Wow, I can’t believe I have been a Registered Yoga Teacher for 17 years now! When I look back at my early years of teaching I have to admit that I cringe a little. There was just so much I didn’t know back then. Over almost two decades I have learned and grown so much, getting to the place where I am today, confident not just in my abilities to come up with interesting sequences and themes for my classes, but to really be able to assess my students’ movements to see what kind of physical issues and postural imbalances they might be carrying over to their yoga mat, and then to help them find possible solutions to these issues.
To that end, I have invested a lot of time over the last few years furthering my education as a yoga teacher by attending workshops and webinars, mostly (but not exclusively) having to do with anatomy, an area that seems to be lacking in most yoga teacher training programs. Many of these workshops and webinars were taught by highly-acclaimed yoga teachers, doctors and other experts in their fields. I have learned so much from them, and I feel that they have really deepened my yoga teaching. I am able to apply what I’ve learned in my group classes and working privately with students who need very tailored sequences to work on specific physical issues they are experiencing. Some of the subject matter I’ve studied include:
Postural Alignment (Gokhale Method)
YogAlign Method
Yoga for High Blood Pressure
Yoga for Back Pain
Yoga for Arthritis
Yoga for Lymphatic Health
Yoga for Insomnia
Yoga for Sacro-Iliac Instability
Yoga for Scoliosis
Yoga for Piriformis Issues
Yoga for Tight Hamstrings
If any of these topics are of interest to you or relate to issues you have, please consider setting up a few private sessions with me where we can spend some one-on-one time focusing on your specific challenges and coming up with yoga sequences tailored to addressing them. I also love to work one-on-one with students who want to begin or deepen a meditation practice, and who want to practice ‘svadhyaya’ (self-study) through reading selections and discussions. You can find more information about my private sessions at http://yogaroomannarbor.com/private.php
