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| RCL- I agree with Tourist and Zoebird..you will not find the spirituality with Yogafit. I too, had taught before and needed to be recertified and took YogaFit so I could teach in the gym setting. If you want more info just PM me and I will give you more information about the program. I am now in the process of my 200 hour training in Hatha yoga on the weekends in Austin. It is a 6 month intensive during the summer and you can extend your training however long you want. If I were you, I would look for a 200 hour RYT (Reg, Yoga Instructor) because you will get the training you are asking about. You will not regret it in the long run. YogaFit now can offer the RYT through Yoga Alliance, but I bet it $$ the same or more, but IMHO, you will get so much more from another source. My training is through YogaYoga in Austin, Texas on Lamar Street. They might be able to help you find a similar program of even check into the places mentioned above by Tourist and Zoebird. Good luck!  I work a 40 hour week also and teach yoga and still have time to study when I can. Edited by namaste2 2006-08-26 10:08 PM | |||
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namaste2 - 2006-08-26 9:07 PM My training is through YogaYoga in Austin, Texas on Lamar Street. They might be able to help you find a similar program of even check into the places mentioned above by Tourist and Zoebird. Good luck! I work a 40 hour week also and teach yoga and still have time to study when I can. Is this the YogaYoga in South Austin? I ask because I've gone there for a couple of classes; one was an Ashtanga class. I live in Peoria, IL but visit Austin frequently, and the southern YogaYoga studio is a 1.5 mile walk away from where I stay. YogaFit: I am not a teacher and can't say anything about it firsthand; this is where my current teacher got trained and she does a great job with beginners in a public park district setting. But, much of what they learn is how to conduct a class in a matter which minimizes lawsuits; they draw some of their material from studies done by exercise councils and the like. The teachers that I've seen from there are the kind who teach gym caliber classes (e. g., pilates) who also teach a yoga class. | |||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 1738  Location: right where I'm supposed to be | |||
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 418 Location: New York | I've done several trainings with YogaFit. Please PM me if you'd like more info on my experiences with them.  | ||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 8442 | ollie - my certified Iyengar teacher taught through our local recreation centre for 20 years before we opened our studio a few years ago. So it is a corollary to your statement - excellent teachers may be teaching where you least expect it  | ||
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tourist - 2006-09-04 10:35 PM ollie - my certified Iyengat teacher taught through our local recreation centre for 20 years before we opened our studio a few years ago. So it is a corollary to your statement - excellent teachers may be teaching where you least expect it And this begs the question: what is an excellent teacher? Mine: she is great with beginners; her classes are always well attended and well recieved. People leave feeling good about themselves and looking for more. And, those who teach beginners speak highly of her. But: those who thirst for more even on the purely physical level (e. g., to learn to do headstand, hand balances, etc.) really need to look elsewhere. She is really more of a teacher than a yogi. On the other hand we had a teacher in the system who had an excellent personal practice, and his level II classes were well attended. But he didn't get along with the other teachers; let's just say that he knew that he knew more about yoga than they did, and many people simply don't like unsolicited feedback, no matter how competent it is. I'd attend his class but he moved away. | |||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 8442 | And then there is the issue of "fit" - whether or not you and uyour teacher are right for each other. I had a t'ai chi teacher who seemed very good but I never got that sense of connection with her that I look for in teachers. OTOH, I am still amazed that my first Iyengar teacher was somehow right for me. When I look at the relationship objectively (as much as I can) it doesn't add up somehow, and yet it did. We don't have an instant rapport or similar interests outside yoga. I just trust that it was meant to be for some reason that I cannot see yet | ||
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| Yeah, my teacher and I get along great. In fact, every Tuesday and Thursday she picks me up to drive me to class, and we've done things like partner practice and cycling. So even though we are now friends, she doesn't hesitate to point out mistakes that I make. And if it weren't for her, I'd still see yoga as a way to limber the hamstrings and something that stretchy women do. Still I sometimes wish I had help with some of the more intermediate poses (e. g. handstand, peacock feather, crane) but for now it is just me, a wall, and my copy of Light on Yoga. | |||
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| Hello Olie. what I wonder about your practice/your teacher, is this seemingly consistent mention of "mistakes" and "bad" poses in your posts. Could you elaborate on these things? it might just be semantics. Relative to begging the question of good yoga teachers.... it seems to depend on one's definition of "yoga". For me a good teacher has to have expert knowledge, training, lineage, a thirst for continuing education, a personal practice, an understanding of the eight limbs, ability to moderate their voice, a sense of meter, an ability to give instruction that cannot be misinterpreted, a love for students, an understanding of therapeutics, anatomy, personal cleanliness, a safe touch, be doing their own work (the bigger picture), and come off their mat rather than sit upon their throne. I think I could actually go on but this is prolly enough for this thread. ollie - 2006-09-05 8:21 AM Yeah, my teacher and I get along great. In fact, every Tuesday and Thursday she picks me up to drive me to class, and we've done things like partner practice and cycling. So even though we are now friends, she doesn't hesitate to point out mistakes that I make. And if it weren't for her, I'd still see yoga as a way to limber the hamstrings and something that stretchy women do. Still I sometimes wish I had help with some of the more intermediate poses (e. g. handstand, peacock feather, crane) but for now it is just me, a wall, and my copy of Light on Yoga. Edited by purnayoga 2006-09-06 3:00 AM | |||
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| "mistakes" and "bad" are my words. I've seen Birkham (on video) correct someone he said was making a "small mistake". Here is an example: in warrior II, when my left leg is forward (the one with the bent knee), I sometimes lose concentration and let that leg sag in (as toward the front of the body). I call that a "mistake". In the foward folds, I used to round my back, and in the standing version, I tended to move my butt back behind my heels to make it easier. Those were "mistakes". In triangle, I'd try to get too low (ego thing) and end up bending forward from the waist instead of bending sideways toward the front leg. That is where the word "terrible" was used. I've seen this described as a "loss of intelligence" of the pose; I call it a mistake. "Bad poses" vs. "good poses"? well, when one can't tell if one is trying to do "plank" or "down dog", that is what I call "bad".  I know...not very yoga-ish. | |||
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| My spirtuality comes from within. Yoga training had enhanced it, not defined it. Hang on...I'm not a good speller and I need to get my YOGAFIT manual out to spell this correctly...Satya: Truthfulness...."Sharing knowledge with love and compassion and authenticity feels so much better than causing harm to others my making them wrong." YogaFit training manual Level 3, pg 40. Why do people who have not taken YF training insist on tearing it down? I take YF training, and tho I do agree that no one is ready to teach after only taking Level 1, I do not agree at all with the general sentiment here. After first coming here I was so freaked out by the negativity toward YF training that I began to doubt myself. I no longer feel that way and know that I'm a very good yoga teacher. Yes, I teach in a large gym, but I love it. I love bringing yoga to the masses. If someone asks me about a studio type enviroment, I recommend them to my favorite local studio. They are different experiences, and both are WONDERFUL. I can have a sensation of spirtuality that knocks my socks off in my gym. In fact, in some ways, that's more authentic to me b/c I really know that's coming from my heart and body, and not from the pale green walls and candles and sanskrit terminology in the studio. Don't get me wrong, I love to practice in studios and my home studio has pale green walls, & candles. But, if I can do yoga on a garbage barge and feel the universe, then I'm feeling good. I can teach yoga anywhere (and with my horrid YF training-gasp!) and make it count. So there! Peace my friends.  | |||
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Kym - 2006-09-15 5:32 PM My spirtuality comes from within. Yoga training had enhanced it, not defined it. Hang on...I'm not a good speller and I need to get my YOGAFIT manual out to spell this correctly...Satya: Truthfulness...."Sharing knowledge with love and compassion and authenticity feels so much better than causing harm to others my making them wrong." YogaFit training manual Level 3, pg 40. Why do people who have not taken YF training insist on tearing it down? I take YF training, and tho I do agree that no one is ready to teach after only taking Level 1, I do not agree at all with the general sentiment here. After first coming here I was so freaked out by the negativity toward YF training that I began to doubt myself. I no longer feel that way and know that I'm a very good yoga teacher. Yes, I teach in a large gym, but I love it. I love bringing yoga to the masses. If someone asks me about a studio type enviroment, I recommend them to my favorite local studio. They are different experiences, and both are WONDERFUL. I can have a sensation of spirtuality that knocks my socks off in my gym. In fact, in some ways, that's more authentic to me b/c I really know that's coming from my heart and body, and not from the pale green walls and candles and sanskrit terminology in the studio. Don't get me wrong, I love to practice in studios and my home studio has pale green walls, & candles. But, if I can do yoga on a garbage barge and feel the universe, then I'm feeling good. I can teach yoga anywhere (and with my horrid YF training-gasp!) and make it count. So there! Peace my friends. Kym: You said it wonderfully, except I would like to add a comment to that: If you as a good Yoga Teacher want to teach Yoga in a particular way, such as add meditation or chanting or nutrition, and then the gym asks to remove these elements, at least you have to reduce the Yogacity of the teaching. Correct? It has not happened to me, but I know it happened with some. Others, any experiences? | |||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 8442 | Kym - YF is indeed changing (I have been told) their trainings to help create better teachers. But even you say that after one training nobody is going to be ready to teach. And if they know that and keep studying, fine. But if they go and teach anyway....  Two things got my back up about YF - one was that originally (and I have no idea if this is still true) anyone who had completed ONE weekend could carry on and become a teacher trainer.  The second was the founder herself who came onto another board I was on and was very rude and nasty. Downright "unyogic" IMHO. Well, I guess three things - how many weekends does it take to get Level 3? I am always the first to admit (and have done so in this very thread) that YF is a handy cheap way for good teachers without official certs to get insurance. But nobody can be a good teacher of anything starting from zero in 3 or even 10 weekends without training from some other source. I try and try to be diplomatic, but there is just no way around that as far as I can see. I would never judge you or anyone else strictly by their YF cert but I would certainly check out their other credentials before going to a class. | ||
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