yoga
August 2008 
Yoga Teacher Graduation!
Posted on May 4th, 2008
by 
Penelope
Penelope
I am now officially a graduate of the Sivananda Forest Academy of Yoga and Vendanta! The test was grueling and the course was arduous, but I learned so much.
Probably the most important things I learned were that your energetic body does the yoga and that guilt is really self-pity in disguise. Guilt in the short term is a useful emotion in that it can help you intuit the difference between right and wrong. But once you get that message, hanging onto the guilt harms you and doesn't help the person you harmed in the first place. Wow! Total mind shift. Oh - and I learned alot of philosophy, all the yoga poses, and how to be a good teacher. They are very professional.
Our graduation was beautiful. I have been given a spiritual name - RamaPriya. I just love it! It means joy and beloved of Rama.
Probably the most important things I learned were that your energetic body does the yoga and that guilt is really self-pity in disguise. Guilt in the short term is a useful emotion in that it can help you intuit the difference between right and wrong. But once you get that message, hanging onto the guilt harms you and doesn't help the person you harmed in the first place. Wow! Total mind shift. Oh - and I learned alot of philosophy, all the yoga poses, and how to be a good teacher. They are very professional.
Our graduation was beautiful. I have been given a spiritual name - RamaPriya. I just love it! It means joy and beloved of Rama.
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