Taos and My Yoga Retreat

A little late.. But I figured what the hell?!

Well it has been one hell of a week in a good way. I had one of the most amazing times this. I think that I cried more than I have in a few years but that's OK.

First of all it was an Advanced Teacher Training so that means that everyone that was there had been also been through The Yoga Institutes Teacher Training program or was an CYT to begin with and also knew Lex Gillian to even be invited. Lex only teaches teachers now but has owned the Yoga Institue since it began. Lex is an amazing person and I love him.

On to the retreat...

One of the main topics that we discussed was how we work the spirituality into our classes. Me being here in the BIBLE belt buckle OKLAHOMA. I know that you have to be very careful how you approach the subject anywhere from what I got from the rest of the teachers there as well. I dont teach much at the moment. I think that having a spruituality in your pratice is important. Funny thing

Anyhow.... Most of the women in the class were highly flexible which is good but I dont think that they were very strong. I'm glad that my teacher does both. It's not always about putting your toe in your ear.

I thought going to be around a lot of teachers would be a fantastic experience and it was. Even the ones that turned out to be 'Yoga Snobs' and/or 'Guru Groupies' I learned something from. FYI 'Guru Groupie' is something that I came up with while at the retreat. Same idea as any groupie someone that just wants to be around someone that's famous for something that they enjoy.


For one there was maybe 10/30 males/females. Which doesn't surprise me but the guys that were there were amazing. I love them all.

This was a fantastic experience all of it.. I will go next year and I cant wait to be on Lex's mountain this time..

Namaste..

ashd