Square One • 01.07.09
I never understood the concept of “Square One”, the saying seems to imply that somehow you’ve ended up in the same place despite your best efforts. But during all of my visits to the proverbial “square one”, I found that I was immensely more knowledgeable the second time around, even if I was faced with a decision that I thought I had already made.
Yet, in spite of all my best efforts and wisdom, I am in fact back at square one, “the 300 hour teacher training” decision. I was sure I was on track to a wonderful new learning experience, from which I would be a newly minted 500 hour RYT, a verifiable Baby Buddha. But then the mixed reviews started to seep in, some from teachers who I deeply respect. “It’s not worth it” they sighed, in clear disappointment, “if you’re expecting to learn as much as you during the 200 hour program, it might be a let down“. I was crushed. On one side, Ishta 300hr program is as close to Kristin’s 300 hr program that I’m going to get to in the near future, and as one yogette pointed out, “you should just find a teacher you dig, and learn under them”. Which would be perfect, except that the teachers I’m finding myself digging either don’t offer 300 hours, see Laughing Lotus , or ask that you runaway to the mountains for a month or two (Jivamukti) and presumably quit your job. Moreover, besides Kristin, I haven’t had a teacher at Ishta who deeply moved me — well there was another, but I technically discovered him at Pure Yoga.
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