Just Sharing (#8)

I came to our teacher training program with nearly three years of teaching experience and was sincerely interested in exploring the quality and "filling in the gaps" of my self-study. I had attended teacher training before (sporadically with YogaFit), purchased and read "the books", subscribed online to popular websites with teacher training sections, attended conferences and workshops locally and nationally, and....most importantly, aligned myself with my favorite teachers. They helped me unselfishly, sharing tips and material without reservation. They acted from their hearts. One in particular -my friend Beth Lytle, gave me examples of class organization, asana pictures, music, and most of all her beautiful personal example of what a yoga teacher is. Another teacher, Dana Riffel is so full of love, so.....overflowing....helping her students by opening her home, her library, her prop inventory and her wisdom via e-mail with anyone willing to receive yoga. And that is how I met HER teacher, Barbara. And of course, there is our teacher, my first and only meditation teacher, and the only one-on-one yoga teacher I've ever had. This is the wonderful world of yoga I discovered, all around us, waiting to be shared.

I knew all along that I did not have a comprehensive program to use as a base from which to go forward with my practice and my teaching. The program certainly lived up to its billing as "Yoga with an Inner Focus". Our teacher constantly uses language and teaching methods that helped me grow and improve the inner focus of my own practice. This program and its consistent, authentic message made a difference in my life. Choosing this school was the right decision. Namaste, Cindy