Graduate Glow Blog
Celebrating Success Stories
Sharing the Journey to Inspire
We sat down and talked to Mel and Keola, two of our graduates about their yoga love story and how their lives have changed since yoga teacher training.
Keola: We met at the yoga house in Hawaii, we met as a big group of friends. We both were going through a really tough time in our lives. I just wanted some peace and giving and I'm assuming Melanie was also searching for the same thing….
Yoga Story. Yoga Journey. Yoga Odyessy. This training was not what I imagined it to be. It was much more intense. Much more personal. Much more demanding. And much more rewarding than I ever could have imagined.
Doing the training on-line I was concerned that I would miss out on the personal connections and actually had planned on going to Oahu for the 3rd Module in December. However, Covid disrupted those plans and I was unable to travel from Oregon. As it turns out I am glad that I did not go to a tropical paradise with wonderful people. Why….?
Aloha fellow yogis!
I just wanted to take a moment and share a little about myself and the importance of maintaining good training skills. This is my seventh evolation yoga teacher training, as a graduate. Why am I back? In short, evolation gave me a life I could never have Imagined was possible!
I began my yoga journey during the quarantine of 2020. It was March and I had been sent home from my desk job to wait out the initial scare. It seemed a divine chance of fate that I had previously inquired into evolation yoga teacher training program and, in that way, was a part of their mailing list.
As things go, I was not the only one adapting to the changes in the world. Evolation was making a big adjustment towards having teacher training offered online…
10yrs on and I am still teaching yoga and loving the journey. I can’t imagine life without it. Becoming a teacher has to be one of the most enriching and fulfilling things I have ever done.
Yoga has empowered me to look inwards, while empowering and inspiring me to live life on my terms, while being at peace with my choices and my own path. This life I have chosen has allowed me to live a life of freedom.
Louise Showell’s yoga story with evolation’s online hot teacher training
One of the most powerful and life changing parts of this training that I will take forward with me is the power that comes from just letting go and surrendering. Something happens to you on this journey. You begin to really look deep inside yourself. You see what you are capable of. Who you really are.
Glowing Reviews
“Teachers were great and were detailed and thorough in teaching styles over the internet/zoom classes. It was a new challenge for them and they did extremely well in bringing the content online. The classes were well structured and Mark was very accommodating for the different time zones the students were on, and made adjustments to the times so all could participate. I enjoyed my experience with Evolation, and look forward to a refresher in person when the COVID restrictions are lifted.”
- Timothy Nova - Online Training Graduate
"I just finished my teacher training in Santa Barbara and I could not have had a better experience! The teachers are world class, and the atmosphere with the group is warm. I got so much more out of the experience than I could have ever hoped for. I’m grateful."
Frida Bergh - Santa Barbara, CA Graduate
"I attended the 500 hr teacher training in Santa Barbara. I can say that about 4 years later this training is deeply ingrained in me and my teaching. Mark and Zefea along with all the other highly skilled teachers gave us the tools to start our teaching journey, but much more beyond that. We lived closely together, practiced the series along with other forms, we were disciplined, fed incredibly healthy meals, and were taken good care of. I am thankful everyday for this training for my practice, for my teaching, and for the lifelong friends I made. To say it was a life-changing experience is an understatement!"
Kristen Steiner - Santa Barbara, CA Graduate
"My yoga teacher training with evolation was absolutely incredible. I trained with an amazing group of people and the synergy of everyone together studying, teaching, practicing yoga created this really beautiful vibe that inspired growth and self- exploration. I feel I received so much more than I paid for! It’s hard to describe in words how significant the experience was to me and it feels strange to even try. Just give them a call and you’ll understand."
-Daniela Gil, Buffalo, NY & Tampa, FL Graduate
"Evolation’s training meets the definition of inclusive and comprehensive.- Teachers don’t just lecture they include students in the training sessions. In short, they know their stuff and love teaching others about this thing we call yoga. Students become uplifted and form a tight bond and because the groups are so small you will become an instant family and learn more about yourself than you ever thought possible."
-Leah McNaughton, Tampa, FL Graduate