged the huge effort everyone was making despite their crazy busy home life and work commitments and it really opened my eyes and made me stop and reflect on ...

Yoga Teacher Training Essence of Living: 4-week mark!

Now having completed four weekends at yoga teacher training at Essence of Living I can see everyone getting a little more comfortable and confident in their own voice. Over the last two weekends we each had to give three 2-minute philosophy talks while massaging someone resting in savasana – just how a yoga teacher would. Our three talks were on: one of the six cleansing practises of hatha yoga; one of the five paths of yoga (bhakti, karma, jnana, raja & hatha); and one of the seven main ...

Yoga Teacher Training Essence of Living: 2-week mark!

Each day at yoga teacher training at Essence of Living begins with a guided seated meditation (or more specifically, a guided concentration technique) to centre and align our minds. This is followed by an energising asana class to centre and align our bodies. Asanas are the physical postures or poses of yoga; what we in the West think of as 'yoga'. In fact, asana is just one of the eight limbs of yoga, as described by Patanjali in his Yoga Sutras. Full wheel pose variation - urdhva ...