Kate Taylor's Yoga Site

If you've been reading my blog, you've probably noticed that I am a bit of a yoga workshop junkie. As I was looking back on my posts this morning I realized that my last five blog entries have been about my experience in various training courses and workshops in the last few months. And the journey continues...I have just been accepted into Mark White's MBody Teacher Certification Program in Jacksonville, Florida. The Baptiste Power Vinyasa style of yoga (which is what Mark teaches) is a lot like Ashtanga, so the practice is somewhat familiar to my body, but challenging in new ways.

The TCP is a 200 hour certification program, similar to the training I completed at the Asheville Yoga center in 2006. Between now and May I will be heading down to Jax for nine three-day weekends to complete the program.

Why would I be interested in a second 200 hour certification???...Very simply, I am hoping that Mark's program will take my practice and teaching to the next level. My friend Mindy just completed the program (which was her second 200 hr cert as well) and she was blown away by the experience. From what I hear from the students, the program is unique in the way it strives to teach students to find their authentic self and express this through their teaching. Mark accepts a very small number of students into the program (there were 10 in Mindy's class) so I should also get a pretty intense learning experience, in contrast to programs with 25+ students. I'll keep posting as the journey unfolds...