Slap me in the knee and call me certified.

It has been a long time in the making, but the Adrienne Reed Power Yoga Certification Class has come and gone. I remember about a year ago when we (Adrienne and I) started discussing a certification class; I can't believe it's done! The program was a five day, ten hour a day intensive session. Each day consisted of student directed teach times, interactive learning sessions, and of course a lot of fun (true to Adrienne's style). There is a another session coming up soon visit Adrienne's website if you are interested!

I learned a lot of great information; in particular the parts about tension and compression. This was a whole aspect of yoga that I had never even considered. Read this link if you want to learn a little but more; I found it quite informative.

Furthermore, the class helped to hone my teaching skills and I had a chance to brush up on some poses that I had not practiced in awhile. In addition to all the wonderfulness that was the certification I also met some great new friends.

It was very refreshing to have such an eclectic group of people attend the program. Each one of the attendees taught in such a radically different way and each taught me a new trick or two for sure! Alfia (one of my new yoga buddies) has been teaching for years and was definitely the sneakiest one of the bunch. You know how some people have a very calm voice but by the time you are done teaching you are sweatin' bullets? Well, that is Alfia in a nutshell. As she would put it she is "A strong Russian woman!" She too has a blog, click here to peer into the life of Alfia.

See the pictures below(coming soon) that were taken from that faithful week. And, yes my hair was pink, and yes it was cool.