My Yoga Sisters

We did it!  After two long months of intensive training four days a week, we completed the Three Sisters Yoga Summer 2012 Training.

This morning I had topresent an hour long yoga class along with three other women on my team.  Our theme was Energy Balance and I had to teach the first 15 minutes of the opening and warm up.  

I started my Dharma Talk with a poem that I found which captured the essence of our theme:

“Just for Now, without asking how, let yourself sink into stillness. Lay down the weight you so patiently bear upon your shoulders. Feel the earth receive you, and the infinite expanse of the sky grow even wider as your awareness reaches up to meet it. Allow a wave of breath to enliven your experience. Breathe out whatever blocks you from the truth. Just for now, be boundless, free, with awakened energy tingling in your hands and feet. Drink in the possibility of being who and what you really are – so fully alive that the world looks different, newly born and vibrant, just for now. “~Danna Faulds
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I led the class through a meditation and a fluid warm up to encourage letting go and finding that stillness within. Although I was nervous at first, the more I placed my attention on my students (my teacher Jen and yogi sisters), the more I eased into my teaching and the more natural it felt.   

I came to this training to find my voice as a yoga teacher and I feel that  I accomplished that.  Aside from completing my 200 hour training, I received so much more than I could have ever hoped from this intense and transformative experience.  I feel more comfortable in my skin and the way I carry myself is more open and receptive.

I feel truly blessed to have shared this life-changing with such an extraordinary group of women.  I know that each one of us have blossomed in our own way and are ready to bring our own unique gift to the world by following our dharma path.

Energy Balance Team

I taught 3 preschool yoga classes this morning and spent some time updating my Be Yoga Be Love Facebook Page, posting on and LIKEing other child yoga related businesses, educators and musicians whose resources I have used in my classes.  It’s amazing how many other children’s yoga and spirituality programs are out there.  I’m so inspired to be part of this Yoga Revolution!

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Then at one point I realized that I was not enjoying this and I started tuning into my body more.  I was present to what my body wanted to do, which was move more fluidly.  So I modified the movements and felt a shift right away.  It was as if my body was grateful for not forcing it to do what did not feel good.  I have struggled with body issues my whole life and am beginning to feel more comfortable in my own skin.  I am learning to listen to my body more and see my body as a part of me, rather than ignore its messages.  I see yoga as a way to nurture that relationship. Since I will be completely immersed in holistic yogic practice for the next 2 months of my life, I am taking on that my body is a temple.  I will honor and take care of it as such.

Today was the first day of my 200 hour yoga teacher training at Three Sisters Yoga in NYC.  After our introductions and sharing about our first yoga class, we jumped right in to exploring the relationship between student and teacher and after inquiring into what makes a good teacher, we learned how the teacher/student relationship is a “shared experience”.  We also got an opportunity to teach the class something, anything we chose.  The energy in the room shifted from everyone’s enthusiasm to learn.

I chose to teach the children’s version of Butterfly pose. A part of me felt nervous, which is kinda ridiculous since I have taught this pose to hundreds of children, but somehow being in front of a room of grown ups was a bit intimidating.  I proceeded to give them all step by step instructions on how to position their legs and arms to make their butterfly “wings” and was about to cop out on singing the song I usually sing with the children.  This was a tough group though, they did not let me get away with it and asked me to sing it.  So, there I was singing “fly, fly, butterfly” to a group of women and they wanted to sing along too!  Our training instructor, Jen Winnen called it my “golden opportunity”, when students are engaged enough to want to learn or in my case, play with me.
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Since I had expected to do some yoga at class and we did not, I came home and tried Shiva Rea’s Daily Energy that was on one of my fitness cable channels.  She is one of my favorite yoga teachers, I love the soothing sound of her voice and the gracefulness of her yoga sequences.  She inspires me to find my own voice and movement

I understand now what “finding your voice” as a teacher means and part of requires trusting your voice.  I am am really excited to continue delving into this training and deepening my own yoga practice.  Stay tuned…

Tonight I took an advanced level vinyasa class at Garden State Yoga Studio in Bloomfield. Vinyasa is the style of yoga I resonate with the most.  Vinyasa is defined as a a series of sequential movements that interlink postures with breathing to form a continuous flow.  I love the fluidity of one pose leading into another and the linking of movement & breath.

It had been a while since I took a yoga class that really challenged me and pushed me out of my comfort zone.  Our instructor Becky led us through a rigorous and invigorating class that really inspired me.  She came over to my mat a few times to adjust me and I really appreciated the hands on instruction, knowing that I would be fully immersed in my own yoga training soon. 

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The week before I decided to register, I received an email from a yoga teacher whose mailing list I was on that had completed her training through 3 Sisters.   I was telling my best friend about it and she suggested I set an intention to complete my own training this year. Then I received an email from a friend who had just returned from getting her yoga certification in Brazil.  Finally, I was volunteering with Newark Yoga Movement and the Director of the program, Debby Kaminsky highly recommended that I pursue my 200 hour certification.  That was the defining moment for me, all signs were pointing to it and I decided to follow them.  

As you go through your day, remember to BE IN THE FLOW…

Just 3 days before I embark on the journey of my yoga teacher training, I am beginning to inquire into what YOGA IS TO ME…

Having run a successful children’s yoga and arts business in NYC for 4 years and now that I am creating and teaching my own yoga enrichment program Be Yoga Be Love at several preschools in New Jersey, I have seen firsthand the benefits that yoga provides to children.  Yoga nurtures a child’s development on all levels-mind, body, spirit and I am committed to bringing yoga to as many children as I can reach in my lifetime.

As far as my own practice, it has been quite a challenge to make yoga a discipline, despite the fact that after each yoga class I take, I feel so connected and at peace inside.  It is the same sense I get when I see the peaceful faces of the children I teach sitting in Namaste  at the end of class and connected to who they are inside.

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To me, yoga is about finding the space to be imperfect, to be patient, to accept where I am right here, right NOW.  In yoga class, each asana (pose) is an opportunity for me to reflect on and practice some very essential skills that sometimes I forget during the course of my daily life…listening to my body, tuning into myself and connecting with my deeper truth.

YOGA is…connection, union, acceptance, presence, discipline and love.

Let the journey begin…