Living Yoga with Laurel http://laurelhodory.com Yoga and Health with Laurel Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:40:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Choosing a Yoga Teacher Training Program http://laurelhodory.com/2013/06/choosing-a-yoga-teacher-training-program http://laurelhodory.com/2013/06/choosing-a-yoga-teacher-training-program#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:21:23 +0000 Laurel http://laurelhodory.com/?p=2194 10 Things to Consider when Selecting a Yoga Teacher Training Are you considering doing a yoga teacher training? If so, read on. You’ll learn how to choose the best program for your goals and budget. Much like shopping for a diamond, purchasing and doing a yoga teacher training can be symbolic of a lifelong commitment. [...]

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]]> http://laurelhodory.com/2013/06/choosing-a-yoga-teacher-training-program/feed 0 Top 10 Reasons to do Columbus Yoga Teacher Training this July http://laurelhodory.com/2013/05/top-10-reasons-to-do-columbus-yoga-teacher-training-in-july http://laurelhodory.com/2013/05/top-10-reasons-to-do-columbus-yoga-teacher-training-in-july#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 20:11:58 +0000 Laurel http://laurelhodory.com/?p=1983 Certification in 5 months starting July 10th in Columbus – Yoga Teacher Training with Laurel Hodory & Faculty 1.  Answer your Calling.  You can quit your job, but you can’t quit your calling.  It chooses you.  Now’s the time to answer it. 2. Learn in five months what you thought would take years to accomplish. [...]

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]]> http://laurelhodory.com/2013/05/top-10-reasons-to-do-columbus-yoga-teacher-training-in-july/feed 0 How Yoga Teacher Training Transformed Bonnie Finneran http://laurelhodory.com/2013/05/congratulations-to-the-graduating-yoga-teacher-training-class http://laurelhodory.com/2013/05/congratulations-to-the-graduating-yoga-teacher-training-class#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 20:10:34 +0000 Laurel http://laurelhodory.com/?p=2033 The May 2013 Graduates Celebrate Yoga Teacher Training Certification “The Yoga Teacher Training with Laurel Hodory & Faculty far exceeded my expectations. Beyond practical and informative! I came into it with some teaching experience under my belt. Nevertheless, it grew me as a person and provided invaluable skills that have rocketed my teaching and practice [...]

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]]> http://laurelhodory.com/2013/05/congratulations-to-the-graduating-yoga-teacher-training-class/feed 0 10 Reasons to do Yoga Teacher Training this Summer in Norway http://laurelhodory.com/2013/05/yoga-teacher-training-norway http://laurelhodory.com/2013/05/yoga-teacher-training-norway#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 17:39:10 +0000 Laurel http://laurelhodory.com/?p=1816 Certification in 22 days starting July 7th in Trondheim – Norway Yoga Teacher Training 1. Learn in one month what you thought would take years to accomplish. Learn yoga poses you thought were impossible. 2. Live and share yoga everyday — as a yoga instructor. Want to make a career change? Or simply develop your [...]

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]]> http://laurelhodory.com/2013/05/yoga-teacher-training-norway/feed 0 Avoidance Attracts http://laurelhodory.com/2013/03/avoidance-attracts-2 http://laurelhodory.com/2013/03/avoidance-attracts-2#comments Thu, 07 Mar 2013 01:32:29 +0000 Laurel http://laurelhodory.com/?p=1575 “We meet our destiny on our journey to avoid it.” -Kung Fu Panda Recently I made a familiar mistake. In the moment when I made the mistake, I was trying very hard not to make a mistake. I did this by deferring to someone else and not trusting my own judgement. In the end, I [...]

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]]> http://laurelhodory.com/2013/03/avoidance-attracts-2/feed 0 Vulnerability=Strength http://laurelhodory.com/2013/03/vulnerabilitystrength-2 http://laurelhodory.com/2013/03/vulnerabilitystrength-2#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2013 18:32:30 +0000 Laurel http://laurelhodory.com/?p=1540 Vulnerability is often considered weakness. But it’s not. Only the weak and fearful cannot admit their vulnerability. When our self- approval rating is abysmal, we lack the confidence to own our weaknesses and imperfections. We live in fear and a chronic state of self- distrust, hiding, as if our vulnerability is shameful. To, illustrate, I [...]

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]]> http://laurelhodory.com/2013/03/vulnerabilitystrength-2/feed 0 The Way In is the Way Out http://laurelhodory.com/2013/02/the-way-in-is-the-way-out http://laurelhodory.com/2013/02/the-way-in-is-the-way-out#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:07:52 +0000 Laurel http://laurelhodory.com/?p=1520 My yoga teacher training faculty and I have a saying. “The way in is the way out.” The image of the ancient nautilus aptly captures this process of growth from the inside out. It grows by chambers. When it outgrows one chamber, it grows another larger chamber within which to house its expanded self. The spiral [...]

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]]> http://laurelhodory.com/2013/02/the-way-in-is-the-way-out/feed 0 It’s Not What You Think http://laurelhodory.com/2013/02/its-not-what-you-think http://laurelhodory.com/2013/02/its-not-what-you-think#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:21:55 +0000 Laurel http://laurelhodory.com/?p=1517 During the Open Your Lotus workshop on Saturday, a student asked me what to do. “I feel fearful about my knees when approaching lotus pose,” she said. Last year, during the Arm Balance workshop, another student asked, “Why do we do arm balances? Is it to get strong arms?” Recently, a fellow yoga teacher was [...]

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]]> http://laurelhodory.com/2013/02/its-not-what-you-think/feed 0 Change Happens One Breath at a Time http://laurelhodory.com/2013/01/change-happens-one-breath-at-a-time http://laurelhodory.com/2013/01/change-happens-one-breath-at-a-time#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:29:20 +0000 Laurel http://laurelhodory.com/?p=1478 Remember that change happens one breath at a time. Rome wasn’t built in a day. I had to fly half way around the world– to India– to find out that I was still the only one who could do my practice forme. Same me as back in Ohio. No one else was going to do [...]

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]]> http://laurelhodory.com/2013/01/change-happens-one-breath-at-a-time/feed 0 Are You Hiding Your Mess? http://laurelhodory.com/2013/01/1474 http://laurelhodory.com/2013/01/1474#comments Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:56:48 +0000 Laurel http://laurelhodory.com/?p=1474 I grew up hiding. I learned that if I wasn’t who my parents wanted me to be, I would be punished. And so I hid who I really was then, and for many years after. When I got older, even though I wanted to come out of hiding, I was often too scared. The somatic memory [...]

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