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Vastu School of Yoga

 

Our affordable tuition and flexible schedule make yoga teacher training accessible to Every Body!!

 

 

 

Letter from Lorrie and Lal

 

Namaste Blessed Self,

 
Congratulations on having arrived at this special place in your life.  We know that there were many questions, hesitations, doubts and encouragements along the way before reaching this point and we welcome your arrival.   The path you have chosen involves more than physical exercise, and results in health, happiness, and a life long journey of bliss.

 

In these times especially, there is no higher profession than to be a Yoga teacher.  It is also one of the most difficult kinds of teaching, because a Yoga teacher has be their own critic and correct their own practice.  The art of Yoga is entirely subjective and practical.  Yoga teachers must know the functioning of the body, the behaviors of their students and how to react.  They must be ready to help, protect and safeguard the people who come to them for assistance.  Teachers must always be learning.  They will learn from their students, and they must have the humility to tell them that they are still learning the art of Yoga.  The tools you will gain in this training will continue to be of value in your life and to those you will meet and teach along the way.

 

Yoga means to yoke or to join.  The practice of Yoga is to unite the individual self with the divine Self or Atman.  This Yoga Teacher Training is about learning to let go.  Learning to let go of preconceptions about who and what we think we are and to quiet the mind and connect with the silence within. 

 

You have been asked to give up a lot for this training, but you are also being given many other things to take their place.   The more you give to yourself and your practice, the more you will receive during this training. 

 

Although no one can take this journey with you, we look forward to sharing your experiences as they arise and them along the way.

 

In loving service,

 

Shivakami (Lorrie) and Lal

 

 

 

The Essence of Yoga

 

 When yoga was developed thousands of years ago, meditation was fundamental to yoga. As yoga moved to the West, the physical aspect of the practice, hatha yoga, became synonymous with yoga.

Attention, awareness and wisdom developed in meditation enhance the depth of an asana and pranayama practice. Similarly, the many benefits of the asana and pranayama support meditation.

This weaving together of the asana and meditation, the form and the formless create the foundation for the real freedom that yoga offers.

Vastu Yoga Teacher Training School emphasizes safe, effective, and inspiring teaching methods which prepare you to be a confident and competent instructor. We offer excellent training in teaching skills, planning a class, communication skills, creating confidence, and posture corrections. The program also offers instruction and experience in how to live the yogic lifestyle -- enhancing personal health and centeredness through yoga.

 

 

Testimonials

 

Namaste Lorrie and Lal. thinking of you and sending you love this morning... was talking to my parents about the yoga teachers training and what all we shared... It filled my heart with joy just talking about the training and the meditations, the retreats .... miss you..   just wanted to say.. thank you, for all that you gave and for all that you have shared with us.

 i am greatful.       Suchi Vatturi

 

Dear Lorrie & Lal,  Thank you so much for the opportunity to participate in the Vastu Teacher Training.  The first in Athens.  What an honor and a blessing!  Your generosity will continue to be an inspiration to me for the rest of my life.  I am honored to be able to “play it forward” by participating actively, whole heartedly, and with the deepest gratitude in my community, Athens and the world at large!  I learned so much about kindness, discipline, introspection, and PEACE from the experiences you made available in the training and also from each of your sweet spirits.  I feel more committed than ever to the path of yoga-the path of exploration, of gratitude, of community engagement, of acceptance of LOVE.  I am so happy that you’ve decided to make Athens (one of) your home(s).!  This town has a lot of magic in store for you, as I know you do for it!

With love, peace, gratitude, (and a new found love for kapalabati!)

Devi (Sarah Whitaker)

 

 

To Lorrie:

Lorrie is so nice to know, she always on the go, Here’s a person who can teach us much of life.  To endure pain and control strife.  We enjoy Yoga to exercise our own minds and stimulate our being.  So, carry on what Yoga teaches you.  Your life will  be enjoyable for ever.  To do wrong is what you will do never.

Gertrude Koblentz , 97yrs.

 

Dear Lorrie and Lal,

Thank you for your devotion, teachings, and many gifts you have passed on.  You are both truly gifted teachers!  Wishing you peace, blessings, and abundance!

Patty Pavkovich

 

Dear Lorrie and Lal,

Thank you for your generous spirit, kindness and patience.  I appreciate learning from your practice as I develop my own and truly embark on a sattvic lifestyle.  I appreciate your presence when sharing Sivananda teachings and wisdom.  My llfe continues to transform since becoming a part of the Vastu community.  It has been a blessing and honor to learn such a valuable healing art and lifestyle.  Much peace, love and light your way.

Love, Robyn Donaldson

 

Dear Lorrie and Lal, 

You give with your deepest passion and love and you become a bridge of inspiration to so many.  Thank you for your selfless service.  Thank you for your generosity.  Thank you for your lovely smile and your wondrous kindness.  Thank you for your drive to “be” and to be one with the hightest love and truth “the all merciful God”.  We have all learned to much these last few months and we all became an extended family of love, grace and, truth.  I am really grateful for being taught Yoga and the amazing-ness that it is.  May you always know that beyond any human tendencies, or such, that my love and fondness to you is great. Om Namah Sivayah,

Love, Naomi Sztam

 

Tracie and I met through the yoga teacher training at Vastu School of Yoga. In this course, we learned the primary principles of Sivananda and how to let go. Entering the course, our intention was to deepen our own personal practice rather than teach. But at the completion of our course, we realized the need for yoga in our community, so we decided to open a studio together. We appreciate Lorrie and Lal's dedication to their students and the yoga community. They provided each student with a place to begin and an opportunity for growth. Through the teacher training, we deepened our understanding of yoga and created great bonds among fellow yogis that will last a lifetime. 

Love Caroline

 

My experience in the Vastu School of Yoga was amazing.  I had no idea how much I would learn and how deeply I would feel the experience. We delved deeply into the history, writings and knowledge of love that Yoga is.  We also learned exactly how to teach and assist a class.  We were offered a lot of what might be called extra credit which was Shivakami and Lal’s willingness Afor the learning and teachings we received but it was done with love and the sincerest desire to give us, the students everything we wanted. When the training was over I could quite easily teach a Sivinanda Yoga class. I was nervous but successful and I now teach 4 classes a week and it is the most important part of my weekly schedule.  Recently several students commented that they really liked my class and I responded that I truly loved teaching and even joked that if I had to, I would pay to teach Yoga. They thought that was hilarious and I must say I am glad I don’t have to pay to teach. But it is true that I get more than I give when I teach, and I am truly honored to have been taught by Shivakami and Lal of Vastu School of Yoga.

John Rogers –Maha Dev

 

"My training with Lorrie and Lal has changed my life on so many levels and in so many ways that I never expected. I have gained so much strength -- physically, mentally and spiritually. What I learned during my 200-hour YTT will carry me throughout the rest of my life. Lorrie and Lal are so easy to work with, and they make you feel comfortable, letting you know that the universe is unfolding exactly the way it's supposed to. Discovering Vastu and the Sivananda tradition of yoga, for me, was like returning home."

 

Amber Allen – Amrita

 

 

Vastu School of Yoga showed up in my life just at the right time.  Having done yoga on and off since age 19 and more consistantly over the last 10 years, their presence of traditional yoga was just what I felt to be a soothing ride for my psyche as well as my aging body.  "Listen to your body" is a mantra all should chant.   Both Lorrie and Lal bring such appealing energies and intelligence to the session that I always feel refreshed and wanting more.  Thank you! Thank you! Thank you

 

Sue Eleazer

 

 

The Vastu Yoga Teacher Training was a life-changing experience for me. At first I was intimidated by the idea of giving up coffee, alcohol, eggs, and other vices for 10 weeks but, like Lal said the first day of the program, the more you give up the more you gain. In the absence of these non-necesseties I was filled with a sense of peace, joy, laughter, and community that has carried me into a wonderful and fulfilling yoga teaching practice. Participating in this training was the best decision I made in 2009!   

Namaste,
Leela (Rebecca Van Damm)

 

 

I have practiced the physical aspect of yoga for many years... it was not until this training that it became a way of life for me.  This training taught me more in two months than I learned in three years.  It helped me organize and solidify free-floating ideas into a clear light, and it taught me that yoga is the path I want to follow.  This training has been relevant and applicable to some aspect of life every day, since.  And the most important aspect: the realization that I am everything.  Everything I want or need to be. This training, with no doctrines or heavy rules taught me the discipline of that realization.  I miss our training a lot.  I wish I could take it over.

Chandrika  (Amanda Irwin)

 

 Vastu School of Yoga allows opportunity and  enrichment.  My experience is this opportunity is  only available here.   Here at Vastu  I personally know my abilities are gently and caringly enhanced.  Thank you Lorrie ShivaKami, and Lal.    Jamie Pinto 

 

 
 

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