take yoga classes

How I did it: I started taking a non-credit course at my community college. Later I did a bit of bikram yoga, which is in a hot room. I love the hot room, but bikram does the exact same poses in the same sequence every class, all over the world, and that just doesn't do it for me. The teachers also aren't trained that well. So I didn't do yoga very often... until I found an amazing little studio that does hot yoga. The teacher were originally bikram teachers, but they decided to become certified with a few other people and study a massive amount to increase their knowledge and skill of yoga. They just became certified to teach others to be yoga teachers, and I'm in training to be a yoga teacher at their studio.
Check out their website at studioyogaaz.com.

Lessons & tips: Go somewhere you feel comfortable. If you're tense in a yoga class, you'll just hurt yourself (I've done that more than once...) If the teachers are yelling at you, chances are they're just being excessively egotistical and making the yoga about them - you are the customer, so it's your choice to stay with them or to find a better studio. Take classes from someone you feel you can trust, and someone you can ask talk to and as questions. Listen to your instincts with this - if you feel uneasy, especially after a few classes, and you don't think it's just because this is new, talk to the teacher. If the studio really is good, the teachers will help you find somewhere that better suits you.

Resources: I saw my yoga studio when I was driving by it one day, and decided to stop in and ask them about it. I started with a non-credit course at my community college. Most community colleges have those classes, and you don't even have to be part of the college to take them!

Feb 05, 09:36AM PST | 0 comments