Episode # 35: The Unexpected Gift of Self Reflection through Yoga Teacher Training with Lauren LePage

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In this episode I sit down with Lauren LePage a Physical Therapist and a newly certified 200 Hour yoga teacher.  After using yoga as a cornerstone of her own health and wellness journey for many years, Lauren embarked on her yoga teacher certification to learn how she could utilize her passion for yoga to provide more holistic care to her patients. 

Together we explore:

  • The process and criteria for selecting the right yoga teacher training program

  • Teacher training expectations vs. reality

  • The unexpected gifts of self reflection that came out of Yoga Teacher Training

  • The importance of creating a sacred space for sharing

  • Where people see the most resistance to yoga

  • The application of Yoga teacher to Lauren’s career in physical therapy

  • Challenges with entrepreneurship

  • Vulnerability and putting yourself out there

  • Removal of external validation

  • How to still incorporate yoga teacher training without teaching in a studio

  • Breaking down a one sized fits all model for teaching yoga

  • Lauren’s shift in her personal practice after completing yoga teacher training

  • Lauren shares common yoga injuries and prevention

  • Benefits that come from slowing down the practice

  • Untapped Power of vulnerability

Lauren owns her own practice in Portsmouth, NH, Anchor Physical Therapy & Performance, where she enjoys helping the active seacoast NH community stay healthy so they can continue to perform the activities they love.  She can be found  @anchorptnh and  www.anchorptnh.com


Amanda Strojny