In August of 2008 I went through the life changing experience
of completing the Dharma Mittra 200 hour Life of a Yogi teacher
training course. I have already begun teaching classes privately
and wherever I am as karma yoga for no charge. What I liked so
much about this training was it that emphasized the spritual side
of yoga first. The asana physical practice is used as a gateway
to achieve the ceasing of the chattering of the mind stuff
(citta chatter) in order to achieve union with the divine Self
that lives internally in the space to the right of the physical
heart. This Atman Self is what we carry with us from incarnation
to incarnation. It will never leave us. When you and I are in this
place of Atman we say Namaste denoting that then there is only one
of us. Here I am in one of my most favorite poses
Pinchamayarasana
(forearm balance) during the training. Here I am at my graduation
ceremony
on October 11, 2008 being presented my certificate by Dharma
Mittra.
Please Contact Victor in Seattle, Washington at
206 547 6020 via telephone or
email using link below:
Victor if you are
interested in classes.
For pictures from the training, please see Dharma Mittra Yoga
Teacher Training in
San
Francisco
.
Note, for more teacher traingings, please see
Training
.
For the orginal draft of my newsletter article about the training, please see
Dharma Mittra Draft Article for Newsletter
. Here is a second article I submitted
for the newsletter about my first
class .
Here is a picture that goes along with the article for the
meditation image .
For more info on Dharma Mittra see
Dharma Mittra Yoga Center in New York City
.
For a beautiful explanation of making all of your life a yoga practice
please see
The Radiant Seed
.
Barefoot Yoga here in
lower Queeen Anne is a great source for yoga clothes
and mats. If you pedal over they will wave the shipping
charge.
I regularly volunteer with Yoga Behind Bars where I teach once or twice a month to the youth. It is one of the most rewarding things I do.
Sutra Yoga This vinyassa studio in the
heart of Wallingford
has great classes and a fabulous vegan restaurant next store. When they
are not teaching they are cooking.
Yogalife One of my favorite studios in Greenlake.
Katerina Wen now teaches in San Juan Island.
She is the one who told me about Dharma Mittra and used to have
the Yogiway Studio here in Seattle.
Samadhi Yoga Located in Capitol Hill, this is a cool
Vinyasa based studio with a strong emphasis on the spiritual teachings .