Why You Don’t Have to Get Rid of Your Stuff to be Powerful
As long as I can remember I have struggled with my “stuff.” You know: the icky, negative beliefs about myself. Until recently, I have never had any professional therapy. I’ve never been diagnosed with depression (although this therapist told me my narcissist mother “annihilated” me, but that’s another story). I have never been abused and […]
The World Needs You
At my Level One just over a month ago, I got that I am a leader in the Baptiste community. Before that program, I wasn’t sure I had a place. A couple of weeks later, at the Kids Yoga Teacher Training, I got clear on exactly what kind of leader I am, and how I […]
How A Retired Staff Sergeant Inspired Me to Bring Yoga to Veterans & Their Families
About two and a half years ago I found yoga after my husband had gone through an intense 30-day rehab program to help him overcome PTSD. His experiences serving for 10 years as a Marine lit the match, which threw our young family into a bonfire of emotional torment. However, I never thought in a […]
What “You Are Ready Now” Really Means
“Are you ready?!” I must’ve heard this question at least 200 times over the last month, as the first Baptiste Yoga partnership studio was preparing to open in San Francisco. I was about to give up my routine to step into a bigger role leading new teachers, in a brand new space, which would share […]
The Magic Of An All Day Immersion
All Day? An ALL DAY Immersion? Are you kidding? Why should I spend a day immersing myself with Baron Baptiste when I have so much I have to get done before Thanksgiving? I had just completed a 200-hour Power Vinyasa Teacher Training at a local studio here in Dallas when my teacher mentioned this guy; […]
I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends: Art of Assisting Weekend
Contributed by Julie Mathers, co-owner of Evolution Power Yoga . — On an early, cold fall morning, four yogis from Evolution Power Yoga headed off in the dark for a five hour drive to Rochester, NY for Art of Assisting. With a loaded iPod and a trunk filled with mats and blocks, we were on […]
How Level One Changed My Teaching
Once upon a time, there was a yoga teacher who had it all figured out. She had the Journey Into Power sequence memorized word for word. She knew all of the True North Alignment cues from top to bottom, off the top of her head. She filled all of the silence in her classes with […]
When You Think You Know, Go To Level One
I went into Level One like I knew exactly what to expect. It seemed like the next logical step in my yoga practice: I had recently graduated a 200-hour training, I was working as a teacher in a dynamic studio and contributing as a leader in my yoga community. I had everything all lined up. […]
Five Ways To Up Your Yoga Teaching Game in 2016
We yoga teachers are growth addicts. We love transformation, both ours and others’. The clean-slate-ness that comes with a brand new year has us tasting the next big breakthrough more than ever. We’re energized and inspired to take action in our teaching, to bring it to the next level. So how? Once I know what […]
Finding Confidence at Level One Training
I attended Level One the summer before my senior year of college. At that point in my life, I was a master compartmentalizer. I kept going back to yoga because I loved the physical practice and it helped me move through whatever was upsetting me, even if just for the duration of the practice. I […]