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Full Review
Training Program held on Dec 01, 2023—Dec 15, 2023
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General Comments
The training was good quality and thorough and well-done for an online format. I consider myself to be a progressive yogi, who keeps up with the latest discussions around the philosophies and ethics of practicing yoga in the West, and I am just generally a thoughtful person about how I conduct myself and conduct my classes. These courses and teachers obviously keep up with all the same discourse. I was very pleased by the way certain topics were presented and felt like it was from reliable sources and up to date. Now -- I will say that they cover mudras in a way that won't be to everyone's liking (ex. "This mudra helps with headaches"). But that is just one small section. I will say also as full transparency for people considering the course that I took the 500 hour and it was a lot of work. The sheer amount of time it takes to watch that many videos and the effort involved in filming yourself for that many assignments was a lot. File management of that many videos can become an issue. You'll need to think through how you will get it all done. However, I think they have heard this feedback and seemed to be streamlining a few things toward the end of my training time (ex. Reducing the number of assignments in certain sections), so again, a minor thing, but one to be aware of. I have recommended this program to others and probably will again.