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Testimonials
  • "BV Yoga provided me and my fellow teachers-in-training with the playground, the building blocks and the guidance for our journey through the 200 hour yoga teacher training."
    -Connie J
  • "The BV Yoga 200Hr Teacher Training Certification Program has been the most inspirational and life-altering experience I have ever been a part of. I came expecting to further my abilities as a Yoga Teacher and complete my 200 hours. "
    -Susie L
  • "The BV teacher training took me beyond what I thought was possible for myself."
    -Dana K
  • "Teacher training is challenging, rewarding, demanding, gratifying and intense. It asked more of me than I thought I could give, and rewarded me with more than I could imagine. "
    -Laura G
  • "The Bala Vinyasa 200 Hour Teacher Training has forever changed my life. Not only with the possibility and knowledge to teach, but with communication and perspective skills that will help to enhance every aspect of my world. "
    -Lauren G
  • "The BV teacher training was truly a transformational process of learning how to show up and be present and how to hold space for others as not only a teacher, but in all areas of my life. "
    -Wendy G
  • "This training has empowered me to create the life I want by listening to my heart and taking action to make it happen."
    -Libby D
  • "I came to Bala Vinyasa wanting to be a better mom, a better wife, and a better friend. I also wanted to become a better student and teacher in all areas of my life. I had a desire for today to be better than yesterday. "
    -Jen D
  • "If you are ready to be challenged in ways you can’t even imagine, you might be ready for the BV 200 hour Teacher Training! "
    -Jennifer S
  • "It’s hard to put into words how transformative and amazing the Bala Vinyasa Teacher Training process was for me. It made me a better sister, daughter, wife, and friend, and helped me re-connect with my heart and inner self."
    -Sara M
  • "The journey of the 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training Program took me from being a person with little power, lack of inspiration, and scared, to blossoming into a person that felt empowered, becoming a teacher that will inspire others. "
    -Christine S
  • "The Teacher Training program is a powerful experience I would recommend it to anyone who is willing to “come out of the box”. "
    -Christine M
  • "This TT process will forever change the way I view myself and others. I must constantly remind myself to be present, but I have shifted from a state of doing to a state of being."
    -Lynda W
  • "Teacher Training is much more than a time commitment, it is a commitment to yourself and your growth. A lot of work, but a true gift!"
    -Melanie S
    

Benefits

Yoga’s Physical Benefits

  • Accelerates weight loss by increasing the CALORIES you burn.
  • Increases metabolic rate.
  • Decreases body fat percent.
  • Increases mobilization and utilization of fat as a fuel.
  • Builds lean muscle mass which is metabolically active.
  • Improves muscle tone, agility and flexibility.
  • Strengthens bones, ligaments, and tendons.
  • Increases adherence to your nutritionally balanced diet.

Yoga’s Physiological Benefits

  • Cleanses, detoxifies and brings nutrients to all your vital organs.
  • Improves circulation of oxygen and nutrients to active muscles.
  • Decreases resting heart rate.
  • Increases heart and stroke volume and cardiac output.
  • Increases total blood volume and oxygenates the blood.
  • Increases maximum oxygen consumption and ventilation.
  • Increases lung capacity as well as opens and aerates the lungs.
  • Reduces blood glucose.
  • Reduces BLOOD PRESSURE.
  • Increases HDL, good cholesterol.
  • Decreases LDL, bad, and total cholesterol.
  • Helps prevent CAD, Obesity, Osteoporosis, Diabetes, and improves arthritis.
  • Balances the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system.
  • Helps to regulate and balance hormones.
  • Improves the function of sexual organs.
  • Lengthens life.

Yoga’s Psychological Benefits

  • Decreases clinical symptoms of anxiety, tension, and depression.
  • Builds self-confidence.
  • Increases awareness, alertness and brain function.
  • Cleanses and purifies the mind and intellect.
  • Reduces stress.
  • Improves the quality and lengthens your life.
  • Improves total well-being emotionally, physically, and spiritually.

Terminology

OM
OM is a sacred symbol and an ancient mantra or chant pronounced AUM representing the infinite Brahma, the absolute or all, which conveys omniscience (all-encompassing knowledge), omnipresence (always present everywhere) and omnipotence (all-powerfulness). It is believed to be the basic sound of the universe, the cosmic vibration and contains all other sounds. When repeated correctly it penetrates all and creates harmony and unity with all that exists – with mind, body and spirit ? and that to all others.

In honor of Yogic tradition we begin and close many of our classes with chanting OM to create harmony and unity among the students and teacher.

For more information on OM visit wikipedia or hinduism.about


Namaste
Namaste is used throughout the world as a greeting or goodbye, generally taken as an expression of good will, gratitude and respect. It recognizes the equality of all, honors the sacredness, truthfulness and interconnection of all (for we are all one when we are truly living from our heart center and free from ego), as well as to the source of that interconnection.

Placing both hands together at the chest (heart center) or at the forehead (3rd eye center) is the gesture or mudra most commonly used when bowing to each other in Namaste. One hand represents the spiritual or higher realm the other represents the earthly self. By combining the two, the person making the gesture is attempting to rise above their differences with others, and connect themselves to the person they bow to. The bow is a symbolic bow of love and respect.


Namaste can also mean any of the following:
- The Spirit in me meets or honors the same Spirit in you.
- I greet that place where you and I are one.
- I salute the Light of God in you.
- I bow to the divine in you.
- I recognize that within each of us is a place where Divinity dwells, and when we are in that place, we are one.
- My higher energy salutes your higher energy.
- The God in me sees and honors the God in you.
- May the God within you, bless you.
- The Divine within me sees and honors the Divine within you.

For more information on Namaste visit the web visit wikipedia.