Teaching Log #1

4/13/14

The urge of teaching.... and sharing the gift of yoga is there. The fire... the excitement!!! I just cant wait to teach! 

My teachers say - practice, practice and practice teaching! It will come. And Patthabi Jois said Do your practice and all is coming.

And the motto is : Keep teaching, Don't stop teaching!!!

The feeling of a newly graduate teacher is really amazing. You have this gift that you give to all without selfishness. Just for them to feel what does yoga do and yoga will do to their lives.

I taught my highschool friends saturday morning.... a new experience. 3 of them. one did yoga before but not a serious practitioner and one just tried but no consistent practice and one is really a first timer. 

Amazing when you hear them say thank you to you and the feeling when you help them in some ways. 

Seeing them sweat and really doing the poses makes my heart big and smile! The effort of knowing what yoga does for them and the excitement that will take yoga really seriously. That's a nice feeling!

Also, i thought of... that yoga is a wonderful aspect of my life. It's not really about the poses... It's how you change their lives.



I will see you soon on the mat!

Namaste,
Carz

Certified Hot Yoga Teacher !!!

Jumping to Week 9 and 10. It has been really busy. Work was really crazy and I have to work on with my tasks at work and Teacher Training Tasks double time!

Grounding myself and going back to the motto: 

TTFP.... TTP...... TRUST THE PROCESS!!

Week 9 - One on one teaching with a teacher observing and Ryan was my observer! Nervous! I was really. But I was really faking it! I learned how to get out of my comfort zone and being really positive about it. #PowerPose. I was scheduled to teach 11:00 am and my student was Rosan. Ryan was really strict and I knew I will have my own difficulties for this one. But I surrendered, and It will be okay. I believed that I can do it. I was nervous yes but I have to let it go...... One important thing I learned about this Yoga Teacher Training journey is - Acknowledge the feeling (of being nervous)  and let it go...... its like sighing it all out. :) This journey was like knowing more about myself. Knowing about what is really my purpose and what can I help the people with their lives.

Every time I do practice teach - I always go back to the goal, offering all of these to the people who inspired me to be a teacher.

One on one was done I had one week to study again for my dialogue... I realized that words was really coming out if you really let it go and trust everything.

One week to study....... and work was really on my way..... how can i study with my new roles in line....... new roles to fill. It was never easyyyyy but Yes, I can do this!!

To cut the story short...... I was scheduled to teach the Peer Class 7 AM Saturday. One of the first to teach the class. This was the Final weekend.

Week 10. Day 19/20.

I was really serious about being a yoga teacher...... I always wanted this when I found out that I was really passionate about yoga. This is it. The weekend to prove and show myself who I was to the universe and to have fun. Teaching is all about love, fun, being happy, sharing what you know and grounding myself. It is not about being nervous, not about fear, not about just being stuck in one situation. Teaching is growing...... Teaching is expressing who you are....... inspiring.... helping others....

During my peer class - I was really thinking of my loved ones.... I really offered everything to them and of course to the Lord and to the Saints who helped me out.. I may not be the Best Teacher now But I will soon. :) To share yoga to the world. I am really excited about teaching yoga to others.

The dialogue came out, words were really coming out.... I was just trusting the process. Thinking of happy thoughts on how will i serve others through yoga. An amazing feeling that I cannot explain..... yes i was nervous but I was really getting out of my way just to show I am really worth of this...Not just showing off who I was but I really want this. This is my dream and I am making this dream now! Thinking that I am going to be perfectly fine with my peer class.. Claiming and being positive really helps! I swear! It all starts from you and everything will follow. Since from day one of my yoga journey not just day one of teacher training I was really being positive and I am glad that my foundation of my yoga practice helped me a lot. Yoga is not just perfecting and having awesome poses...... It's not being sexy or skinny.... It's a work-in... Working in within yourself. As i read this - 

“True yoga is not about the shape of your body, but the shape of your life. Yoga is not to be performed; yoga is to be lived. Yoga doesn’t care about what you have been; yoga cares about the person you are becoming. Yoga is designed for a vast and profound purpose, and for it to be truly called yoga, its essence must be embodied.” — Aadil Palkhivala

The feeling that you are done with your Peer Class and the feeling that you did it! I realized how colorful my yoga teacher training was. It was really a bumpy road. I really started low and eventually aimed high. I remembered how every weekend I feel down and crying and how I picked up myself through my co-teacher trainees, family and friends. I was a tough ride but really worth it. I felt that I now eager to learn more - both as a student and as a teacher. This journey never stops. I also realized that without those challenges and difficulties I have encountered through my teacher training I will never who I am today. 

I am really grateful for this experience. To my parents, Papa and Mama who has supported me all the way since I found yoga... for patiently waiting for me every after yoga class. Thank you for the patience, understanding, support and love that you showed......... :) And to my Brother, Rafi - Thank you for the support brother and joining me with my personal practice at home! - I love you three! :*

Thanking also Rey Family for letting me stay at their place for 10 long weekends! Chi, Thank you friend! ;*

To my friends who believed and inspired me that I can, To my teacher trainees (Now Teachers) that helped, supported me and uplifted my spirited every weekend that I can do it and  to my mentors - Dinah, Aisa and Ryan - I will never be who I am today without your help. Thank you for inspiring me that I can be a yoga teacher, thank you for being such wonderful mentors and you guys will be my lifetime mentors! I love you all!!! It was an awesome journey!!!

Of course - Thank you also to Teacher Pio Baquiran for sharing his knowledge in Philosophy of Yoga and History. I really loved the 8 limbs of yoga. Do's and don't s and what to practice as a yogi! Dr. Jp Prado for teaching us Anatomy! Awesome experience to study our own bodies and what our bodies can do! - Namaste!

Mentioning my Teachers in Yoga : Mae Evangelista, Neil Salang, Will Tan, Chris Ekelund, Lisa Nilsson, Emma Sheridan, Nancy Siy, Marc Carlos et al. I may not mention all but Thank you Teachers- Thank you very much for being an inspiration!! 

To my yogi friends who were always there for me and cheering for me that I can do it- Ruth Reyes, Ais Simbulan, Kat Gonida, Anna Hernandez, Anna Suntay, Amber Leigh Cabuay, Svet Lagman, et al. I may not mention all but Thank you yogis!!!

To the people at work who supported my dream to be a yoga teacher - Miko Tan, Radley Barco, Miguel Perlada, Nina Telan, Julia Soriano, Jonald Bulanadi et al. Thanks guys.

To Chi Rey and to the Rey Family - Thank you friend for the support system. Thank you to your family for adopting me for the 10 weekends at your place!

To the wonderful Yoga Plus team and staff of Yoga Plus Ates and Kuyas - Thank you very much!

To Lucas Rockwood and Absolute Yoga Team - Thank you mucho!!! This HOT A series is superb! And thank you for making it possible in Manila!!!!!!

If ever i forgot to mention your name here - it doesnt matter...... but Thank you for showing love and support to me!

AGAIN, Thank you Miss Dinah, Aisa and Ryan - Superb! Power hug!!!!! :)

I recommend this to all of the yoga practitioners - if you have a chance please grab it. It comes once in your life and who knows if it will come again or not. This experience was rewarding and never regretted taking this decision. At the end, before you know it - you are a teacher and you will be fine....

Thank You Lord for being there by my side. I felt You. I was never easy but you let me feel that It was FOR ME. It was meant for me! Thank you for the gift of yoga!!

The Universe made me feel ----- one baby yogi cooking up to be an awesome yoga teacher to serve the world.

Thank you again to my teacher trainees (NOW TEACHERS!!!) - grateful to know you guys! :)

12 new yoga teachers ready to serve the world!

All for Yoga to the world, to everyone I know or not. To inspire, to heal and to show the universe my dreams, I will be the change that I wish the world can see. 

Yes, One happy yogi here, ready to serve the world.

Graduation came. Lunch at Gino's. Rewarding lunch with these wonderful people!!!

Dinner at Azu Thai.

My ever parents were there. I was feeling loved, blessed, grateful that I was born in this world.

I love you both :*

And a class picture with our certificates!

Congratulations to the new hot absolute yoga teachers!  Yay!

My teachers and mentors: Ryan, Dinah and Aisa <3

“Your life is a sacred journey. It is about change, growth, discovery, movement, transformation, continuously expanding your vision of what is possible, stretching your soul, learning to see clearly and deeply, listening to your intuition, taking courageous challenges at every step along the way. You are on the path… exactly where you are meant to be right now… And from here, you can only go forward, shaping your life story into a magnificent tale of triumph, of healing, of courage, of beauty, of wisdom, of power, of dignity, and of love.” ~ by Caroline Adams

“Yoga does not remove us from the reality or responsibilities of everyday life but rather places our feet firmly and resolutely in the practical ground of experience. We don’t transcend our lives; we return to the life we left behind in the hopes of something better.” ~ Donna Farhi 

I will see you soon on the mat.

Cheers to happy hips, strong shoulders, healthy spine and a free soul!! Namaste!!! 

Meditate. It helps to have balance from our busy worlds. 

Love and Light,

Carina