Tonight I feel energized to bless readers (provided there are any) with a stream of consciousness again though. I'd like to give you a warning too - this blog is about to turn into a little bit of a yoga blog.
I'll try not to get too spiritual though. I guess my yoga isn't either - I'm enjoying the physical part more and actually have some issues with the meditative part but when I was inquiring about the teacher training that I will sign up for, I was told that about 90% of the yogis feel that way. In our busy, hectic lives it's just so much harder to really let go and focus on doing nothing than just try really hard to get into a particular shape or form or do some physical exercise...
Anyway, so the big news is that I'll be attending a teacher training in order to deepen my practice. Since I have been going for a lot of different classes both in the city and as of late more around Roosevelt Island, I don't think in terms of the time that I devote to practice it will be a major shift, however, I have never in my life taught a class before, at least not a yoga class, so I'm very curious and can't wait to start. A 200 hour teacher training is also just the beginning of a teacher's journey, so I'm not even sure if I will end up teaching but in any case, I thought it would be a nice learning experience and treat for me.
When starting to do research, I realized that there is a myriad of training programs out there - pretty much every yoga studio in the city (and trust me, there are almost as many studios as there are delis) also offers teacher training - it seems to be a good additional source of revenue. Prices range between two and six grand for the said 200 hours. The most expensive one I found was the Jivamukti one, a very popular type of yoga, but granted this was to take place in an ashram in upstate NY. I was sure that I wanted to do a part-time program that I can do in the evenings and weekends and there are quite a few of those around too. Let's see what I say in a few weeks but so far the studio I chose looks promising. It's small and does not seem as commercial as some of the other ones I found. Let's not kid ourselves, yoga has become a massive business in this city and globally - so no wonder there is quite a machinery out there...
It was a little surprising to me that the teacher profession is not more regulated but I guess that would go against yoga values too. Just like talking badly about another studio - it's interesting; i was reading about this blog that tests classes in the city every week: it's called yoga sleuth
but unlike other blogs and social media sites, no sign of negative criticism - it's more like yoga essays you find out there, reporting on the different classes people attended. I'l start following more of these sites - quite fascinating what kind of a variety is out there.
But no worries, I'll still travel and blog about travels once in a while. Fortunately my teaching program only has classes in the city every other weekend! And I will get a trip to Miami and another to Mexico in before the course starts - so stay tuned... Let go everyone and namaste!
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