When I did my 200 Hr Yoga Teacher Training in 2008, I never expected to teach yoga, and if I did end up teaching, never at my home studio (possibly one of the largest and best regarded in the state). And never never never in a million years did I have any aspirations, expectations, or even a fleeting desire or suspicion that I'd be part of the teacher training program.
And yet, here we are, 2019 and we're two months in to the studio's 12 teacher training class. I jumped into an assistants role midway through the 2010 training, and I've been there ever since. I think I had sub / temp / "until we find someone better" status for a year or so (no mention of me on the website for the 2011 training, but I made it onto the 2012 promotional material) but I guess it's worked out.
We started up again in January, and just finished our 2nd of 6 monthly training weekends. Once upon a time there would be a lot to say about it, but these days the training just kind of rolls on by. Which is not to say that it's not amazing to be part of, a huge privilege, and a lot of work (I picked up responsibility for updating most of the student and teacher printed material a few years back). But....you do something every year, for many years, and things start to run together, and some things end up getting done on auto-pilot.
I'm still kind of blue collar in terms of the yoga world - I went through a period of doing a lot of workshops and trainings but have stepped back from that in recent years, never did pursue a 500 Hr certification, and I could certainly get my E-RYT (experienced) which requires 1000 teaching hours. last time I checked I had taught 1530 classes, most of them 75 minutes long. So yeah, experienced.
February 19, 2019
A Late Winter / Early Spring Cleanse
A week ago, I was sitting in my naturopath's office for a regular check-up when she asked, in an offhanded way "would you be interested in a 21 day detox / cleanse?"
Without any significant information or a whole lot of calculation, I said "sure" - and came back home to sign up. $199, a pile of PDFs to download (which I printed out and GBC bound, because that's how I roll), and signed up for a Facebook support group. Certainly a spur of the moment decision, tapping in to my intuition I guess. That's how it usually is with me - I've come to expect "when the student is ready, the teacher appears" and so when opportunities, resources, professionals pop up in my path, I often jump aboard without a lot of doubt or ruminating.
So far, so good. It's a pretty simple regimen, focusing on cutting out foods that may be inflammatory,. So for 21 days, I'm abstaining from:
So far, so good. I feel good - lighter, less creaky in the joints, albeit a little less solid, a tiny bit spacey. I'm assuming any health benefits (weight, blood pressure, AIC, etc.) will be slower to show up, but so far so good. And the much feared caffeine withdrawal headache (I'm a pretty regular coffee drinker usually) which I expected never materialized. And I have been remarkable compliant - I've gotten prepared food just a few times - sushi with brown rice (teacher training weekend), prepared macro meals (also TT weekend, we get it catered in for staff and trainees), and some Stew Leonard's Sushi (once with evil white rice, one with riced cauliflower). But mostly I've been putting together meals from the supplied recipes or my own cleanse friendly concoctions.
My one quibble is with the individual who is running this / facilitating the support group. S/he keeps posting pictures of otherwise healthy food we can't have! It's nice you had a "1/2 sprouted grain english muffin with organic, natural peanut butter" and "Pho with beef meatballs" but it's kind of cruel to post pictures to folks you are theoretically supporting, who might be struggling with staying on the cleanse, and who cannot have that, no? I'll save my comments / feedback for the end of the cleanse (no need to stir stuff up now) but seriously....I've been in the social media and the holistic health fields for a long time, and it's common sense not to do that.
Without any significant information or a whole lot of calculation, I said "sure" - and came back home to sign up. $199, a pile of PDFs to download (which I printed out and GBC bound, because that's how I roll), and signed up for a Facebook support group. Certainly a spur of the moment decision, tapping in to my intuition I guess. That's how it usually is with me - I've come to expect "when the student is ready, the teacher appears" and so when opportunities, resources, professionals pop up in my path, I often jump aboard without a lot of doubt or ruminating.
So far, so good. It's a pretty simple regimen, focusing on cutting out foods that may be inflammatory,. So for 21 days, I'm abstaining from:
- Wheat / Gluten
- Dairy
- Nightshades (potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant)
- Caffeine
- Alcohol
- Sugar
- Peanuts
- Corn
- Fermented soy (tofu, tempeh, etc.)
- Animal protein (save seafood and clean / organic chicken)
- Sweet fruits (bananas, pineapple, mangos)
- Anything artificial (sweeteners, etc.)
- Anything processed (mixes, soups, etc.)
- Quinoa
- Brown Rice
- Greens (salad, kale, chard)
- Veggies (celery, carrots, cukes, broccoli, cauliflower)
- Beans (black, adzuki, garbanzo, etc.)
- Sea Vegetables
- Herbal Teas
- Chicken (for weeks 1 & 3, anyways)
- Eggs
So far, so good. I feel good - lighter, less creaky in the joints, albeit a little less solid, a tiny bit spacey. I'm assuming any health benefits (weight, blood pressure, AIC, etc.) will be slower to show up, but so far so good. And the much feared caffeine withdrawal headache (I'm a pretty regular coffee drinker usually) which I expected never materialized. And I have been remarkable compliant - I've gotten prepared food just a few times - sushi with brown rice (teacher training weekend), prepared macro meals (also TT weekend, we get it catered in for staff and trainees), and some Stew Leonard's Sushi (once with evil white rice, one with riced cauliflower). But mostly I've been putting together meals from the supplied recipes or my own cleanse friendly concoctions.
My one quibble is with the individual who is running this / facilitating the support group. S/he keeps posting pictures of otherwise healthy food we can't have! It's nice you had a "1/2 sprouted grain english muffin with organic, natural peanut butter" and "Pho with beef meatballs" but it's kind of cruel to post pictures to folks you are theoretically supporting, who might be struggling with staying on the cleanse, and who cannot have that, no? I'll save my comments / feedback for the end of the cleanse (no need to stir stuff up now) but seriously....I've been in the social media and the holistic health fields for a long time, and it's common sense not to do that.
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