Yoga Teacher Training

A Message from the Fireflies

If you’re here, maybe that means you’re curious about this “YTT” you keep hearing about. And that’s absolutely perfect. You’re already well onto your way to becoming a phenomenal yoga teacher by granting yourself the space to be curious and taking action by learning more. 

The most recent NuPower YTT students, the Fireflies, have written out what this training has meant to them. Explore their stories and make the decision to let this be just the beginning of your own. 

Tiff

Imagine a greenhouse. This greenhouse carefully holds plants of all shapes and sizes, different origins, and many different stages of life. When the plants first arrive in the greenhouse, they are first adored just as they are. Before they can move to the next stage of life, they must hang at the greenhouse for a little while. During the time at the greenhouse, they shed. They are admired. They are revived a couple of times. They receive love. They are cared for with precise tools. They are nourished. And, they BLOOM.

This greenhouse is 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training at NuPower.

The experience of Yoga Teacher Training at NuPower is none other than magical. It is full of the hard HEART work that constantly pushes you to discover the beautiful parts of you that you didn’t even know existed. You will experience your own personal growth while simultaneously witnessing your fellow teachers in training discover their personal growth. The support, power, and magic you will gain from this training is unmatchable. From start to finish, this training is strategically curated to give you the tools to become the yoga teacher YOU are meant to be. From the weekends spent together, the off the mat homework, and relationships gained - you WILL undoubtedly leave this program the most powerful YOU that you could ever imagine.

Mary Jo

I discovered yoga fairly late in life at age 50. After three years of classes at NuPower Yoga and Barre, I decided to take my practice to the next level. I enrolled in 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training not so much out of a desire to teach, as a desire to learn. My practice and this training experience has enhanced my life far beyond all expectation. YTT at NuPower is a completely immersive experience and the results for me have been an absolute physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual transformation.

Make no mistake, YTT is hard, hard, hard. The commitment is demanding of your time, your body, your heart, and your mind. You will have to show up on your mat, and even more so, off of your mat. You will pack a lot of work, and you will unpack a lot of baggage. You will meet incredible humans, and even more importantly, you will meet yourself. It is one of the most rewarding things I’ve ever done. 

Dana

When I think of YTT I immediately think “why did it take so long for me to find you?” I have been able to work out so many things in my head and heart that I didn’t even realize were there. This has allowed my practice to become a deep and meaningful part of me. This journey has been among the most important work I’ve done in my life. I am forever grateful.

All that said I would be remiss if I didn’t say that although YTT has been amazing, it’s Linda and her beautiful gifts that have taken this journey to a higher level. I don’t believe other programs deliver the training in the same way nor do they produce such deeply spiritual teachers. She is a treasure. And now I’ve just answered my initial questions: it took me this long to find Linda and NuPower. Just the right time. 

Anna

I decided to do YTT right after I found out I had been furloughed from my job and I felt like I had no idea what to do next. In full transparency, I only did YTT because there wasn’t a barre certification class in the near future and I figured this would be close enough. 

I genuinely have to laugh at myself from just a few months ago and the expectations I had for this training. Spoiler alert: I was so very wrong about what this training would be and what it would change inside of me. My number one takeaway from this is the community. I come back to that word over and over again. The space created in training is one of openness and safety. You are safe to share your deepest worries and most hidden heartaches, you are safe to mess up and try again, and you are safe to discover that every single human on this journey is with you and completely understands you even if their experiences are different. 

Have you noticed I haven’t mentioned the actual “yoga” part once? That’s because this goes well beyond a physical practice and learning how to teach people to do handstands. In YTT you will learn to unfold the parts of yourself that you’ve tucked away and then show others how they can do the same. There’s not a second that goes by that I haven’t noticed how that has changed me and my relationship with all other living beings for the better. But hey, if you are like that version of me that signed up for this training and you want to learn how to teach the physical yoga, don’t let this talk of emotions and personal change scare you away. Show up as you are and see where the process leads you - it’s going to be magic.

Intend to Shine,

the NuPower Tribe

written by Anna Lopez and the Fireflies