I’m Back on Earth Now
I’ve been in Massachusetts completing my 200 hour yoga certification at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health.
What an amazing experience I had at Kripalu. It was more than just “doing yoga”- it was an entire journey. It was a true teacher training. They not only prepared us to be teachers, we were also elevated on a lot of spiritual levels along the way. Many of the students had real transformational experiences that can only be paralleled by having a nervous breakdown. (I’m not even close to joking)! I graduated feeling ready to teach much more than asana, (postures). I feel like a spiritual teacher that leads through the body- because that’s the only way in.
I’ve been telling people I got married! Kinda sorta… I did. I will never get married in the traditional sense, so this is the closest I will ever come to it. The graduation ceremony was a lot like a wedding. We all walked down the aisle, some dressed in white- we walked on flowers, got blessings of rice and water and bells. At the end of the aisle were our 2 teachers, Devarshi and Priti. It was the one and only time I cried throughout the whole training. I wanted to blow up- do the ugly cry- bawl like a baby— I was overcome with joy. (Oh god, that sounds cheesy, but whatever…). When I reached the end of the aisle and Devarshi blessed me, he had tears in his eyes- and I will never ever forget his face at that moment. I feel like I married him AND yoga. Well, it’s yoga I committed to, but his beautiful face is my visual memory.
So anyway- I AM a Kripalu Yoga teacher!!!
I’m really just a rookie with love as my intention.