200 Hour Licensed Yoga Instructors

Good day mates! Right this moment I’m excited to share with you that Dave and I are actually 200 hour licensed yoga instructors. On the finish of July, we began the certification program on the Lotus Pond studio in Tampa. I needed to hitch this system to be taught to belief my physique once more after my surgical procedures, in addition to to enhance my power and stamina, and to know myself higher. It has been an incredible journey.

Concerning the Lotus Pond

The Lotus Pond is a stupendous, peaceable oasis close to Citrus Park that gives all kinds of yoga, trainer trainings, meditation, workshops, retreats and extra inside a sort, welcoming group. They provide courses seven days every week, often beginning at 9am.

The Lotus Pond was based by Val Spies, an E-RYT500 licensed Kripalu yoga trainer and Chopra Well being & Meditation trainer and Chopra Wellness Coach. It’s at the moment co-owned by Katie Beene, an E-RYT500 YACEP teacher with over 2,500 hours of instructing expertise. Alyssa Liadis is the opposite co-owner, RYT 200.

Different Yoga Instructors

One in every of my favourite instructors on the Lotus Pond is Meagan Lynn Pilawski, RYT 500. She is an attuned Chokopa Shamanic Reiki Grasp and holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Masters of Science in Medical Hashish Science & Therapeutics from the College of Maryland Faculty of Pharmacy.

I like the courses that she teaches, in addition to her solstice ceremonies.

Our Yoga Instructor Coaching Instructors

The first lecturers for our program included Katie, Ryan, and Chris. We additionally had a number of different instructors who got here in to share their experience, together with Manasa Kanithi and Larissa Corridor Carlson, who have been superior.

Our Class

Our classmates went from strangers to a heat, variety group that I like. I’m so grateful for the shared experiences now we have and I’m so happy with everybody!

Why White?

The complete class was required to put on white for our commencement ceremony to represent purity. The final time I wore all white like this was for my teenage baptism.

What I’m Carrying

I believed my BlackMilk Gothic Royal Shirt (LE, discontinued) could be excellent for commencement as a result of it’s beautiful with a number of delicate lace element. I purchased the Vigorous Ghosts White Apparition Skirt for my bottoms as a result of I owned no white bottoms. The skirt has pockets, yay! For a tiny pop of shade I wore my Betsey Johnson Midnight Backyard Snake Collar (LE, discontinued).

Closing Ideas

Going by way of yoga trainer coaching on the Lotus Pond was life altering in so some ways. Primarily, it shifted my worldview much more to the left. I’ve extra compassion in direction of people I don’t know who’re trapped within the tales that they inform themselves.

I’m so grateful that Dave and I accomplished the yoga trainer coaching collectively, in addition to for the group we are actually part of. I’m additionally grateful to our chosen household and family members who helped assist us by way of this over the previous 12 months.

Doing yoga has helped me to turn into extra assured in my physique, in addition to improved my well being and psychological properly being. It’s undoubtedly a everlasting way of life change for me.

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