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"I loved everything about the workshops.  I loved that you introduced yourself individually to everyone in the class before the workshop started – it felt very inclusive and welcoming.  I loved that a variety of body types and abilities were used to demonstrate postures – you made me feel that everyone has endless potential and anything is possible.  I loved that asanas that might seem impossible were approached in small steps and before you knew what was happening you were in the posture.  Your energy and enthusiasm radiates from you and is very uplifting to be around.  You are extremely generous with your time and knowledge, and your passion for yoga and life is infectious.  I can’t wait until you return…" - Sheryl

"Your workshop was just wonderful, transformational.. I was a different person by the end of the first day." - Lisa

"I didn't know a workshop would change my life!" - Carolyn

"The workshop was filled with such Shri! You inspired each class with your enthusiastic energy that was such a blast! In addition to having fun, your Anusara acumen enabled me to feel safe in one of my first back drops. It was great to move to another level in my practice with your help. You have a phenomenal practice and are able to not only articulate the principals but demonstrate them effectively. It's a pleasure to be able to broaden my Kula with another fabulous teacher.  On my do not like list, there was nothing I did not like!" - Jana 

"I LOVED the workshop!!! It was so nice to meet you ........and to feel such powerful light and energy that we all created together as a group. I LOVE the fun new stuff I learned from your classes. I really gained so much from your workshop.........and I learned A LOT in just a short time. The handstand and forearm stand variations were AWESOME! I hope you'll come back SOON!" -Cindy

"There were many lightbulbs that clicked on for me during the
workshop. You have a warm and wonderful personality and I felt that you were concerned for each person in the workshop, which is tough when there is such a mixed bag of ages and skill levels. I look forward to seeing you again." - Paula


"I absolutely enjoyed the entire week end. I did experience a "bubbling up" of feelings of joy during the final Savasana.  My Yoga practice and confidence has been very much enhanced by attending.  I really liked everything about it, especially the challenges of the inversion poses and the great support from you and all of the participants.  I was surprised that after two and a half hours, I was not ready to be done! I will look for anything else you do around here." - Bill

"Thank you so much your most awesome workshop! 
I have to tell you that there wasn't one thing I didn't like about your workshop." Caryn

"I truly enjoyed our afternoon hand-stand workshop. All of this is so new to me but each time I try Anasura Yoga I am left with a profound feeling of satisfaction in myself. I appreciate your encouragement and support throughout the afternoon. I had a moment of true delight when my legs floated up the wall!  Now I can picture in my mind how to connect and be strong and I really feel this is the beginning for me to be on a new life path." - Sheri

"I really did enjoy the handstand workshop. There was nothing that I didn't like about it. The 2.5 hours flew by because I was having so much fun." - Ruth

"I had a grand time hanging upside down! I would definitely do it again. You really brought so much theme, philosophy and play." - Diane

"I loved your enthusiasm, your playfulness, your sense of fun, your knowledge of the different ways to get into the poses and how to maximize the pose potential.  I liked how you helped each of us reach our own unique ultimateness and inspire us to our potential." - Joan

"So loved your workshop!  Thanks  for coming! You regenerated me with your Anusara Shakti!  We need to see more of you around here!  Please come back!" - Kristine

"I loved your playshop and the seeds you gave me to plant. I also appreciate that you recognized that I needed your help  and strength to get up to handstand against the wall.  What a great feeling! What I liked about it---everything! Most of all I love your humor and the confidence you have given me. I would happily take another Level I class." - Paula 

"I loved the "playshop", time flew by and I was bummed when it was over! It was fantastic and I also had a personal breakthrough." - Jill

"The workshop was fun and fabulous.  And that adds up to AbFab!" - Bruce

"The handstand workshop was amazing! Within 4 days of receiving a
fistful of handstand seeds, my handstand blossomed into its full, free
standing form for the first time ever!" - Crazy Shakti Yogi Read

"I love B.J.'s upbeat and playful approach to teaching handstands.  She easily creates the craving for "more", even after two straight hours of various attempts of standing on one's hands.  The very first yoga class I took after BJ's workshop I had a personal best moment of sticking an unassisted handstand in the middle of the room. Thanks BJ for feeding my garden of handstand addiction with such knowledgeable seeds." - Amber

"I LOVED the workshop!!!  I loved everything about it! I got some questions answered and definitely made progress in my handstand- especially piking up.   One of my students was there, and when she came to my class on Tuesday we were both still buzzing about it.  We even stayed late and played a little more..  you’ve changed my handstand forever! thank you so much!!!" - Lara

"I had great fun at the handstand workshop;  I find handstands to be endlessly amusing. I loved your enthusiasm, your openess, and your clear desire that everyone enjoy and benefit from the class. I appreciate how much every single exercise has served to improve the foundation of my handstand work in some way.....Everything that we did has helped my handstands tremendously, and I had a lot of fun. It was a great way to spend part of my Sunday afternoon.  Thanks for creating that opportunity!" - David

"I loved you and your class! Learned new things but beyond that had a great time exploring possibilities.  Don't change a thing, class was amazing!" - Shelley W.

"I crossed a new threshold from throwing my legs up the wall 1 out of 10 times,  to successfully kicking up from a place of integration and lightness." - Debbie

"I totally enjoyed the handstand workshop and would come to your next one for sure.  The workshop was upbeat, fun, not too difficult, and very informative."-Carol

"The handstand class was wonderful. I had some anxiety about "hanging in there" for two hours, but the way you broke the pose down into its component parts made it manageable, and it added tremendously to my understanding of this marvelous asana. I say bravo to the whole experience! "- Dan

"I had a GREAT time doing handstands in your workshop and I will definitely sign up for ANY workshops you put on including any Handstand 2 Workshops.  Your workshop definitely gave me some new tools to work at.  I am facing all of the various ways of getting into handstands coming from fun first, heck you can only smile and laugh about it, and just go for it!  I really liked all the various ways you come at doing handstands.  The two hours just flew by.  Thank you for such a wonderfully fun workshop. You just radiate “fun”! - Pam

"I very much enjoyed your workshop; the other day I practiced one of the handstand variations...I am glad I took a few notes on each of the variations to help me remember...I am a middleaged yogini after all!
I loved your overall very welcoming spirit, sense of humor and lightness, and the clear and simple presentation of the theme and  the instructions...You generated so much love and joy and spirit of adventure in us. I got some fine points of alignment and action that were very, very helpful and no one had ever taught it in a way that I received and understood in my body as well as with you." - MaryAnn
 

"..y
our workshop has been the first "workshop" which I really felt like I got something out of. I was practicing handstand for the rest of the day! (I love handstand). I learned a lot of helpful things."
 - Hannah

"I got some good insights and had a lot of FUN in the process!"
- Joni

"I thoroughly enjoyed your workshop.  It was fantastic."
-Carmen

"I enjoyed you, your enthusiasm and skill (awesome) and I also learned a lot from your workshop.  I am now encouraged to work on my own to be able to kick up and feel comfortable up side down."
-Elaine

"Your class today was a  smash..everyone got something to take away and had so much fun..transcending  all the ideas about going upside down. Thank you so much  for supporting me and playing and just holding the Light and space... "
-Marlene

"I felt like I made some strides and I am super motivated to work on handstands. You are so encouraging and beautiful, and I honestly believe people made some real break throughs, whether they know it or not - we were upside down for two hours! Who does that?! Everybody had a great time."
-Meagan

"The handstand workshop was so much fun! It felt awesome to be surrounded by the group's beautiful energy. I think everyone stepped out of the their boundaries and felt like a rock star. As you could see I did!"
-Melissa

"Besides the delight on the faces of everyone as they reached new heights (literally), the most significant thing to me is how effectively you convey the 'message' verbally and otherwise.  You are infectious!  You are able somehow to inspire and get us to overcome the fear (& loathing) of the unknown.  There were several times today that I (and others I'm sure) thought no way and then tried it anyway. Your style of teaching is totally unique and amazing!"
-Debbie

"I really liked the workshop. I find that I try things and keep trying, then occasionally a piece falls into place and I am there.I always have fun when you teach, that's why I got brave enough to go for 2 full hours of inversion."
-Harriett

"I really enjoyed your workshop - I did so many handstands that day, it really opened up my shoulders."
-Julie

"The workshop was fantastic.  You make yoga intricacies accessible.  The time dedicated to this exhilarating pose felt very short and went very fast.  What I liked the best was the atmosphere you created, inspiring and empowering.  You made me feel that "things" are possible."
-Sergio

"I had a wonderful time; thank you so much. I really enjoyed the material, the atmosphere and the energy of your class as well as the people attending."
-Jon

"I think meeting you and attending the handstand workshop has been an important step in my journey. I liked how you organized the presentation from the foundation, about Vira and Lila, and how each step was preparation for the next. When I left the workshop I felt like my body was super light.  I knew I was driving home in a car, but I  felt like my body was gliding.  At first I thought, "maybe Im light headed from being upside down!". ....but it was not a feeling like that.  It was just a lightness of being and what I think the sensation of "brightness" must be. It was some thing I have never felt before."
-Tracy

"It was a great workshop  - lots of fun, light and still a lot of work.  I loved the way you eased us into handstands, very non-threatening. You made everything seem do-able!"
-Judith

"I absolutely loved it. I'll definitely be on the lookout for more workshops!!"
-Molly

"I enjoyed the workshop completely. You created a safe space to open to my fear places."
-Carolyn



En Español -

"Me gusto muchisimo el taller que nos distes."
-Nicoletta


"Para mí la inmersión me cambió la vida. Toda la inmersion me llenó de energía positiva y de buenas intenciones. Recibí lo que esperaba y más. Uno de mis deseos era conocerme más a mi misma mediante esta inmersion y la verdad descubrí muchas cosas sobre mí que no sabía. Me encantó la profesora porque irradiaba buena energía y mucho shakti. Además de ser una gran maestra es una gran amiga. Además me encanto poder compartir esta experiencia con la kula en Ecuador y me encantó descubir que tengo cosas dentro mío que me hacen ser una persona muy fuerte. BJ, te has convertido en una maestra para mi y te agradezco muchisimo y agradezco a la luz que te haya puesto en mi camino." - Julia

"Recibí mucho más de lo que esperaba. Mi nivel es un poco más alto que los demás porque ya tengo varios teacher trainings, pero tenia todas las enseñanzas hechas bolas en la cabeza. Sabía los conceptos pero no los había asimilado todavía, eran palabras para mí. En este entrenamiento pude poner todo en orden. Todos los conceptos se convirtieron en experiencias, siento que todo se asentó y que el desorden que tenía en la cabeza callo en su lugar. Ahora me siento mas lista, con los mecanismos metidos en mi subconsciente, me siento más alegre, más fuerte, me siento que no hay límites y el poder de la gracia divina esta conmigo, ya la veo fluir por todos lados. Estoy entendiendo la fluidez del asunto, conectándome a una frecuencia superior. Estoy feliz! Ame la gente, la profesora, ame anusara, ame todo!" - Andrea
 
"Todas mis espectativas se cumplieron en esta primera inmersión:  Yo esperaba que en la primera inmersión se cubran las bases del sistema Anusara tanto desde lo teórico como desde lo práctico.  Esperaba entender el contexto filosófico del Anusara y también aprender cosas nuevas sobre biomecánica.  Esperaba pasar una semana de compartir mi pasión por el yoga con otras personas que sienten lo mismo y esperaba tener como guía a una profesora con alta calidad humana y profesional." - Caridad 

"Creo que fue una experiencia maravillosa, al principio estaba muy emocionada pues hace mucho tiempo estuve buscando algo asi, algo que me ayudara a unir y poder trasmitir mi parte espirutual con mi pasion por el yoga y el anusara me dio eso ...me pude conectar con mi cuerpo y mi espiritu como nunca antes, fue bellizo poder encontrar ese ser de luz en  que yo sabia que existia pero nunca habia estado tan encontacto ...fue hermoso poder reconocer a los demas como divinos tambien .. fue una leccioon de vida y de amor increible!! Recibi lo que esperaba y creo que recibi mas, esperaba una comprencion un poco mas profunda del yoga y la consegui , esperaba encontrar una conexion conmigo misma y lo consegui!! Siempre quise aprender a cantar los mantras y tambien consegui eso!! No hubo nada que me disgustara, todo fue en armonia y mucho amor, me gusto mucho principalmente el primer principio del anusara "conectarte con la gracia" creo que eso fue lo que me mas me atrajo y me parecio tan real y profundo .. tengo que decir tambien que me gusto mucho BJ como maestra y tu capacidad para transmitirnos en otra lengua todo este hermoso conocimiento .. lo hiciste espectacular !! lograste conoctarte con nosotros de una forma mas alla del lenguaje, fue una coneccion  y una entrega desde tu corazon desde ese ser de luz .. y eso hizo q la imversion fuera aun mas maravillosa... por lo menos asi yo lo senti yo." - Veronica

"Me senti como dice la palabra "inmersa" en yoga, llena de yoga y practicando yoga el dia entero. Senti que fue una real inmersion en Anusara Yoga. Esa semana fue intensa y llenadora de vida, espiritualitdad y hermandad.Gracias por el esfuerzo de hablarme y entender en español. y que sigue fluyendo el Shakti entre nosotros y la hermandad que existe." - Maria Paula M.