Reflection:
The first intensive weekend was honestly mind blowing. I can say that before the weekend started I was worried about how I'd survive both mentally and physically through the 19 hours of training. After making it through I couldn't be more grateful for the experience. I was pushed to my edge. I had to find focus in my mind and peace and patience in my heart and more than anything I had to find presence. That is one of the biggest things I struggled with and this weekend gave me the ability to prove to myself that I was capable of it. What I love about Yoga Sculpt is the atmosphere. I love the ability to find calmness and then immediately transform that into hooting and hollering. I love the community aspect of Yoga Sculpt the most though. Everyone is not just there for themselves.. they are there to support everyone else in that room. One intention I have for training is to always be there for myself. Not anyone else and not for any other reason. This is for me and I want it to stay that way.
Journal Questions:
1. Define Power Yoga in your own words:
2. What differences and similarities are there in the 5 pillars of Power Yoga, and the 10 Principals of Corepower Yoga?
3. Choose one of the 7 common mental mistakes. Explain what steps you would take to create an environment in your class that bridges this mental mistake for your students.
4. Which posture breakdowns did you find helpful to support your learning in TT? Note any similarities, differences, questions.
The first intensive weekend was honestly mind blowing. I can say that before the weekend started I was worried about how I'd survive both mentally and physically through the 19 hours of training. After making it through I couldn't be more grateful for the experience. I was pushed to my edge. I had to find focus in my mind and peace and patience in my heart and more than anything I had to find presence. That is one of the biggest things I struggled with and this weekend gave me the ability to prove to myself that I was capable of it. What I love about Yoga Sculpt is the atmosphere. I love the ability to find calmness and then immediately transform that into hooting and hollering. I love the community aspect of Yoga Sculpt the most though. Everyone is not just there for themselves.. they are there to support everyone else in that room. One intention I have for training is to always be there for myself. Not anyone else and not for any other reason. This is for me and I want it to stay that way.
Journal Questions:
1. Define Power Yoga in your own words:
- Practice that has been created from a combination of different preexisting yoga practices that is dynamic and diverse and for everyone.
2. What differences and similarities are there in the 5 pillars of Power Yoga, and the 10 Principals of Corepower Yoga?
- 5 Pillars of Power Yoga: breath, heat, flow, gaze, and the abdominal lock
- 10 Principals of Corepower Yoga: physical yoga postures, breath, flow, heat, gaze and focus, alignment and safety, abdominal lock, establish rhythm, set student up for success, have fun
- Similarities: all five pillars of Power Yoga are included in the 10 Principals of Corepower Yoga
- Differences: We find difference in these two when we go beyond the 5 main pillars of Power Yoga. Core power Yoga includes five additional principals that focus on the student, the atmosphere and the deepening of the aspect of flowing with rhythm along with safety measures.
3. Choose one of the 7 common mental mistakes. Explain what steps you would take to create an environment in your class that bridges this mental mistake for your students.
- Mistake 6: Not recognizing that sometimes less is more
- This has always been the hardest for me to understand and as I continue my journey with my yoga practice I am starting to see just how true this statement is. Coming from a competitive and athletic background I was always taught to push myself to my edge and never settle regardless of what my body is telling me. Through this though I have also realized that I can push myself to my edge without hurting and disregarding my body in the process.
- In order to help my students come to this understanding I would simply explain to them the importance of listening to your body and knowing that each day is different. The ability to listen to what you need each time you come to your mat is one of the most intelligent things you are able to do throughout the practice.
4. Which posture breakdowns did you find helpful to support your learning in TT? Note any similarities, differences, questions.
- The one posture breakdown that really helped me in my learning process has been the Chaturanga Dandasana - high to mid plank- I really liked when we took the blocks and the straps and broke it down. I feel like this is the easiest pose to do wrong and it is something we do often in our yoga practice so it is vital to know the correct way to do it for your benefits in your practice and also for your safety. As we continued to go through the rest of the posture breakdowns I did notice that they became easier and easier to understand and identity because it became a flow and I could see the sequences happening in my head.