What is AWAKENING all about?
meet you on the mat
we’re so glad you’re here.
Awakening Yoga embraces a modern, multi-disciplinary methodology, grounded in ancient rituals, with aims to provide a challenging yet supportive portal to self-discovery.
We are a little bit of everything. A practical real-world method & system of Yoga Asana that you could do everyday on your mat. We’re a yoga teacher training academy devoted to helping support both new and existing teachers with high quality education, accessible learning options, and deep reverence for the practice.
oh yeah, and we’re a global community of practitioners who can’t wait to see each other and geek on out the practice every chance we get 😊
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Why we do what we do
Awakening Yoga was born out years of observation and little (okay, some big) moments of frustration as we watched students across community, geography, and ability all consistently struggle the same parts of with a practice that just wasn’t working for them. The persistent ideal that ‘practice and all is coming’ always felt more frustrating than freeing.
Watching dedicated students get weeded out or injure themselves trying to change their bodies to fit the poses - instead of changing the poses to fit their bodies - we knew we needed a new movement map.
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We’re a little different
So, that’s exactly what we set out to build. Enough asana tweaks here and there, with reverance and call backs each practice we’d been raised up in.
Our principles emphasize a big mindset shift from strict adherence, to open-minded, student-centric curiosity.
Teetering away from the past pedestals of control and cleanliness - and into the liminal space of wonder and awe for all we can do physically, mentally, and energetically.
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We really, really believe in
We know that too much of anything isn’t a good thing. so we walk the middle path, offer options galore, and embrace the magic of empowerment that overcoming challenge helps us translate both on and off the mat.
and now, nearly a decade later, Awakening has found a sweet spot between the many past lineages it owes its conception to - and the experiences of thousands pf practitioners that have found new life in a method that meets them just where they are.
Hello Teachers
Excited about the method? Get to know your teachers!
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✦ Bess Prescott ~ Philosophy & History
✦ Michael James Wong ~ Meditation & Breath work✦ Summer O’Black ~ Training & Community Coordinator