Celebrating 20 Years of Yoga Teacher Training!
It feels incredible to say this, but today I am celebrating 20 years of teaching yoga teacher training!
I look back and can’t believe I had the audacity to even start this journey. Teacher training is so much more than I though it would be – more challenging, more transformative, and more fulfilling.
I could never have imagined where this adventure would take me. From that first training, a month-long retreat on the New South Wales south coast (shout out to Moruya!), to a few years in Port Douglas, Queensland, many visits to Canada, Melbourne, the Gold Coast, and always trainings in Canberra – phew! It’s been an amazing ride, with some really amazing people!
I have taught on retreat, in full-time intensives, over part-time weekend immersions, and, since the start of Covid, I’ve taught online.
While I loved those years of flying around the world – and miss it sometimes – these days I’m much more grounded. I teach from my home in Canada, reaching out to students in Australia and around the world through virtual coaching and online teaching. For in-person trainings I rely on our amazing associate trainers, Sare Nuttridge in Canberra and Trish Cufone in Adelaide, who bring their own wisdom, experience, and passion for yoga.
Looking back I can see the challenges and changes, but most of all I can see so much love. Not just the love and care I feel for every teacher-in-training and graduate, but the love they bring to each other as a yoga community, to their studies and practice, and the love of yoga that they bring to their own students every day.
On reflection I can see 20 years of learning, exploring, evolving, and embracing change. I have learned so much over the past two decades, and I am looking forward to many more years of yoga adventures together.
It’s been an honor to see teachers evolve and transform through their training, and blossom into wise, confident, and enthusiastic teachers.
To our very first group of graduates, congratulations on celebrating your own 20 years of yoga!
To the many graduates who have followed – whether you trained with us years ago or you’ve just begun – your enthusiasm for yoga continues to inspire. It has been an honor to witness your growth, from hesitant first-time teachers to confident guides leading your own yoga communities.
To Sare and Trish, and all the senior teachers in our community, thank you for all that you do to guide, support and encourage the next generation of yoga teachers.
We celebrate this milestone together as we honor the lessons learned, the friendships formed, and the countless lives touched. Here’s to many more years of yoga, learning, and transformation together!
(A reminder that there are no photos from that first group because – you won’t believe this – smartphones weren’t a thing yet!)
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