200 Hour Licensed Yoga Instructors


Yoga Instructor - Cordelia and Dave Frost

Hiya associates! At present I’m excited to share with you that Dave and I are actually 200 hour licensed yoga instructors. On the finish of July, we began the certification program on the Lotus Pond studio in Tampa. I wished to affix this system to be taught to belief my physique once more after my surgical procedures, in addition to to enhance my energy and stamina, and to know myself higher. It has been a tremendous journey.

Concerning the Lotus Pond

The Lotus Pond is a lovely, peaceable oasis close to Citrus Park that provides all kinds of yoga, trainer trainings, meditation, workshops, retreats and extra inside a sort, welcoming neighborhood. They provide lessons seven days every week, normally beginning at 9am.

The Lotus Pond was based by Val Spies, an E-RYT500 licensed Kripalu yoga trainer and Chopra Well being & Meditation trainer and Chopra Wellness Coach. It’s at the moment co-owned by Katie Beene, an E-RYT500 YACEP teacher with over 2,500 hours of instructing expertise. Alyssa Liadis is the opposite co-owner, RYT 200.

Different Yoga Instructors

One among my favourite instructors on the Lotus Pond is Meagan Lynn Pilawski, RYT 500. She is an attuned Chokopa Shamanic Reiki Grasp and holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Masters of Science in Medical Hashish Science & Therapeutics from the College of Maryland College of Pharmacy.

I like the lessons that she teaches, in addition to her solstice ceremonies.

Our Yoga Trainer Coaching Instructors

Cordelia and Dave Frost with Katie, Ryan, and ChrisCordelia and Dave Frost with Katie, Ryan, and Chris
From left to proper: Katie, Cordelia, Ryan, Dave, and Chris

The first academics for our program included Katie, Ryan, and Chris. We additionally had a number of different instructors who got here in to share their experience, together with Manasa Kanithi and Larissa Corridor Carlson, who have been superior.

Our Class

Dec. 2024 200 Hour Lotus Pond Yoga Teacher Training Graduating ClassDec. 2024 200 Hour Lotus Pond Yoga Teacher Training Graduating Class

Our classmates went from strangers to a heat, sort neighborhood that I like. I’m so grateful for the shared experiences now we have and I’m so happy with everybody!

Why White?

Your entire class was required to put on white for our commencement ceremony to represent purity. The final time I wore all white like this was for my teenage baptism.

What I’m Sporting

I assumed my BlackMilk Gothic Royal Shirt (LE, discontinued) could be good for commencement as a result of it’s attractive with numerous delicate lace element. I purchased the Full of life Ghosts White Apparition Skirt for my bottoms as a result of I owned no white bottoms. The skirt has pockets, yay! For a tiny pop of colour I wore my Betsey Johnson Midnight Backyard Snake Collar (LE, discontinued).

Closing Ideas

Cordelia and David Frost, Certified Yoga InstructorsCordelia and David Frost, Certified Yoga Instructors

Going by means of yoga trainer coaching on the Lotus Pond was life altering in so some ways. Primarily, it shifted my worldview much more to the left. I’ve extra compassion in the direction of people I don’t know who’re trapped within the tales that they inform themselves.

I’m so grateful that Dave and I accomplished the yoga trainer coaching collectively, in addition to for the neighborhood we are actually part of. I’m additionally grateful to our chosen household and family members who helped assist us by means of this over the previous 12 months.

Doing yoga has helped me to grow to be extra assured in my physique, in addition to improved my well being and psychological effectively being. It’s positively a everlasting life-style change for me.

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