By Courtney Elmes Sometimes (or perhaps it is all the time?) the Universe aligns in mysterious ways. Synchronicities lead us down a path that doesn’t seem clear or make sense – yet it just feels right, something deep within our knowing, that we can’t quite put a finger on but seems to be guiding […]
Dharma, Destiny… Reflections on Stephen Cope’s Advanced Yoga Philosophy course Read More »
** Enjoy this preview of our upcoming 15 HR Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher Training with Christine Alevizakis, a registered Clinical Counselor and Facilitator. ** Exploring Trauma-Informed Yoga: A Journey of Healing and Connection In the realm of yoga teaching, fostering safe and healing spaces goes beyond mastering poses—it requires a deep understanding of
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By Courtney Elmes Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras are renowned in the yoga world for being one of the ultimate guidelines to our practice. When I first came across the sutras 7 years ago, I read a version that didn’t resonate so much. At the time this ancient text was written, it was mostly for and
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By Courtney Elmes Yoga is inherently connected to the Earth: some of the very asanas themselves are based on forms found throughout nature. Reading ‘Myths of the Asanas’ by Alanna Kaivalya and Arjuna van der Kooij recently inspires me all the more to continue delving deeper into the origins, finding inspiration everywhere as the
How Ahimsa / Earth Loving is Your Yoga Practice? Read More »
The choice to become a yoga teacher is one made with a deep passion and commitment to a life-long practice. Your 200-hr foundational yoga instructor training is just one of the first chapters in your journey, and many new teaching students find that a retreat format lays an incredibly meaningful foundation for their yoga education.
By Courtney Elmes Yoga is truly for everybody – and every body. If not, how is it yoga, unity? There is a hierarchy in many Western studios these days – though many are working to change this. Ableism, racism, ageism, tokenism… are just some of the ways this manifests in a typical yoga studio. Do
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By Courtney Elmes Indigenous perspectives have held the balance for eons: the recognition that we are extensions of the Earth; that plants and animals are our relatives; that we are inherently connected to nature. In the beginning days of our Sacred Earth 200 HR Yoga Teacher Training in Guatemala (the first teacher training I
By Courtney Elmes If we are extensions of the world, and the world is an extension of us, it makes sense that we feel hurt as Mother Earth hurts too. For something that gives us life, sustains us and that we merge into after death… to see this being destroyed and disrespected on a
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By Courtney Elmes In recent years, I have been exploring how the intersections of Sacred Earth practices and Climate Activism interweave and balance out. What is obvious to me now, though perhaps worlds apart for some, is that both come together naturally, entwining with ease when one cares deeply for the Earth. First, to dive
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