Cori Martinez

Posted by Asha Yoga on Aug 25, 2011 in | 2 comments

 

 

About Me: Cori Martinez

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Hi…thanks for checking in!

Here’s a  tiny bit of who I am, what I believe and my yoga experience:

 

Three words that describe me are friendly, reflective and nosy (Or should I say: curious?)

I highly recommend forgiveness and time in silence

I am thankful for a lot. For starters: When my daughter climbs into my bed before the sunrise and goes back to sleep

I love dark chocolate with course chunks of sea salt, being near the ocean, and laying in a hammock

Yoga has taught me a new understanding of God and therefore a sacred appreciation of my life

Three words to describe my teaching style are detailed, fluid and inward (But it does depend on the day!)

Music you might hear in my class Krishna Das, Girish, and Deva Primal chanting. Ziggy Marley and other reggae, Eddie Vedder, Sting, Dispatch, Counting Crows, Cowboy Junkies, plus classical or instrumental guitar or drumming. Lately, a lot of silence

My Yoga experience includes meditation, pranayama, self inquiry practice, being married, having a child…being human. About fifteen years of yoga practice, over eleven years of teaching and owning two yoga studios and now a teacher of teachers. Practice and/or trainings in various styles/traditions: Bikram, Ashtanga, Anusara, Iyengar, Yin, Restorative, Vinyasa, Forrest, Psychology of Yoga, Tantric Yoga Philosophy….you can study and do a lot of yoga in fifteen years! E RYT-500 with Yoga Alliance (highest level of certification).

 

To learn a whole lot more about me, and to connect on a much deeper level, read my memoir blog: Thread of Spirit

 

I Believe

• That the universe is friendly and everything that happens will serve us in some unknown way. (Yes, everything.)
• In other words: If it happens, good will come of it, even if the human mind cannot fathom how or why.
• That everything we see in others and in the world is a mirror reflection of what exists inside of us. (Yes, everything.)
• That the advice we have for anyone is meant for us, and if taken will lead us to our own freedom.
• That what happens in reality is never the problem and that we suffer purely from believing thoughts that argue with reality.
• That we all have a crazy monkey that lives inside our head, whom we should not be ashamed of, nor fall prey to. (This crazy monkey almost always argues with reality)
• That everyone is always doing the very best they can in every given moment, and therefore we all deserve compassion for being “apparently not good enough”. (Yes, everyone.)
• That there is silence at the core of everything…and that this silence connects all beings; is who we are; is God.
• You should only not have done something if you didn’t, and if you did,  you should have.

But wait for it…the ever present spiritual contradiction:

• I believe that attachement to ANY belief or thought will ultimately cause suffering, so I try to take all the philosophy “with a grain of salt”  and just pause to smile and breathe.

 

For a translation of the crazy talk above, consider joining me for Advanced Studies and Yoga Teacher Training.