Bikram yoga teacher bloomington iN

Viewing 6 posts - 1 through 6 (of 6 total)

Author

Posts
Iwngu9
Participant

February 2, 2014 at 4:47 pm

Post count: 1

#2598

Hi
I want to open a Bikram yoga studio in a Bloomington IN, the home of Indiana University. Has about 40,000 students!
Plenty of potential. I am not a Bikram Teacher, but more than willing to put in resources to open a studio.
If any of the Bikram teachers are willing expand in this place, please let me know your thoughts

Regards
Sri

rawmyrna
Participant

February 3, 2014 at 12:29 am

Post count: 1

#10765

I too have been looking for a location to open a Hot Yoga studio near a major university. My roadblock is, although I don’t NEED to be certified, as an owner I should be.
Gabrielle, I have debilitating Multiple Sclerosis that limits the proficiency of some postures. I flew out to California to work with Sara V and it was great..but I’m still limited.
Is it possible to get certification if one is handicapped?

Gabrielle (The Hot Yoga Doctor)
Forum Owner

February 3, 2014 at 12:42 am

Post count: 3048

#10766

Hi Sri,

I edited your post by removing your email address. It’s safer that way otherwise you open yourself up to being spammed – not by yogis… So, for all those wanting to contact you they can press the ‘Email’ or ‘PM’ buttons and write you a private message. Or they can just post here on the forum

Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂

PS: PM me if you would like my opinion

Gabrielle (The Hot Yoga Doctor)
Forum Owner

February 3, 2014 at 12:48 am

Post count: 3048

#10767

Hi Myrna

I am so pleased you have worked with Sara! A ‘handicap’ if that’s the terminology you prefer to use, is not at all an impediment to teaching. You need teaching skills. You need knowledge of the body and the poses. Having a perfect practice is not required. Having an ideal practice for you is ideal to be a teacher and understanding how to facilitate the best practice in everyone else! This is why a script approach teacher training will not get you what you want. The words won’t teach, YOU do the teaching.

Sara probably helped you see that I am sure!

You are right. You don’t need to be certified. But, if you know how to teach and you know the ins and outs of all the poses (probably by doing a training) then you will know how to direct your staff and have the right standards. You do want to set the standard around what YOU want for your studio.

Sounds exciting.

Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂

LightbyGrace
Participant

February 3, 2014 at 7:05 pm

Post count: 70

#10769

Hey Myrna!

I am so glad to meet you. I do not have MS but I do have a boat load of back issues that have made my practice, shall we say, interesting. Gabrielle has offered me a lot of support and has never made me feel like I am precluded from practicing Yoga or even teaching because of the limitations that I have. One day I would like to be able to teach people who require modifications in order to practice due to injury or other physical limitations.

I have started a blog about my journey as a ‘broken yogini’ (and I use that term as kind of a purposeful misnomer – I am not truly broken, I just need to do things differently. Still, I know that we who struggle with physical limitations often feel broken and I wanted to convey that understanding). ANYWAY – I would love to have you guest post if you are interested about your story and any modifications that you employ in your practice.

I don’t know if we are allowed to post links in the forum so PM me and I will give you the link if you’d like. 🙂

Blessings and Namaste!

Helen

LightbyGrace
Participant

February 4, 2014 at 12:22 am

Post count: 70

#10771

Hey, Myrna!

Ms. Gabrielle says that I can post the link here in the forum…So here it is if you would like to check it out!!

http://brokenyogini.blogspot.com/

Helen
Author

Posts