I've wrapped up the first month of being in yoga instructor training and it's been a good choice. I'm truly enjoying the elective system and have been diving into yoga technical classes as rabidly as my work schedule has allowed. It allows me to delve a little more deeply in to plenty of things on the side, and that works really well with how my brain and interests branch off.
Last week I finished the anatomy track which was not as intensive as I had thought it would be. My work in anatomy has just started. I have plenty of things to remember from my younger years when I didn't have to know anything about anatomy and physiology except that I was fascinated by it. There is yet more to learn and I welcome that. It helps that my younger sister is now a nurse, making her the only of the four of we kids that intended at one time to go into the medical field and actually stayed with the idea. That made Mom – a doctor's daughter – very happy.
Before signing up for the program, the idea of the nine month program set me on edge. I was in a hurry to get my training and certification. Thankfully, I snapped into step from the first class and found myself fully appreciating the time the process would take, as it give me plenty of time to work electives – and eventually reading – into my life. With its current chaos, that is a very good thing to have.
The tech I attended on Thursday was about Yamas and Niyamas – restraints and "no-restraints". The yamas deal with one's thoughts/words/actions in relation to the outer world while the niyamas deal with thought/words/actions in relation to the inner world, ie: oneself. So far, I have taken that tech to heart more than the others. Before having heard of yamas and niyamas, I've been spending at least the last ten years – most certainly the last three-and-a-half – on such work. It's not easy and it's time – and energy–consuming. [edit: yamas do not apply solely to interaction with the outside world, but also to oneself. Sorry to have used that limited description.]
I'm looking forward to the next few months and the results of study. I'm glad I took the plunge this time.
Last week I finished the anatomy track which was not as intensive as I had thought it would be. My work in anatomy has just started. I have plenty of things to remember from my younger years when I didn't have to know anything about anatomy and physiology except that I was fascinated by it. There is yet more to learn and I welcome that. It helps that my younger sister is now a nurse, making her the only of the four of we kids that intended at one time to go into the medical field and actually stayed with the idea. That made Mom – a doctor's daughter – very happy.
Before signing up for the program, the idea of the nine month program set me on edge. I was in a hurry to get my training and certification. Thankfully, I snapped into step from the first class and found myself fully appreciating the time the process would take, as it give me plenty of time to work electives – and eventually reading – into my life. With its current chaos, that is a very good thing to have.
The tech I attended on Thursday was about Yamas and Niyamas – restraints and "no-restraints". The yamas deal with one's thoughts/words/actions in relation to the outer world while the niyamas deal with thought/words/actions in relation to the inner world, ie: oneself. So far, I have taken that tech to heart more than the others. Before having heard of yamas and niyamas, I've been spending at least the last ten years – most certainly the last three-and-a-half – on such work. It's not easy and it's time – and energy–consuming. [edit: yamas do not apply solely to interaction with the outside world, but also to oneself. Sorry to have used that limited description.]
I'm looking forward to the next few months and the results of study. I'm glad I took the plunge this time.
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