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TestimonialsHere are some Testimonials from our Students who have studied Elemental Yoga with us. If you wish to contact any of them to ask about their experience learning and applying this approach to Yoga , just ask us and we will put you in connection.
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Giulia Sgarbi (Italy) 4 Dec 2019 "Through its unique curriculum, this course brings you back in contact with what is most simple and most powerful: yourself, the rhythms of nature, the rhythms of your body, your internal energy. During this course I have experienced yoga in a way I had never done before, learning how this 5 Element discipline can support any aspect of my life.
I no longer see yoga as a chain of sequences just aiming at improving my flexibility. Yoga has become a means to fully express the best parts of myself and to balance the parts of myself that are an obstacle to my full expression. My whole perspective on the world around me has changed, making me more conscious of how I can feel a part of nature, and how to keep this harmony even when I am struggling in a city.
I have learned how to be a “natural being” again and how to stimulate and activate the connections I naturally have with a deeper nature within me. I think that in a society weakly inspired by power, technology and material productivity, all which leave us lost inside, this course is a real revolution. The best gift you can give, the best choice you can take."
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Joanna Krasuska (Poland) 3 Dec 2019 "I used to attend several different styles of yoga classes before coming to the course, but my experience so far was nothing like the 5 element yoga concept taught at The Elemental Yoga School. The curriculum integrates a living model of the full spectrum of aspects which demonstrate a way of living in alignment with nature and its cycles. The course is so organic and comprehensive, and I want to keep growing into the philosophy it is teaching.
The teaching was brilliant at teasing out the ‘natural’ knowledge we all have and translated what our bodies already knew into a verbal language to make sharing and therapy skills possible. The under current of this course aims at developing conscious behaviors and teaching skills buried under layers of inorganic living, over-valued logic, and years of conditioning in western society. I am eternally grateful for it.
Quiet necessarily the course states the obvious, namely, how to live in harmony with Nature. In a very practical way, it was shown how life changes in the process of getting the 5 Elements in balance. I felt out of my depth at the start, but now I know that yoga is not an art viewed from the outside in, but it is an art to be learnt from the inside out.
I can see a massive leap in terms of strength and flexibility, as well as emotional balance and depth after the 4 weeks of practice"
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Dana Harvey, New Zealand 28 Nov 2019 "Having long term Diabetes was the initial reason I attended this Course as years of seeking a new understanding for my condition was never met by modern medicine.What I have learned in this course is unquestionable. Elemental Yoga has enabled me to understand more about this condition than any doctor, health professional, nutritionist has ever done. Its holistic approach in its delivery incorporates everything & combines it all to a powerful tool that has had undeniable effects. Diabetes alone has had a profound level of insulin reduction while maintaining better readings than I have had before.
I found it comical as for so long I have been seeking all these answers & the foundations of this course allowed me to see they were in front of me the whole time. This course is a profound collection of knowledge & experiences all combined down into a powerful, yet simple approach that anyone can experience. It just works & better yet, everyone can access it. This concept of what Jai has managed to combine is all his years of experience takes everything to the next level. Yoga is no longer just yoga – it is so much more, a deeper awakening, a connection, the movement of energies, the alignment with nature, the healing tool is simply limitless in its potential following this approach.
My insulin reduction was substantial, my reliance shifted, all the underlying issues that exist with a condition like this have all started positively shifting. It excites me to even think of the possibilities this knowledge can have on a bigger scale.
It truly has been an eye-opening experience & I am extremely grateful that this course was written so thoroughly. I am ever grateful to Jai & his life’s teachings, for his sharing of all his knowledge & experiences in an incredible course, designed perfectly to unlock potential, deliver knowledge & share experiences, to ultimately give you a toolbox and skillset overflowing with this limitless potential to take home to share.
It is simple, it is undeniable & I am excited to keep growing."
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Juni Grip (France) 17 Nov 2019 "The Elemental Yoga School experience in itself, woke up a natural form of wisdom towards yoga and energy. It felt so fluid and fun, yet it was a strong, and challenging experience.
I especially appreciated how each new philosophy was discussed and debated as a group, enriching our picture of Yoga as a collective, and then how enough space was given to integrate each idea in a personal way. Every step of the way was absolutely organic.
All in all, it was an experience that helps shed the clutter and taps into the natural flow of life and wisdom, rather than just storing more knowledge and facts, which only calcify the mind. This course teaches wonderful Yoga Therapy skills, resulting in a newly fortified relationship to nature’s power to heal yourself.
As for the Yoga classes, after a few classes, I knew deep in my bones that things were coming into balance, energetic holes were being filled, polarities were being balanced and a stable deep strength was being built, both in mind and body. Hard to go back to my regular yoga sessions after this gem of a practice."
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Matthew Pantano (United States) 25 Mar 2018 "The Elemental Yoga Course was so much more than I could have ever imagined. A big reason I decided to take the course initially was to find myself and change some aspects of my life that I became conditioned to. I was experiencing anxiety and depression and couldn't shift through it. I soon came to realize that something that had affected me for so long could be handled and dealt with appropriately in just a few weeks. I may have come into this program with certain things to work on and face, which I certainly did, but looking at it now, there was no preparing for everything that I gained in this experience. I was taken out of my comfort zone completely and stepped into a totally unfamiliar world. A world that would show me all the beautiful aspects of life I have been missing out on or taking for granted. The space held by Jai allowed me to explore myself to the max, something I was never comfortable trying. I learned more about myself in 4 weeks than I have in the past 27 years. I broke down barriers I didn't know existed. I opened new emotions and let go of old emotions that had been holding me back. There are a thousand things I could write about my experience and what I've learned.
The yoga practices came as the biggest shock to me. I came to this course in what I would consider good physical shape. I learned very quickly that Elemental Yoga was much more than just the physical body. Allowing myself to have faith in the process of how the elements truly move you as a being, has helped me to fully let go and trust life.
Jai and I connected on a much deeper level than just him being my teacher. I look at him as a close friend. His passion to what he preaches is immeasurable. He is extremely passionate about what he believes in, but never does he push his opinions on others. He gladly opens his mind and holds space to challenge and question him. And he always respects who you are and what you have to say without judgment. Having a teacher hold a space where you can truly speak your mind without fear allows for the ultimate space to grow and learn. As a teacher during practices, he knew exactly when to help you push your limits and when to help you feel your body. Once again, always respecting you and your abilities. However, he is so much more than just a person who teaches yoga. He challenges you to get the absolute best out of you. He helps you to open your mind to new ideas and how to unlearn low-vibration conditions. For me, personally, he is someone that I can fully trust and have the utmost respect for. He tells me exactly like it is and respects me for who I am."
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Laura Poeta (Spain) 6 Mar 2018 "The idea I had about yoga had nothing to do with all what I know about it now. I was always curious about it, but I could never find clear answers. After this experience I definitely shifted to a new lifestyle that connects me to real yoga.
I felt the energetics and healing powers of Yoga stronger than ever before with Elemental Yoga philosophies so real on the Mat. This blew my mind. I have never felt better in my own body.
I am definitely more capable to use yoga to develop myself, because the practice I lived here is so powerful that it's in me now. I feel that I can use it at any time and I know how to use it.
I feel confident to teach yoga once I'm out into the world, because the yoga is in me, I know how to give instructions and what to deliver. And most importantly, I know what I shouldn't teach and the reasons why.
I can't put into words my experience of the Elemental Yoga Course as a whole. For me it has been a way to connect to myself, to discover and accept parts of me that I never accepted before. It is an experience that makes you realise who you are and how you can connect to yourself. I feel lighter, brighter, my insecurities decreased, my self-esteem higher. Jai's teaching is a gift. Having the opportunity to learn from his experience, his wisdom, is one of the best experiences I've had in my life. The way he delivers all these beautiful concepts he has learned along his life is breath taking. He's there to listen to you at any point and that made me feel safe somehow. He's a master in what he does, and he created a perfect healing space which allowed me to see the best in myself."
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Elena Wollesen, Denmark 8 Dec 2016 "This course turned my world upside down. Before this course I was just an ordinary girl who didn’t know much about spirituality, energy or yoga and I definitely hadn’t experienced anything like this.
During the course, I began a personal transformation. My picture and belief of who I was as a person changed, as well as my one-dimensional view of the world. I literally began to experience that I’m not just a body with a mind. I also had an energy body and a psychic body. I began to feel the energy moving within me. During meditation, I discovered a whole new world, a new dimension. I now feel like I’m a whole lot closer to finding the true me. Nature is a powerful thing.
Every yoga class was a little piece of magic for me. It always took me by surprise. I felt clearly how my energy body responded to the yoga. I began to feel how the energy ran in my meridians and felt how a great, wild, beautiful energy started to get alive inside of me. The yoga and meditation helped me to get in contact with my psychic body. I got a glimpse of what I’m about to become and saw a beautiful and slightly overwhelming world, beyond this one.
I truly admire Jai’s work in Elemental Yoga Therapy. It comes across so easily because he is a real source of true Yoga knowledge and direct experiences. He is very caring, supportive, positive and his great sense of humour helped me a lot when things were difficult. Elemental Yoga is very simple and yet very effective. Its simplicity helped to create a space where you can connect with your true self and develop a healing spirituality."
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Amber Sawyer PhD, USA (Yoga Teacher, Healing Arts Director) 15 Nov 2015 ""The Elemental Yoga Therapy training is absolutely one of a kind: bravely, wisely and aesthetically revealing the Essence of ancient traditions including Yoga, Tantra, Ayurveda, TCM, Shiatsu, and Shamanism into a simple, pure, communicable reflection of Nature herself.
The wisdom can be woven with ease into daily living, yoga development, as well as any healing modality, and ultimately into the way in which we understand and experience our Selves.
This course is creatively structured as a programme so that each student can experience the dynamic dance of the elements, allowing the elements to reveal their inherent polarities within our physical and subtle bodies. After 18 days together, I had a completely new perspective of the Elements, as well as a renewed love affair with Nature!
Finally, I feel that I've been guided into a course of study that brings the Wisdom of the sages into an evolved, conscious & modern day approach towards empowering the individual to tap into their own energetic potential. I look forward to continued studies with the EYT programme! ""
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Siri Arti, South Africa (Children's Yoga Teacher) 18 Nov 2014 "I came to this course quite depleted and far from my center. Each day brought another shift. My light got switched back on and I now feel vital, inspired and reconnected to myself.
Learning about the 5 Elements through Yoga, Nutrition and exploring myself in real time, in real life, taught me deeply, and helped me to heal. The space that is held is completely sacred and is a very powerful opportunity.
This medicine, and the experience altogether, brought me back to myself and in that reconnection, I remember who I am. What a privilege, I am ready to use this Therapy system to hold space for others, so they too can remember."
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Helen Clarkin, South Africa (Yoga Teacher) 18 Nov 2014 "To put into words what I have experienced over this course could not do it justice. It is cliche to say it, but I truly feel like this has been ' life changing'.
I have always loved Yoga, but I have been searching since the start of my yoga journey for something....? Lots of books, lots of courses, lots of different techniques and methods of teaching and I still have not been satisfied, knowing there has to be more...?
I arrived saying I am looking for a Teacher, my Guru, believing this was what I was missing. I can honestly say I think I have found her, in Nature, in the 5 Elements. I'm a little surprised!
This experience was full of numerous energetic "first times", which solidifies the beauty of my learning, and makes it easy to process what I need to unlearn!
I am fully equipped and ready to go into the world and begin to share and help others find their connection too."
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Jennifer Kenny, Ireland (Agitator, Educator, Organiser) 18 Nov 2014 "I am 52 and took a leap of faith to go on an Elemental Yoga Therapy training. I don't think I have ever worked so hard in my life, and the returns have been huge.The material is rock solid and has really put me in a position where I can see a path to lifelong strength and health.
This is a beautiful way of ' living yoga' and is built on a deep and very powerful understanding and appreciation of the Feminine in Nature.
I feel 30 again - strong, toned, flexible, and vibrant. I highly recommend this for anyone willing to put in the work, who is looking to deepen, broaden and transform their practice to something that nurtures body, soul, mind and vitality."
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Neel Schmidt, Holland (TTC and EYT Graduate, Yoga Teacher) 21 Jul 2011 "This course showed me how to shift and flow with these wonderful energies in my body. I learnt how to become fully present and let go of the stories that stop me from feeling more peaceful. I feel totally reconnected,
About Elemental Yoga as Medicine
The 2 courses I have now completed with Elemental Yoga School changed my life in many ways through changes it helped me make in my perception, my beliefs, my own stories and my thoughts... Connecting with nature around and within me is one the most powerful experiences I have ever had.
Since I was a child I behaved with symptoms of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and in the beginning of my twenties it became a severe form that resulted in a life full of anxiety, self-injury and depression. While the few years of therapy I undertook helped for sure, I was not beyond this behavior until The Elemental Yoga Course in 2011.
For the first time in my life I experienced days without OCD. The course brought me deeply into myself, it showed me how to feel so connected to myself which made me realize that everything is changing all the time; around us and within us. I deeply realized that the OCD was my way to protect myself, and something I had wanted to hold on to.
Connecting to the possibility of change, trusting in life itself and the deep connection with my own strong center showed me another life. At the Elemental Yoga Therapy course in 2012, I made an even stronger connection to myself. I feel blessed to be a student of The Elemental Yoga School."
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