Introduction – Week One

In this lesson, you will discover the goal of yoga:

• The goal of yoga is to find blissful awareness and appreciation of the present moment.

• Yoga is a technique to understand the true self as characterized by an underlying layer of bliss. The true nature of bliss applies to all beings, but lives inside every unique body, mind and soul.

• The elaborate process of yoga is an eight-step path to understanding the true self in relation to the universe.

• Yoga is unique to every yogi. Teachers guide the way with a combination of experience and knowledge. Students interpret the practice in the most appropriate way for themselves.

Read and Watch

• Read Introduction – Week One Lesson (in your textbook)
• Order book: Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (required)
• Subscribe to YouTube Channel: Land and Heart Online Yoga Teacher Training

Practice

• Set up a space for your yoga practice and meditation
• Submit to Google Classroom assigned questions about the practice space

ePortfolio and assignment

1. Choose a template for your ePortfolio. Get started early so you can record your journey through ten weeks of teacher training.
2. Set up a space for your yoga practice
3. Why yoga? Write down three reasons for teaching/practicing yoga.