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Hi there associates! 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 wished to affix 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 a tremendous journey.
In regards to the Lotus Pond
The Lotus Pond is a ravishing, peaceable oasis close to Citrus Park that gives all kinds of yoga, instructor trainings, meditation, workshops, retreats and extra inside a form, welcoming neighborhood. They provide lessons seven days per week, normally beginning at 9am.
The Lotus Pond was based by Val Spies, an E-RYT500 licensed Kripalu yoga instructor and Chopra Well being & Meditation instructor 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 educating expertise. Alyssa Liadis is the opposite co-owner, RYT 200.
Different Yoga Instructors
One among 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 lessons that she teaches, in addition to her solstice ceremonies.
Our Yoga Trainer 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 had been superior.
Our Class
Our classmates went from strangers to a heat, form neighborhood that I like. I’m so grateful for the shared experiences we have now 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 Sporting
I assumed my BlackMilk Gothic Royal Shirt (LE, discontinued) can be excellent for commencement as a result of it’s beautiful with a lot of delicate lace element. I purchased the Energetic 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 coloration I wore my Betsey Johnson Midnight Backyard Snake Collar (LE, discontinued).
Closing Ideas
Going by way of yoga instructor 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 the 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 instructor coaching collectively, in addition to for the neighborhood we are actually part of. I’m additionally grateful to our chosen household and family members who helped help us by way of this over the previous yr.
Doing yoga has helped me to grow to be extra assured in my physique, in addition to improved my well being and psychological nicely being. It’s positively a everlasting way of life change for me.
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