...a little more about Rob
Rob and Swami Nirmalananda, 2007
I was introduced to Svaroopa® yoga following decades of wear and tear on body and mind from an over-active lifestyle. Lots of travel, seasonal moves and constant activity enjoying outdoor sports had taken its toll on my body to where getting out of bed in the morning meant intense pain in my upper spine and knees that could barely support me. For years as long as I kept active I had been fine, but the time had come where pain prohibited me from living the way I had been. (Admittedly, I’d spent nearly twenty years playing hard and working outside without any kind of regular rest periods or “routine maintenance” that an active body requires.) Over the years injuries had sent me to various forms of treatment and healing that kept my body going but the relief only lasted a short time – I felt like the symptoms improved temporarily but the underlying causes remained.
I attended my first Svaroopa® yoga classes in 2006 and right away could clearly feel that it was working on both the symptoms AND causes of my pains and stiffness, even though I wasn't aware how. The gentle, simple and supportive approach was a radical departure from the go-go-go/higher-bigger-faster/no-pain no-gain lifestyle I was so used to. Svaroopa® yoga was a very different way of using my body and the results were equally different. Within a few months of classes I was able to roll out of bed without feeling a knife in my back and was able to return to going down stairs on my feet rather than my backside. This was a tremendous improvement!
It was about this time I realized very clearly that Svaroopa® yoga would be an integral part of my life and I embarked on Yoga Teacher and Yoga Therapist trainings at the Master Yoga Teacher Institute, later serving as MYTI Operations Manager and assistant to the founder of Svaroopa® yoga, Swami Nirmalananda Saraswati. I’ve had the opportunity to share my 500 hours of training with students on both coasts of the mainland and now here on Maui, remaining consistently in awe of the healing and transformative power of this practice.
Namaste,
Rob Gold
Certifications:
RYT-200 Yoga Alliance
CSBT, Embodyment® Therapist, Living Yoga Certification, Master Yoga Teacher Institute
Memberships: Svaroopa® Yoga Teachers Association
B.S.B.A. University of Denver, Denver Colorado
I attended my first Svaroopa® yoga classes in 2006 and right away could clearly feel that it was working on both the symptoms AND causes of my pains and stiffness, even though I wasn't aware how. The gentle, simple and supportive approach was a radical departure from the go-go-go/higher-bigger-faster/no-pain no-gain lifestyle I was so used to. Svaroopa® yoga was a very different way of using my body and the results were equally different. Within a few months of classes I was able to roll out of bed without feeling a knife in my back and was able to return to going down stairs on my feet rather than my backside. This was a tremendous improvement!
It was about this time I realized very clearly that Svaroopa® yoga would be an integral part of my life and I embarked on Yoga Teacher and Yoga Therapist trainings at the Master Yoga Teacher Institute, later serving as MYTI Operations Manager and assistant to the founder of Svaroopa® yoga, Swami Nirmalananda Saraswati. I’ve had the opportunity to share my 500 hours of training with students on both coasts of the mainland and now here on Maui, remaining consistently in awe of the healing and transformative power of this practice.
Namaste,
Rob Gold
Certifications:
RYT-200 Yoga Alliance
CSBT, Embodyment® Therapist, Living Yoga Certification, Master Yoga Teacher Institute
Memberships: Svaroopa® Yoga Teachers Association
B.S.B.A. University of Denver, Denver Colorado
