by Kara-Leah Grant A couple of months ago, I went to George FM's Blue Skies three-day music festival in Fiji as part of Yoga Rhythms. I wrote about that experience in this article: How George FM Blue Skies Challenged my Judging, Critical Self. This is the follow-up.Once I got over my angst and judgment about spending three days in the whirlwind of a mainstream booze-fest dance party, I got on to the serious business of being joyful.Of being me.The first time at Blue Skies Fiji that … [Read more...]
I don’t know how to teach yoga anymore. Or do I?
by Kara-Leah Grant, Musings from the Mat I don't know how to teach yoga anymore. I haven't known how to teach yoga since I came back from my Immersion Training with Shiva Rea.Ironic eh?Before certification, I knew exactly what I was doing, and taught with ease and love.After certification, I questioned everything I was doing, and taught with effort and struggle.I don't think I can blame Shiva though, or her teacher training. It's something that's happened inside me, to my … [Read more...]
The danger of thinking you know more than your yoga teacher
Back in February, I wrote an article called Why I may never take another yoga class ever again.And true to my word, I hadn't been to a class in six months, instead practicing daily at home.One of the reasons I'd been steering clear of classes was that in class I'd struggled with being told what to do by a teacher. Often it felt like what my body needed and what the teacher was sequencing wasn't right for me.But a few weekends ago I went to two yoga classes at a yoga studio that's … [Read more...]