Not all yoga teacher trainings are equal. This article explains what truly defines a high quality online yoga teacher training and how to choose a program that prepares you to teach skillfully, confidently, and professionally.
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Learn how to become a certified yoga teacher online, understand Yoga Alliance requirements, and choose a high quality 200 hour yoga teacher training that prepares you to teach professionally.
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Thinking about becoming a certified yoga teacher online This guide explains Yoga Alliance certification when it matters most and how to choose a training that prepares you to teach confidently and professionally
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An in depth look at what defines a high quality online yoga teacher training, including accreditation, teaching methodology, and what truly prepares graduates to teach professionally.
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Is yoga hurting you? You thought yoga would bring peace. Instead, it’s bringing trapped pain to the surface.
That’s not a mistake.
It’s not that something is wrong with you.
It’s that your body is finally safe enough to feel whats been hidden for a long time.
For the longest time, becoming a yoga teacher felt like a calling, but the timing never seemed quite right until I came across the Yogi Maha Method during a simple Google search. Though I found many other yoga teacher training programs, something about Maha Bodhi's offering spoke to me deeply. After a brief video chat with Maha, I instantly knew I was in good hands.
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I am on bed rest and had to cancel my Yogi Maha Method book signing that had been planned for months—I had an outbreak a few days ago. I went to see my oncologist and was diagnosed with shingles.
“Shingles?” I said in shock. “How is that possible?”
She said it comes from stress, especially since my immune system has been weakened by chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
She asked me, “Have you been under stress lately?”
I have been longing to support you during this devastating time since it began. However, I have not had electricity—and therefore no internet or cell service—since January 7. Not even gas, and the cascade of consequences that come with it. I am typing this message offline, so please excuse any typos; English is not my first language. But the message is too crucial and urgently needed to wait. I trust that you will receive what you need from this.
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spiritual bypassing to avoid medical care can be particularly harmful when it leads to neglecting critical treatments like surgery, medication, or psychological therapy, under the assumption that spiritual methods alone will heal all aspects of the self. It’s essential to recognize that balance is key, and addressing all layers of your being is crucial for true wellness.
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I felt there was a missing piece, that people think I am just flowing through this easily. It felt misleading, and I need to be more honest with you all.
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Watching my life story unfold on a giant Hollywood screen, where the Oscars are hosted, was one of the most mind-blowing things that happened in my life, like “I’m-a-girl-from-Yemen-HOW-DID-THIS-HAPPEN?!?!” Seeing my journey begin from a violently brutal childhood and adolescence to becoming the yoga leader that I am today during the premiere of Scars Unseen brought a profound realization of how impermanent every moment truly is. My journey through cancer treatment has further illustrated the temporary nature of both suffering and joy.
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This journey is a process of death and rebirth. Chemotherapy is literally killing all the cells in my body, both the cancer cells and the healthy cells, but because the body is so miraculously intelligent, new cells emerge, new hair grows, and a new life filled with pure potential begins. I am open to it all, embracing the experience and all the learning and wisdom that comes with it.
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"Open the door, its the police! I had not spoken to anyone in my family for about 8 years, except for the letter that I wrote to my father when I was told he was on his deathbed. They had been trying to reach out to me through so many channels and through so many people, but I never responded. To the point that in 2014, I was in my apartment in Santa Monica, and it was about 2:00 in the afternoon
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I walked into my first Kirtan Vinyasa Yoga class with Govind Das about 16 years ago, at Bhakti Yoga Shala in Santa Monica, CA. I was completely new to the yoga world, and this was maybe the second yoga class that I ever took. I had thought at the time, that all yoga is the same, a physical exercise. Although the class name was slightly different, Kirtan Vinyasa Yoga, I didn't think much of it. I thought it was a creative name for a yoga class, a branding thing. As long as the word yoga was there, I was in!
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I have seen these practices heal, reform and even save people's lives, mine included. That is why it is my purpose in life to share them with as many people as possible. It is true that when you deeply desire something, the entire universe will conspire to help you achieve it. So believe in your dream and protect it my friend, I am living proof that you are the creator of your life experience.
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“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there” ~ Rumi. There once was an old zen farmer, he had a son and a horse. Every day, the farmer used his horse to help work his fields and keep his farm healthy.
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My grandmother was married twice. My mother was married twice. I was married twice. So when I fled to the United States in 2006, I left all that turmoil back behind me in Yemen, but Yemen didn't leave me. I was still thinking the same deeply rooted fearful thoughts, and recreating the same generational results, just with different characters in my life. Of course I struggled with dating, relationships, men, sex, trust, giving and receiving love.
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How I Went From Barely Touching My Toes to Becoming a Certified Yoga Instructor. One of the cohort graduates Tiffany Yau, shares her yoga teacher training experience with me, and explains it beautifully in this article.
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The privilege of a lifetime is knowing who you are ~ Carl Jung. It hasn't been easy, this year has been a mixed bag. I lost my precious dog to cancer, went through a brutal break up and had my heart shattered into pieces.
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Wow wow wow! I am in awe of gratitude for all of you that sent me emails, text messages and DMs all social. The response of love and support that I received in regards to my last Zen Diary entry, Starting a New Career at 40, was record-breaking! Many of you have sent me questions about my Memoir, about my manifestation yogic technique, and about my upcoming Yoga Retreat E M B O D Y. I will gladly answer all your questions below.
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