Baptism by Ujjayi
By Aaron Krohn
The important and pivotal events in life are often disguised as commonplace occurrences. Such was the case with my first encounter with yoga. If someone had told me back in 2005 that I would one day be a dedicated practitioner of yoga and a yoga teacher, I would have split my sides laughing. Such raucous laughter would have likely aggravated my lower back, which at the time was plagued by incessant discomfort and pain. It was that same pain that made me receptive to trying what I perceived at the time to be the very unmanly practice of yoga. I was desperate, and willing to try almost anything.
And so it was on a trip to Mexico that I met Muriel Wuillot, my first teacher. She taught Ashtanga yoga out of her home, and on that first day proceeded to guide us through the primary series, complete with adaptations for flexibility challenged people like me. My entire body ached for days after, and in places I did not even know could be sore. This physical heaviness was balanced by an unexpected calm and lightness of spirit. Any notions I previously held about yoga being easy or not very masculine were permanently dispelled that day. Despite the ardour in my muscles and connective tissue, I returned for more.
About a week later I found myself back in Belize, armed with David Swenson’s practice manual and his guided audio for the primary series of Ashtanga. He doesn’t know it, but for many years he was the only teacher I had, the sole exception being a few short trips back to my teacher in Mexico. It was difficult memorizing the series and building a self practice at the same time, and I longed to have a teacher nearby. It was, however, a blessing in disguise to be forced to develop a personal practice from the very beginning. Today, as I prepare to become a full time yoga teacher, I look back with gratitude for having had the good fortune of encountering yoga and sticking with it long enough to realize that the benefits of the practice go well beyond making our aches and pains go away and making us flexible and strong.
Placencia Yoga
Unit 1,
Live Oak Plaza,
Placencia Rd.,
Stann Creek, Belize
Whitney Arguelles is from Washington State and has lived in Belize since 2011. She studied at Seattle University, where she received a Bachelors of Science is Nursing. She is a Registered Nurse and a Certified Nutrition and Wellness Consultant. After working in the healthcare industry for almost a decade, she is now focused on helping clients heal disease and achieve a healthy weight through optimal nutrition.
“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” Hippocrates
200 hour Yoga Teacher Training
Om Shanti Belize is an internationally registered yoga school following the criteria and guidelines of Yoga Alliance.
This teacher training will include:
1) The 8 limbs of yoga according to Patanjali
2) The five categories of Asana: standing poses, forward bends, backbends, twists and inversions
3) Maps of alignment
4) Principles of demonstrating asanas
5) Learning modalities
6) Use of language
7) Meditation (Vipassana, Yoga Nidra, Japa Yoga)
8) Pranayama
9) Chakras
10) Doshas
11) Yogic cleansing techniques
12) Anatomy (Physical and Subtle)
13) Yoga philosophy
Applicants must be practicing yoga for one year. On successful completion students will receive a 200 hr Yoga Alliance International Certification.
Classes will be held Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays starting Tuesday, 7 February 2017 and will be led by Agnes Balawejder-Busch, E-RYT 500/YACEP. The training will end Wednesday, 12 April 2017.
For price and other info please email: info@BBYogaFlow.com
Or visit BB Yoga Flow in Placencia.
Namaste
What is Mindfulness?
Mindfulness is a state of active, open attention on the present. When you’re mindful, you observe your thoughts and feelings from a distance, without judging them good or bad. Instead of letting your life pass you by, mindfulness means living in the moment and awakening to experience.
Benefits of practicing mindfulness:
Mindfulness Reduces Anxiety and stress related illnesses
Mindfulness can Prevent And Treat Depression
Mindfulness Meditation Helps The Brain Reduce Distractions improving concentration and memory
Mindfulness Meditation Improves Cognition
About The Instructor
Jeremy Enriquez, known by friends as Jerry, has been strongly advocating for the inclusion of Mindfulness in schools and workplaces in Belize, as a way to heal and transform individual and national consciousness since the 1980’s. With his academic qualifications in Psychology, Education, and Development, Jerry has served as an Educator at all levels of the education system in Belize and abroad, as well as an Adviser and Consultant for a number of governmental, non-governmental and international organizations.
Jerry has participated in a number of Vipassana Meditation courses at retreat centers abroad and recently has been asked to lead some of these courses.
Course Details
When: Starting February 6th, 2017 (Mondays and Wednesdays)- March 6th, 2017
Time : First week 6:00-8:00pm thereafter 6:00-7:00pm
Where: Om Shanti Belize – Shanti Room – 34 Princess Margaret Drive, Belize City
Cost: $160 – All proceeds go to Rhythm of Change Belize – non profit.
Deadline to reserve your space: Friday, February 3rd, 2017
Space is limited. Please call 629-3763 or email rocbze@gmail.com to book your place in the class.
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