In every YA Lessons Trainer Highlights, we function one among our wonderful instructors and interview them so our members and readers can get to know them. This instructor spotlight is with John Cottrell.

YA Lessons, the web yoga and health membership by YouAligned, is host to dozens of unimaginable yoga instructors (and meditation, breathwork, and health academics too!). Our academics are all devoted, passionate, extremely skilled leaders inside their group and provide a singular type and strategy for our college students.

Hailing from Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah, John Cottrell is one such instructor. We admire his depth, we love his implausible educating type, and we additionally marvel how he finds the time to perform all that he has!

Along with educating yoga for the previous 20+ years, he’s a wellness professional, self-proclaimed holistic dwelling maestro, has authored over a dozen books (all accessible on Amazon), is the founding father of Mbody Yoga, hosts yoga instructor trainings and teaches on-line and weekly in-person lessons.

His background in scientific psychology, with a Ph.D. from Pacific Graduate College of Psychology, elevates his distinctive mix of Western psychology and Jap knowledge. Licensed as a Yoga Therapist, John bridges psychology and yoga to foster self-improvement and development.

John shares a bit about his clothes line, books and blogs, and baking:

“MBODY isn’t simply my enterprise; it’s a charming model reflecting my core values. Mbody Clothes breaks the gender barrier, providing inexpensive, trendy males’s yoga apparel. My e book, Yoga With Intention, infuses yoga into each day life, providing insights on obstacles, freedom, and stability. Enjoyment of my culinary creations at OneCakeWonder.com and discover my conscious weblog posts.”

Need to be taught extra about this unimaginable instructor? Learn on.
 
 

Get to Know Your YA Lessons Trainer: John Cottrell

We sat down with this beloved yoga instructor 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 possibly can’t dwell with out?

John: My favourite self-care observe goes to the health club and lifting. I am going nearly on a regular basis. I begin with a little bit of cardio then select a physique half to concentrate on for my lifting session.

Not solely does this really feel good for my physique, however I thought of my health club exercises an extension of my yoga observe. It helps me to focus and be extra in tuned with my physique. It additionally helps me construct energy to observe and educate dynamic yoga poses in my Energy Yoga Lessons.
 

YA: What’s your go-to tune or music style if you educate (or observe)?

John: After I educate yoga, I usually have some gentle ambient music taking part in within the background. The amount is down fairly low. I don’t need the music to be a distraction to my college students. It’s there as a part of the general atmosphere for the yoga session.
 

YA: What’s your favourite motivational quote?

John: “For those who keep prepared, you then don’t should prepare.” I don’t know who initially stated this, however I heard it from RuPaul! I dwell by that motto.
 

YA: What’s your favourite yoga pose? Least favourite?

John: My favourite yoga pose is Aspect Angle Pose. I similar to how the pose feels because it opens the hips and higher physique. Unsure if I’ve a least favourite pose. I simply know there are some poses I want I might do higher.
 

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YA: When had been you first launched to yoga? Was it love at first asana?

I used to be educating a health class in an area health club that later launched yoga to their schedule. I took a number of lessons, and sure, it was love at first asana. This was in 1999.
 

YA: The place’s your favourite place on this planet you’ve ever been to, and why?

John: I’ve had the chance to journey to Peru a number of instances in my life. This stunning a part of the world helped open my eyes to my function in life. Peru is the place I had the inspiration to begin my very own yoga enterprise. By working with a shaman, touring the land, and indulging in a number of the cultural practices, I used to be enlightened and impressed.

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YA: What’s your most embarrassing second, both educating or in life?

John: I don’t assume I can share my most embarrassing second right here. LOL! However I’ll simply say that the expertise taught me to be extra conscious of my environment.

YA: What’s your #1 piece of recommendation for sustaining an empowered mindset?

John: My primary recommendation for individuals is to handle your self. Do issues that make you’re feeling good and make you cheerful. Make certain this stuff are additionally constructive and empowering. They are going to carry your spirits and open your coronary heart.

While you deal with your self with love and kindness, it then turns into an outward expression of your actions. I lately revealed a e book referred to as Embrace the Optimistic: Letting Go of Adverse Considering. It highlights self-care and making a constructive mindset.

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What’s one thing individuals can be stunned to find out about you?

John: Individuals could also be stunned that I get pleasure from cooking and baking . . . loads. I actually get pleasure from baking and sharing the candy treats with buddies.
 

YA: Other than your personal, what’s your favourite class or instructor on YA Lessons?

John: My favourite YA Lessons class is Gradual Burn with Ty Daye. He brings a taste of enjoyable when you observe with him. Makes you smile and really feel like a child once more!
 

Need to Join Extra With John Cottrell?

Join with John on social media and observe with him at this time on YA Lessons!

John’s lessons are accessible, welcoming, and fascinating. Whereas he masterfully breaks down poses and breathwork in a manner that the most recent newbie can perceive and embody, his educating leaves room for each stage practitioner to be taught, discover, deepen, and revel in. We actually can’t get sufficient of John’s heat, ardour, and experience that he brings to the mat!

For those who get pleasure from his lessons, join with him! For those who haven’t but had the chance to expertise John’s educating type, discover him domestically in Salt Lake Metropolis or take a category with him at this time on YA Lessons.
 
 

Take an On-line Yoga Class With John Cottrell

We extremely advocate that you just try his on-line yoga lessons on YA Lessons! Not but a YA Lessons member? You may attempt it free for 14 days.

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