Help Erica Crystal Jade become a Yoga Teacher
Help Erica Crystal Jade become a Yoga Teacher
Help Erica Crystal Jade become a Yoga Teacher
Help Erica Crystal Jade become a Yoga Teacher
Help Erica Crystal Jade become a Yoga Teacher
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Help Erica Crystal Jade become a Yoga Teacher
Your generous financial support will allow me to follow my yoga journey on the path to becoming a register yoga teacher. I am a US Navy veteran with 8 years active duty service and an additional 4 years employment as a defense contractor. For several years I worked overseas on military bases as well as an NSA spy base in the UK. This type of work no longer aligns with MY life path and part of the reason why I want to become a yoga teacher.
The other reason I want to become a yoga teacher is to gain a deeper awareness and sense of compassion for my own yoga practice, and ultimately offer this compassion to my yoga students. Right now there are members of different communities in the St. Louis area who I believe would greatly benefit from the positive effects of having a yoga practice. Yet, there are few opportunities to participate in yoga within them. Ultimately, my goal is to be able to provide safe and accessible yoga classes to these often overlooked spaces.
My Personal Yoga Path
In 2005 while in culinary school, I was diagnosed with a type of RA that struck my joints particularly hard. Along with other forms of healing, I found that practicing yoga was beneficial in regaining my mobility. The benefits I have found in my own life go far beyond the physical. Practicing yoga also helps calm the symptoms of PTSD from military service that I am managing.
Last spring I graduated from San Diego State University with a degree in Sustainability and concentration on Food Security. After graduation last summer I relocated to St. Louis from San Diego to be closer to my family. Since I have been in this city I have been blessed to get to know some really fantastic humans through yoga. I look forward to meeting more folks within the St. Louis yoga community and beyond.
WHY I NEED HELP
Yoga Teacher Training (YTT) is a great financial, time and emotional commitment. I am currently living on a fixed income from military benefits and working part-time at a specialty olive oil and vinegar store in Maplewood. I am also playing music at a "Happiness Hour" yoga class at Shanti Yoga also in Maplewood. My desire to reach out to the St. Louis community for financial support is based on the premise that we can all go further when we do things together. So won't you join my support network and make a contribution from your heart. Namaste.