In our YA Lessons Instructor Highlights, we function one in all our superb instructors and interview them so our members and readers can get to know them. This trainer spotlight is with Alec Vishal Rouben.
Alec is a lover of life and all issues well being, wellness, and consciousness growth. He’s broadly identified for his infectious and playful vitality, and his beloved signpost that reads “Love Life”!
Alec Vishal Rouben shares his yoga journey:
“I studied Chinese language for 9 years and was on the trail to being a global translator… Then yoga discovered me.”
Past my private observe of yoga, my dietary self-care routine is non-negotiable and permits me to point out as much as the world with full presence and em(energy)ment!
Ten yoga trainer trainings and a Masters in Traditions of Yoga and Meditation later, Alec is now an acclaimed yoga trainer, yoga and well being mindset entrepreneur, and the co-founder of a broadly fashionable yoga podcast.
Wish to be taught extra about this unbelievable yoga teacher? Learn on.
Get to Know Your YA Lessons Instructor: Alec Vishal Rouben
We sat down with the beloved and passionate yogi Alec Vishal Rouben for a Q+A session so YA Lessons members and YouAligned readers can be taught extra about him.
YA: What’s your favourite self-care observe you’ll be able to’t dwell with out?
YA: What’s your go-to music or music style once you educate (or observe)?
Alec: I’ll ALWAYS be a Fairly Lights Fam for all times form of man… though, it’s not my typical music to observe, but alone educate to. After I observe, I desire frequency tones from Spotify or an app I exploit referred to as Beatfulness.
After I educate, I both educate in full silence to domesticate better types of interior presence, or I exploit very mild yin-like music from Liquid Bloom, Desert Dwellers, or ambient sounds. When not educating or practising, I like deep home music of each type, and 80’s vibes!
YA: What’s your favourite motivational quote?
Alec: “Whenever you notice how excellent all the things is, you’ll tilt your head again and chuckle on the sky” – Buddha
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YA: What’s your favourite yoga pose? Least favourite?
Alec: My favourite pose is Pyramid Pose, Parsvottanasana (with yoga blocks). I like to carry this pose for 1-2 minutes on the very best setting on the block, slowly making my means all the way down to the ground. (It is a extra superior observe that works for me personally.) Least fave? Ardha Chandrasana, Half Moon Pose. It’s simply not totally satisfying for my physique!
Alec breaks down one of many tougher standing foundational yoga poses, Pyramid or Pasvottanasana, in our YA Lessons Studying Yoga collection. Seize two blocks and discover ways to observe this deep deep ahead fold with a variety of advantages right here.
YA: The place’s your favourite place on the earth you’ve ever been to, and why?
Second favourite can be Myanmar the place I did my first (and solely up to now) Vipassana meditation in a small hilly space in the midst of nowhere! It was so highly effective.
YA: What’s your most embarrassing second, both educating or in life?
Alec: In my first or second 12 months of educating (at this level I had about 9 to 10 courses per week), I used to be a (struggling) full-time yoga trainer. One of many courses I taught was at 10pm. That’s proper, class STARTED at 10pm and ended at 11pm! It was a celebration of a category…and EVERYONE liked the half-pigeon cue in the direction of settle down.
Throughout Savasana, I FULL ON fell asleep. 😆😴 I actually don’t know how lengthy I used to be out, however class was supposed to finish a strong 5 minutes sooner than I pulled the fifty college students out of Savasana… ha!
YA: What’s your #1 piece of recommendation for sustaining an empowered mindset?
Alec: Take a tough take a look at the folks that you simply encompass your self with.
We’re a product of our 5 most individuals that we spend our time round.
Do you might have mentors? Look to those that are additional alongside an analogous path that encourage you to domesticate private em(energy)ment.
YA: Except for your individual, what’s your favourite class or trainer on YA Lessons?
Join along with your innermost and divine being via mantra chanting and conscious Hatha Yoga actions with Annie. Try her YA Class: Bhakti Advanced Movement
Wish to join extra with Alec Rouben?
Love Alec’s vibe? We do! Try Alec’s enjoyable, supportive, and playful content material on Instagram @aleclovelifeyoga. As one in all our beloved YA Lessons academics, he’s additionally a featured trainer in our Studying Yoga program – and makes use of his background in Vinyasa and Ashtanga yoga to focus on educating a foundational fashion of Hatha.
Alec can be the co-founder of the Yoga Revealed podcast, which illuminates the transformative energy of yoga from the best knowledge keepers. He even did an episode with YA Lessons founder and fellow trainer Ashton August!
Lastly, in case you are fortunate sufficient to dwell within the Boulder / Denver, Colorado space, you’ll find in-person courses and workshops with Alec. He teaches round city, at yoga and music festivals, and on-line on YA Lessons.
Take a Class On-line With Alec Vishal Rouben
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Take Alec Vishal Rouben’s fashionable Get Grounded Get Actual class on YA Lessons. By means of a easy and important movement, this class will shift your frequency and provide help to navigate a busy day. He provides many courses on YA Lessons, so make sure to test all of them out!
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