Guest guest Posted June 27, 2001 Report Share Posted June 27, 2001 Hi all<br>your posts and responses were very interesting, supportive, and enlightening.<br><br>I do not purport to be of any great knowledge of ashtanga. I do, however, love it and gain a great deal from it. I entered into this training (a trip to india is not financially feasible in this situation...money, work etc) to 1. gain a greater knowledge of yoga and 2. be able to teach absolute beginners the absolute basics of yoga. In other words, to start to introduce others to the practice i love. I don't care if its at a gym, company, etc. The idea was to bring the most basic benifits of practice to those who otherwise might not look at yoga. I did have qualms about saying i was "qualified" to teach ashtanga. I was going to term it more as "introduction to yoga" or "introduction to ashtanga".<br><br>I was hoping to bring some measure of yoga to students, business people, troubled teens, etc as a concept of self healing and unity. I'm new, too. I want to introduce the concept, the idea, give them a moment to experience asana and breath together. Create the space, and let it flow from there. Perhaps not strict ashtanga, but I am not qualified to say that about myself yet. Just the concept of yoga, pure and simple.<br><br>I intend to pursue this with another (more legit) teacher in the boston area. any recommendations?<br><br>Namaste<br>Jess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 2001 Report Share Posted June 27, 2001 Jessa,<br>There is NO ONE in Boston qualified to train ashtanga teachers. Furthermore, there is no one in Boston qualified to teach Ashtanga. Sorry.<br>FBL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 2001 Report Share Posted June 27, 2001 true, as i am finding.<br><br>however, at the result of being questioned by some on this board, i'll say the following:<br><br>I love ashtanga and have an idea of the differences between it and other forms of yoga. However, I am also open and receptive to "training/learning" in non ashtanga/"hybrid" forms----ie, white lotus, o2 yoga (they do strict primary there but they also do non series classes) etc.<br><br>Ashtanga is wonderful. I'm also happy to learn about other things as well, and not opposed to studying intensely with a teacher who is not "pure" ashtanga.<br><br>Jess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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