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Now that we're getting settled in our new town, it's time to do some research on yoga studios nearby, and see first of all if there's anywhere I'd like to start practicing and secondly if there's anywhere that seems good for a teacher training.
The amazingly wonderful F gave me a gift certificate for a 5-class card at Maitri Yoga (http://www.maitriyoga.net/). F thought they were located in Media, which is only 5-10 minutes from our place, but it turns out they’ve just moved to a new studio in Newtown Square--no big, it’ll just be a 20-minute drive instead of a 10-minute drive. I guess because of their move, they don’t have their schedule filled out yet. I definitely want to check out the Saturday morning class, but I won’t be able to this week--maybe next week. I just emailed them to see if they’ve scheduled anything for Tuesday/Thursday that isn’t up on the website yet.
After Maitri I want to try out some other studios. Even if I end up liking them a lot, there are still quite a few other studios either closer to me or a similar distance away, so I want to try a few places to see what will work best for me in terms of classes and scheduling.
I’m also looking at Enso yoga in Media (http://www.experienceenso.com/index.php). The location is great, and their eastern martial arts thing intrigues me. I might check them out once I burn through my Maitri classes.
Barefoot Yoga is in sleepy little Thornton, PA, and I actually know right where they are because they're across the street from PaceOne, a restaurant we looked at for the wedding and where we went for my birthday dinner. Barefoot has a terrible website but the place itself actually looks pretty decent (http://www.barefootyogamassage.com/index.htm). I guess it’s about half an hour away, depending on what time of day I go. It might not be the best place for after-work yoga, but maybe Saturday morning yoga there could work. Or Sunday morning: I could drag F to yoga and then we could get brunch at PaceOne!
::edit:: Locally, there's also Yoga Bean in Media (http://www.yogabean.net/Yogabeanschedule.html), which has a Tuesday 6:30-8 intermediate class for $18. And StaSu Yoga (http://www.stasuyoga.com/) in Newtown Square has some vinyasa flow classes. And there's Soul Source (http://www.soulsourceyoga.com/), which appears to be in my neighborhood. Any idea what Svaroopa style of yoga is like? Lots of possibilities.
There’s also East Eagle Yoga in Havertown (http://www.easteagleyoga.com/). It’s maybe 20 minutes away. They have a teacher training there that I might be interested in--it’s one weekend a month plus one class per week, for ten months. I could work with that. Unfortunately, looks like they run it March to December, so the one for this year is already half over, and the one for next year will likely clash with our wedding/honeymoon. So maybe 2011, if I like them. They look like a primarily hatha studio, so maybe, maybe not.
Now I'm checking the Yoga Alliance directory of accredited schools that offer teacher trainings.
Main Line Yoga (http://www.mainlineyoga.com/) is a vinyasa studio, about 25 minutes away. Their classes look really exciting! They offer a Yin class, which I've been wanting to try since Heather told me about it, and their signature vinyasa classes look like the instructors put a lot of work and thought into them. I'm not seeing anything on their website about a 200-hour teacher training, but they do have lots of small trainings and workshops and things. The guy who runs the studio does a 60-hour Yin training! Will have to wait for that.
Verge Power Yoga (http://www.vergepoweryoga.com/) is in Wayne, about 20 minutes away if I take the blue route. I kind of don't get why their classes are set up as Stationary or Flow--what does that even mean? Their teacher training runs September to March, with eight "boot-camp style" weekends (one weekend per month). I could do that, I think. Not this year, but maybe next fall after we're married.
YogaLife Institute (www.yogalifeinstitute.com) is also in Wayne, a little farther away up Lancaster Ave but really the same distance. It's a classical studio, but they have intermediate and vigorous classes and a yin class. Their teacher training looks to be the most flexible I've seen--it's offered year-round, so you just jump in whenever. It then runs for a full year--12 monthly group workshops, 12 months of weekly classes, one intensive workshop weekend. Apparently people do this long distance, too. And it says they grant as much time as needed to complete the course (ie, two years to complete the 12-month program, etc). Huh. This is interesting. On one hand, it would be nice to have the flexibility to do it at my own pace; on the other hand, I don't want this stretching out forever. I'll have to take a few classes there and see if I even like them. The location isn't great for an evening class, since I'd have to take the highway the whole way there--could lengthen the commute quite a bit.
There's a studio in Malvern and another in West Chester, but those are both 30+ minutes away, and the one in West Chester is a hatha program anyway. There are some great places downtown (specifically, Wake Up Yoga), but they're awfully far from home now, for such a big time commitment. I'll look at the places closer to home and see what happens.
The amazingly wonderful F gave me a gift certificate for a 5-class card at Maitri Yoga (http://www.maitriyoga.net/). F thought they were located in Media, which is only 5-10 minutes from our place, but it turns out they’ve just moved to a new studio in Newtown Square--no big, it’ll just be a 20-minute drive instead of a 10-minute drive. I guess because of their move, they don’t have their schedule filled out yet. I definitely want to check out the Saturday morning class, but I won’t be able to this week--maybe next week. I just emailed them to see if they’ve scheduled anything for Tuesday/Thursday that isn’t up on the website yet.
After Maitri I want to try out some other studios. Even if I end up liking them a lot, there are still quite a few other studios either closer to me or a similar distance away, so I want to try a few places to see what will work best for me in terms of classes and scheduling.
I’m also looking at Enso yoga in Media (http://www.experienceenso.com/index.php). The location is great, and their eastern martial arts thing intrigues me. I might check them out once I burn through my Maitri classes.
Barefoot Yoga is in sleepy little Thornton, PA, and I actually know right where they are because they're across the street from PaceOne, a restaurant we looked at for the wedding and where we went for my birthday dinner. Barefoot has a terrible website but the place itself actually looks pretty decent (http://www.barefootyogamassage.com/index.htm). I guess it’s about half an hour away, depending on what time of day I go. It might not be the best place for after-work yoga, but maybe Saturday morning yoga there could work. Or Sunday morning: I could drag F to yoga and then we could get brunch at PaceOne!
::edit:: Locally, there's also Yoga Bean in Media (http://www.yogabean.net/Yogabeanschedule.html), which has a Tuesday 6:30-8 intermediate class for $18. And StaSu Yoga (http://www.stasuyoga.com/) in Newtown Square has some vinyasa flow classes. And there's Soul Source (http://www.soulsourceyoga.com/), which appears to be in my neighborhood. Any idea what Svaroopa style of yoga is like? Lots of possibilities.
There’s also East Eagle Yoga in Havertown (http://www.easteagleyoga.com/). It’s maybe 20 minutes away. They have a teacher training there that I might be interested in--it’s one weekend a month plus one class per week, for ten months. I could work with that. Unfortunately, looks like they run it March to December, so the one for this year is already half over, and the one for next year will likely clash with our wedding/honeymoon. So maybe 2011, if I like them. They look like a primarily hatha studio, so maybe, maybe not.
Now I'm checking the Yoga Alliance directory of accredited schools that offer teacher trainings.
Main Line Yoga (http://www.mainlineyoga.com/) is a vinyasa studio, about 25 minutes away. Their classes look really exciting! They offer a Yin class, which I've been wanting to try since Heather told me about it, and their signature vinyasa classes look like the instructors put a lot of work and thought into them. I'm not seeing anything on their website about a 200-hour teacher training, but they do have lots of small trainings and workshops and things. The guy who runs the studio does a 60-hour Yin training! Will have to wait for that.
Verge Power Yoga (http://www.vergepoweryoga.com/) is in Wayne, about 20 minutes away if I take the blue route. I kind of don't get why their classes are set up as Stationary or Flow--what does that even mean? Their teacher training runs September to March, with eight "boot-camp style" weekends (one weekend per month). I could do that, I think. Not this year, but maybe next fall after we're married.
YogaLife Institute (www.yogalifeinstitute.com) is also in Wayne, a little farther away up Lancaster Ave but really the same distance. It's a classical studio, but they have intermediate and vigorous classes and a yin class. Their teacher training looks to be the most flexible I've seen--it's offered year-round, so you just jump in whenever. It then runs for a full year--12 monthly group workshops, 12 months of weekly classes, one intensive workshop weekend. Apparently people do this long distance, too. And it says they grant as much time as needed to complete the course (ie, two years to complete the 12-month program, etc). Huh. This is interesting. On one hand, it would be nice to have the flexibility to do it at my own pace; on the other hand, I don't want this stretching out forever. I'll have to take a few classes there and see if I even like them. The location isn't great for an evening class, since I'd have to take the highway the whole way there--could lengthen the commute quite a bit.
There's a studio in Malvern and another in West Chester, but those are both 30+ minutes away, and the one in West Chester is a hatha program anyway. There are some great places downtown (specifically, Wake Up Yoga), but they're awfully far from home now, for such a big time commitment. I'll look at the places closer to home and see what happens.
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Date: 2009-08-03 06:09 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2009-08-03 07:35 pm (UTC)From:i remember turning up other studios that seemed to be near your house before dann & i visited -- i think i used yelp.
BBY offers training through yogaworks (mostly an inyegar/vinyasa blend) and i'm thinking about doing it next summer if i can marshal my monetary forces. i've been told that most programs will put you on a payment plan for tuition, btw.
looks like you've done lots of good research already!!!
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Date: 2009-08-04 01:01 pm (UTC)From:Plus, getting a sense of the schedules for the different trainings will help me plan ahead. With the wedding and honeymoon, I don't think I can do a training 2009-10, but maybe 2010-11.
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Date: 2009-08-04 01:06 pm (UTC)From:Woo yoga!!