Yoga Teacher Training 2009
Hello Me Drougies:
Long time no ocean...or is that sea? I get so confused. Well, drat it, I've been so busy that I should be confuzzled.
My list of things that I'm up to these days is a year long yoga teacher training program for my RYT 200 yoga certification. Do I want to teach? is the question everyone asks. My answer? That is not my main goal.
I'm studying a form of yoga called vinyasa krama which is from the teachings of Krishnamacharya. My teacher studies with JJ Gormley Etchells, who is a student of Desikachar, Rodney Yee and Erich Shiffmann. This system of yoga is based on the eight-limb path.
We are studying, among other things, the yamas and niyamas. This months concept is asteya, which is non-stealing. It is not the traditional idea of stealing but stealing as in stealing someone else's happiness or time. An example would be showing up late for a meeting with someone or saying you will call someone and not doing it.
So I have to meditate on how I steal from others. Do i demand too much attention? Do I steal the limelight? I also have to ponder how this can be a positive aspect for me. I think the goal is not to stop, but to be aware.
Last month the concept was Satya, or truthfulness. The month before the yama was Ahimsa, or non-harming. For Satya I kept thinking about Steven Colbert's "truthiness" and for Ahimsa the image that came to mind was the monk sneezing into an anti-viral tissue and killing millions of microbes.
I'm feeling like I'm growing in a way I've been seeking for many years. I'm not sure I'm learning concepts I was unaware of in the past, but the intensified process is making me think and acting as a catalyst. I'm so lucky to be part of this.
Shanti.
Long time no ocean...or is that sea? I get so confused. Well, drat it, I've been so busy that I should be confuzzled.
My list of things that I'm up to these days is a year long yoga teacher training program for my RYT 200 yoga certification. Do I want to teach? is the question everyone asks. My answer? That is not my main goal.
I'm studying a form of yoga called vinyasa krama which is from the teachings of Krishnamacharya. My teacher studies with JJ Gormley Etchells, who is a student of Desikachar, Rodney Yee and Erich Shiffmann. This system of yoga is based on the eight-limb path.
We are studying, among other things, the yamas and niyamas. This months concept is asteya, which is non-stealing. It is not the traditional idea of stealing but stealing as in stealing someone else's happiness or time. An example would be showing up late for a meeting with someone or saying you will call someone and not doing it.
So I have to meditate on how I steal from others. Do i demand too much attention? Do I steal the limelight? I also have to ponder how this can be a positive aspect for me. I think the goal is not to stop, but to be aware.
Last month the concept was Satya, or truthfulness. The month before the yama was Ahimsa, or non-harming. For Satya I kept thinking about Steven Colbert's "truthiness" and for Ahimsa the image that came to mind was the monk sneezing into an anti-viral tissue and killing millions of microbes.
I'm feeling like I'm growing in a way I've been seeking for many years. I'm not sure I'm learning concepts I was unaware of in the past, but the intensified process is making me think and acting as a catalyst. I'm so lucky to be part of this.
Shanti.