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Intense, Transformative, & Wonderful: My Experience in Classical Yoga Training in India

February 6, 2019 by Alex Blanton Leave a Comment

Hello Tribe!

I haven’t blogged since July since I went off for the classical hatha yoga training in India. What a journey it’s been! Due to the nature of the training, I haven’t had much time to write (or think really), and now that the training is complete I am at a loss for how to put this experience fully into words. It’s been intense, transformative, challenging, and wonderful.

The training took place at Isha Yoga Center in the jungles of Tamil Nadu, India’s southernmost state, in a nature reserve at the foothills of the Velliangiri Mountains where monkeys, peacocks, and elephants count amongst the closest neighbors. Isha Yoga is offered by the present day yogi, Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, but the tradition and lineage is many thousands of years old.

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Alex studied finance at NYU Stern, worked at startups in New York (Protocol Capital, JumpStart, AlleyNYC), and then LinkedIn in Silicon Valley. Despite finding a lot of success early on, he wasn't fulfilled by the work he was doing. So at a certain point, he quit his job at LinkedIn and moved to South America. He worked with traditional shamans in the Andes and the Amazon for over half a year, and then moved to India and trained in yoga and meditation under the strict guidance of a guru for a year.

Now, Alex's passion is helping entrepreneurs manifest inner wellbeing so they can approach life and business with balance, clarity, confidence, enthusiasm, and wisdom. Alex firmly believes that wellbeing is the source of success, rather than success being the source of wellbeing.

Alex is an 1800 hour certified of International Yoga Teacher and is also a certified life coach by the Academy of Modern Applied Psychology.

He looks forward to working with dynamic and motivated entrepreneurs just like yourself to facilitate permanent transformation!