Yoga Teacher Training Blog

A few more pointers from our last blog on how to pick the right Yoga Teacher Training for you!  We know, there are a lot of Yoga Teacher Training programs out there, so it’s good to get into the details of what you’ll really learn and how you’ll learn it! Here’s a few tips on asking the right questions around sequencing and the teaching style you’ll be taught in the course. We hope you find […] Read More

There are a lot of Yoga Teacher Training programs out there, with new ones popping up every day. Figuring out which ones are good (and which ones aren’t!) can be really hard, especially if you’re not even sure where to start! To help, we’ve put together a list of things you can think about while you’re doing your research. It will help you clarify what’s important, so that you can confidently choose the right program, […] Read More

It’s hard to go through the month of February with the popular US holiday of Valentine’s Day being advertised everywhere and not think of Tina Turner’s song, “What’s love got to do with it.  Who needs a heart, when a heart can be broken?” It brings me back to my days working a Corporate job and how I often heard people say things like “get a thicker skin” or “leave your emotions at the door!”  […] Read More

You probably don’t know this but our Awakened Life Yoga School office is right near Clearwater, Florida.  When I told a friend where we had moved, she said “oh, I love that name of Clearwater, how interesting to put those two words together!”  How easily we can apply that to the effort we put into our practices of yoga, meditation and other spiritual work.  Settling our mind through meditation so we are fluid and clear. […] Read More

We don’t often think about the quality of our touch or the impact it has on the person who receives it. And yet, it’s a beautiful gift that teaching yoga offers us – the opportunity to touch others in a way that energetically communicates support and encouragement. To touch in a way that doesn’t “correct” or subtly criticize. To touch in a way that isn’t invasive or “poking” at someone. Yoga adjustments that are skillfully […] Read More

I’ve always considered gratitude to be a feeling inside. Something that was felt or some special emotion. And, that when I experienced it, it would bring warm feelings and a sense of great well-being. Instead, my recent experience around gratitude has been more action-oriented. For example, I was having lunch with a friend and her family recently. The portion sizes were really big and everyone had leftovers. I asked the waiter for containers to take […] Read More

Seasons are changing. Back to School for many. Back to work for others. Renewing our dedication to our practice of yoga. This time of year is often a time for new resolve and a desire to improve, grow, and enhance our lives. Yet somehow when we fall short of the resolutions we make, it becomes a great reason to criticize ourselves and reinforce old belief systems that say “I’m not good enough” and “nothing will […] Read More

So many things in our lives are unknown and uncertain. There’s not much opportunity to grab onto anything solid, although we often try. We grab onto busyness, social media, withdrawing, engaging in unhealthy habits – even overdoing yoga! The idea of embracing the uncertainty of life is not exactly well liked. I can definitely see why! Yet, the truth is moving towards the unknown – far out of comfort zone, and into uncertainty is most […] Read More