ANUSARA IMMERSION & TEACHER'S TRAINING

I was in Kuala Lumpur (KL), Malaysia recently for Yoga Workshops and Teacher's Training with Senior Anusara Teacher Desiree Rumbaugh. It was a blast and I felt totally empowered. It was a 60-hour training spread over 10 days and most of the time I was dwelling within a sense of excitement, eagerness to learn, burnt out from information overload, and fried from physical exhaustion. Nonetheless, the experience was beyond what I had imagined and I love, love, love it!

I have been learning Anusara yoga for the past three(3) years and among all the many good things I like about Anusara Yoga, one I love most is it teaches people to look for the good, in others and in yourself. It sounded easy but being brought up in a family who constantly pushes you to achieve with little words of encouragement, being critical seemed to have enacted itself in me. Also as yoga teacher, I was so used to look out for misalignment that I often forget positive reinforcement actually makes a person go further.

Because of the heart language it uses, flourishing from the Tantric Philosophy I resonate with so deeply, Anusara Yoga is one of the most inspiring practice I've ever known. All certified teachers are so well versed in that after many years of very strict training and self study, it is no wonder it takes as much hard work and money as getting a Master Degree to reach where they are. Nonetheless, it is absolutely worth it because I have seen the change Anusara had brought about in me; more open, appreciative, positive, accepting and compassionate.

It is truly an amazing experience to learn to teach Anusara Yoga, and even more so an honour to be teaching and passing down the good. Thank you, teachers, and the teacher's teachers for sharing such poignant wisdom.