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Warriors of Light: Step 1 {part 1}

26 Warriors of Light stepped into MLK weekend training with open hearted dignity.

 

Dr. King taught us, “The time is always right to do the right thing.”…

Trainees resting on mats in a studio with books and props beside them

 “Faith is taking the first step even when you can’t see the whole staircase.” …

A training room with mats, blocks, notebooks and pose cards laid out in a circle

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?” …

Trainees standing on mats reaching to one side in a studio hung with pose card bunting

“Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.”

Trainees in warrior pose on mats during a training session

“Never, never be afraid to do what’s right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake.”…

A wide view of a training group in warrior pose on mats

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”…

Trainees standing in a lunge on mats during a training session

“Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.”…

Trainees folded forward on mats in two rows during a training session 

“If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”…

Three trainees supporting one another in a partner pose beside a handwritten sign

“People fail to get along because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don’t know each other; they don’t know each other because they have not communicated with each other.”

Trainees sitting in pairs on mats holding hands in a wide legged seated pose

“Everybody can be great…because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.”

Trainees sitting back to back and reaching overhead in pairs

“There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.”

A trainee lying back over a bolster while another supports her in a training session

“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”

Trainees on mats with arms raised in a studio hung with pose card buntingThank you, Carrie, for capturing the grace of our days together.

Curious about Step 1? The full pathway, the dates and what is included: children’s yoga teacher training and certification.

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