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Boat (Navasana)
Boat (Navasana)

Boat (Navasana)

Boat Pose (Navasana) Type: Seated pose Level: Intermediate Steps: Sit straight with legs bent and hands behind your head. Raise the half bent legs with the shins parallel to the floor and then straighten them out, keeping the angle between the legs and floor at 45 degrees. Keep the back straight. Props & Assistance: If difficult to straighten the raised legs, bend your knees and loop a strap around the soles of your feet, gripping it firmly in your hands. Inhale, lean the torso back, then exhale and lift and straighten your legs, adjusting the strap to keep it taut. [...]

Boat (Navasana)

Silent Day
Silent Day

Silent Day

Silent Day As part of our yoga teacher training at Sampoorna - Yoga Teacher Training School in India, my group was offered the chance to have a Silent Day as part of the course. Initially, led by an apparent lack of study time, the answer from the group was riddled with panicky ‘no’s. But a few of us were thinking, ‘I bet this is going to be one of the most profound experiences of the whole thing’ and backed the plan. In the end we agreed to go for it and I’m so, so glad we did. One of the [...]

Silent Day

Agonda, Goa, India
Agonda, Goa, India

Agonda, Goa, India

Agonda, Goa, India My 300-hour advanced yoga teacher training course brought me to Goa in India. The course was run by Sampoorna - Yoga Teacher Training School in India who are based in Agonda. Agonda is a large village in South Goa. I had completed my 200-hour yoga teacher training course 2 years previously in Rishikesh in the north of India near the Himalayas. That was my first time to India and I had such a positive experience that I was keen to return to India for my next teacher training. I would have happily gone back to Rishikesh but [...]

Agonda, Goa, India

300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Final Thoughts
300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Final Thoughts

300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Final Thoughts

300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Final Thoughts and reflecting on my experience This is a write up of my experience on the 300 hour yoga teacher training with Sampoorna Yoga in Goa India. If you haven’t already you might want to take a look the first blogs in this series. This article follows on from the previous articles which wrote about my experience in weeks 1-4 of the course. There are also an earlier articles in the series that looked at considerations and advice I would give before committing to a yoga teacher training and my preparation before the course. [...]

300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Final Thoughts

300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Week 4
300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Week 4

300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Week 4

300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Week 4 This is a write up of my experience of week 4 of the 300 hour yoga teacher training with Sampoorna - Yoga Teacher Training School in India. If you haven’t already you might want to take a look the first blogs in this series. This article follows on from the previous articles which wrote up my experience in weeks 1-3. There are also earlier articles in the series that looked at considerations and advice I would give before committing to a yoga teacher training and my preparation before the course. Classes in week [...]

300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Week 4

300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Week 3
300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Week 3

300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Week 3

300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Week 3 This is a write up of my experience in week 3 of the 300 hour yoga teacher training with Sampoorna Yoga in Goa India. If you haven’t already you might want to take a look the first blogs in this series. This article follows on from the previous articles which were a write up of my experience in weeks 1 and 2. There are also earlier articles in the series that looked at considerations and advice I would give before committing to a yoga teacher training and my preparation before the course. Theory [...]

300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Week 3

300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Week 2
300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Week 2

300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Week 2

300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Week 2 This is a write up of my experience in week 2 of the 300-hour yoga teacher training with Sampoorna - Yoga Teacher Training School in Goa India. If you haven’t already you might want to look the first blogs in this series.This article follows on from the previous which was a write up of my experience in week 1. There are also earlier articles in the series that look at considerations and advice I would give before committing to a yoga teacher training and my preparation before the course. Week 2 Timetable: Anatomy: [...]

300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Week 2

300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Considerations before enrolling
300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Considerations before enrolling

300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Considerations before enrolling

300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Considerations before enrolling You have completed a 200-hour yoga teacher training course and you are considering advancing your teaching and completing a 300-hour teacher training course to become a 500-hour registered yoga teacher. Here is my advice on how to go about choosing the right course and what to consider. Why do you want to do the course? Completing a 300-hour course is a big commitment in terms of time and money so you have to make sure you are clear on the reasons why you want to do it and why you think it [...]

300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Considerations before enrolling

Seated Forward Fold (Paschimottanasana)
Seated Forward Fold (Paschimottanasana)

Seated Forward Fold (Paschimottanasana)

Seated Forward Fold (Paschimottanasana) Type: Forward Bend Level: Beginner Steps: Sit straight with legs straight out in front of you. Extend upwards and then bend towards your legs. Try to move your stomach to your thighs, lower your head and move the hands towards the toes. Variations: It doesn't matter if you cannot touch your toes in this position, as long as you keep your legs straight to feel the stretch in the hamstrings. You need to have a straight spine rather than rounding the spine to get closer to the legs. If you are more flexible you can reach [...]

Seated Forward Fold (Paschimottanasana)

Pregnancy Yoga – Third Trimester
Pregnancy Yoga – Third Trimester

Pregnancy Yoga – Third Trimester

Pregnancy Yoga – Third Trimester The Third Trimester is the final period of Pregnancy from week 28 to the birth. It is a time for a more restful and relaxing practice to retain energy.. Cautions: Listen to your body. Do what feels right for your body and take rests when you need to. Before pregnancy you may have worked hard with exercise and pushed the body to limits but now is a time to use yoga and exercise to keep the body moving but not to push yourself too hard. Pregnancy is not the time to try challenging new poses [...]

Pregnancy Yoga – Third Trimester