I am on my way to becoming a yoga therapist in the viniyoga style. This may take me years - it's quite a long program to become a therapist - a full two years - and there is a stepping stone program as well that I'd need to complete as a prerequisite.
So... it's quite a ways away but I have started working individually with folks in my office. I use Gary Kraftsow's Yoga for Wellness to help me find good types of sequences (ok... so I'm not officially therapying myself yet). I trust his work. Then I identify one to four postures to work with and I'm encouraging them to work on their own - to really "own" the poses. I have two people I'm working with so far - one with recent knee surgery and one who runs and has tight hips.
Yesterday I made it to Bikram after a dentists appointment (out of the frying pan into the fire, eh?) and had a great class. I didn't blow it out because I'd just had oral surgery (filling). But I loved being in the room and practicing. Then I taught a great clear and concise and hard class. Woo hoo!
I just took a break from this post to teach my ergonomic workshop... OVER THE PHONE. I won't be doing that again - it's very disconnected. Luckily I've taught it a few times and have the patter down tight so I have my rights and lefts all secure. It's so important to be really clear. The group is in Vermont with a branch in Arizona so I just spread my worksite yoga beyond the borders of Vermont - first time!
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