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.
March 1st, 2009 at 12:01 pm
oh dahling, CONGRATULATIONS!
yes, i was so emotional for that ceremony! when priti put the mala back on my neck and whispered to me, and rudy gave me that kind of hug that says more than words can.. wow now im all misty just thinking about it.
enjoy it, lady. you are SO a Kripalu Yoga teacher!
Jai Bhagwan!
Karen
March 1st, 2009 at 1:48 pm
Thank you Karen!
YOU are so a Kripalu Yoga teacher…. You inspire me everyday, a million miles away!
March 6th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
Congrats to you too!! So exciting…the prana is flowing full force from my training and graduation was 2 wks ago. I don’t want to come back to earth!
February 7th, 2010 at 11:41 am
i loved reading this… lovely. When i graduated from the Temple of Kriya Yoga’s program i had a magical experience too, with my guru ..he did a sandlewood blessing on my forhead, my asana teacher and I hugged and cried~ lovely. I really love how you say you married him and yoga… that is very profound, and I identify very deeply with it.. you’re a great writer. lovelove to you!
February 8th, 2010 at 12:18 pm
Thanks Heidi! I absolutely married yoga.
March 17th, 2010 at 7:16 am
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