Hot Yoga Teacher Training // Thoughts on week 3

Dear past self,

You are about to pluck yourself out of your normal life and immerse yourself in a month of nothing but yoga… Sounds nice right? Sounds relaxing and enlightening? Not even close. You are about to plunge yourself into days filled with Sanskrit and Medial Condyles and all sorts of information previously foreign to you; and let’s not forget 2 classes a day, 6 days a week. You will be tired, you will get cranky and you will definitely not be able to keep up with the laundry. But you will bond very strongly to the people you are in class with. You will gain a whole new respect for anyone that teaches a yoga class (even if they’re are not your favorite) and you will find the opportunity to persue, if you choose a completely different career that will open a whole new set of doors for you. And last but not least… Your King Dancer is about to get awesome 😉 

Yours truly,

Future Jessica Fesler

I started the Yoga teacher training at Trufusion on May 2nd, with high hopes, expectancy, and excitement. I was thrilled to meet my fellow classmates and I just knew that this was going to be an amazing experience. I knew that it would be challenging, and that I would grow and evolve through the process but I had no idea, nor was I prepared for the extent of how I would be challenged emotionally and physically. I did not realize that I would be pushed to my limit in every way.

Through this training I feel as though I have been physically and emotionally uprooted, as though I have been stripped bare and naked, but at the same time this is a challenge that I welcome and that I willing to meet. I want to be uprooted and stripped bare letting the old fall away and the new to be ushered in. For me, this is exactly what I need, what my soul longs to experience. 

With two Yoga classes per day I have been physically exhausted and over trained with aching muscles, as well as being sleep deprived and absolutely overwhelmed with information and no time to study or process it. At times I have had the thought that I could not bare another class and felt nauseated just thinking about it, but at the same time knowing and understanding this process. 

I have realized that I am not just practicing Yoga physically but in my everyday life as well and in this training. In class today with Marissa on page 26 of our manual under “Who is a Yogi”, we read this from the Bhagavad Gita, “Remaining steadfast in Yoga, perform actions abandoning attachment, remaining the same to success and failure. This evenness of mind is the success of Yoga.” This is beautiful!! In my everyday life, I am practicing Yoga. My Yoga practice is a reflection of how I also manage and respond to each day and all that it brings. 

I have also developed an overwhelming love for each of my fellow classmates. They are all so unique and beautiful in their own way. Each being a part of the whole. It is fascinating to watch as each of us unfolds like a rose opening its petals. Little by little with each day we open a little more, love a little more, share a little more of our selves and show more fully who we are. I am learning to trust this process, that in reality is so much more than learning to instruct and guide a Yoga class. This is a beautiful, profound, and deeply evolving experience.

I am so grateful for Mark and all of my fellow classmates, as well as Jacky, Marissa and all of our teachers for sharing themselves with me in this amazing journey and experience. 

I am sending you all oceans of love, rivers of peace, and wells springing up with joy along with my heart overflowing with gratitude. Each of you will always hold a special place in my heart.

With much love,

Scarlett

I will never judge a yoga teacher again! You can’t imagine how difficult is it to orchestrate a hot room full of moving bodies:)

The course is immersive, comprehensive and demanding. It it will take over your life. I’m sleep deprived, information overloaded and oh so very sore. However, there’s a flip side. I’ve found nurturing new friends, developed skills, have a ton of new knowledge and, most importantly, learnt about myself. The course is as much a journey of self discovery and growth as it is a yoga teacher training course. A burning ambition to become a yoga teacher is not a prerequisite for admission, but it would help. A lot. It will get you through the inevitable “why am I doing this?” moments.

I chose this RYT200 course solely because of the reputation of Mark Balfe Taylor. I have not been disappointed. He delivers. He also has a freakish talent for knowing when to push his students and when to back off! If you want to be yoga teacher, this is the man to guide you.

—Kate McKenna