Yoga Journal Conference-San Diego 2012

I went to this conference in San Diego and was able to attend classes with 6 different teachers over the weekend.
My first class was with Bhava Ram of deepyoga.com 
His class message was: Own your power-Live your truth
It was a fun filled class that included dance/movement, singing, chanting, praying,asana,lecture and relaxation. I am very inspired by this man and his journey to yoga and self-healing.
Next was Holotropic Breathing, a practice that uses the breath to allow access to nonordinary states for the purpose of self-exploration with Steve Ross. I had a neat experience in this session, I did enter a "non-ordinary" state, and I am interested in trying this technique in the future.

Marla Apt, a well known Iyengar teacher was my next session. Her class was focussed on yoga for the neck and shouldres. She taught us ways to strengthen and release our muscles in poses. We experimented with muscle isolation and ways to use props to take poses deeper and also ways to modify poses.

Sunday my first session was with Jill Miller, where we learned about the "bony landmarks" of the body, along with the various layers we are made up of(we got to see pictures of cadavers muscles and fascia,oh my) I felt I really got to know my anatomy on a deeper level because of this course.

Session 2 was with a wonderful teacher named Aadil Palklova. It was all about the "Art of seeing" your students clearly, their alignment, their energy in a pose and then how to make adjustments-both verbal and physical.

My last class was a Chair yoga class. My teacher Claire Diab taught us a basic chair yoga session-including a sun salutation,simple poses and a relaxation. I found this course very informative.

It is always very inspiring to be at an event like this-with so many like minded people(yoga geeks,lol) and wonderful teachers. I look forward to incorporating many of the things I learned into the classes I give. My deepest appreciation goes to Organic Valley for making