Somatic Therapy+Yoga Teacher Training Update

It's officially been one month since I started my 200 hour yoga teacher training course and my Somatic therapy training. To say I have learned ALOT is an understatement. It has been so gratifying to learn all these new ways to help others.

My biggest surprise thus far is how in depth the yoga training is. I had no idea all the history and amazing lifestyle choices that go with practicing yoga. I have learned that yoga is less about positions and more about mind and body alignment. When taking a yoga class, I used to just focus on the fitness aspect, not really engaging with my mental clarity or state. This is the exact opposite of what it means to actually practice yoga.

On the Somatic side of things, HOLY SHIT!!! The techniques I have learned so far have blown me away! I really went into this blindly, with VERY limited research, but I am so happy I did not have any prior knowledge of this type of therapy, so else I do not think it would be having the same impact on me that is while taking this course.

We just started our Mindfulness section this weekend with Laurie Cousins. She has deeply studied MBSR, which stands for Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction. This is definitely a service I want to offer within the Keep Aligning Within practice.

Overall, it has been really life changing to say the least. I am beyond happy with my decision to go this route and to learn to many different ways of helping others. This is, without a doubt, my truest calling in my life so far. I look forward to the next month when I will complete my 200 yoga hours, as well as my Level One Certification on Integrative Somatic Therapy. I will begin facilitating classes in early August. In August, I will be taking and completing my Sound Therapy course, and will had that on in September.

As of now, I am starting to write out the sequences of how and what I want my classes to center around and to offer at this time. There is SO MUCH and SO MANY areas I can focus on. For now, it will be broad until I settle into an area that I feel is best suited for myself and helping others.

Thank you for following me on this journey and keeping in touch as I traveling down this new path in my life. It's been a radical change, but one that feels right and is allowing me to really come into myself.

“You can’t lead anyone else further than you have gone yourself." - Gene Mauch

Love+Warmth,

Nicole Chetcuti