Dear Paul,

Lauralyn Harter,
Certified Meditation Teacher

Thank you so much for the opportunity and guidance with my meditation course. I loved the text and really appreciated the helpful accompanying CD's and DVD. It was a very thorough course without being overwhelming. I found the test a wonderful challenge - it covered all of the material, and helped me be sure that I really understood the concepts, and had an opportunity to learn the methods firsthand. Meditation has helped me personally in so many ways.

This course allowed me to take my practice to a higher level, and gave me the wisdom and confidence to start teaching meditation to groups. I am very thankful for this course and look forward to teaching my first group class next week! If anyone asks me how to support or enhance their meditation practice, are guided to teach meditation to help others, or are searching for a way to really enrich their own lives, I will happily refer them to Aura.

Lauralyn Harter
www.hartersholistic.com

Hari Om Paul,

I received my certificate today and I am thrilled. Thanks so much for everything.

As a mom of a small child I would not have been able to attend any Yoga School for a Yoga Teacher program but with your help I was able to do it in my own time. I started 'practicing' with a few friends being a teacher from home. I have converted a small room in my house with a separate entrance as a studio (taking 6 students) and already by word of mouth I had requests when they can start doing Yoga with me.

Now that I am officially certified I can contact them and tell them to come!

Thanks again for everything

Namaste
Steffi Pardemann

Paul & Marie,

Thank you so much for providing this excellent comprehensive training course. I deeply appreciate the content and methodology of the program as well as the personal support that you gave throughout. I have received so much to pour into the lives and practice of my students. They will benefit greatly from the training that I received through your Yoga teachers' training course. I will always be grateful to you and look forward to more of the training that you have available.

It has been a real pleasure. I will live up to the honor of the ethics and to the reputation of your school. I will look forward to receiving your newsletters and updates as well as further training in the future.

(Oh, and you can use this email for testimonials or promotion. I would be honored and will be sure to pass along information about your course to other Yoga teachers.)

I am profoundly grateful.

Namaste,
Jay Gunn
Carrsville, Virginia

Hi Paul,

Lynne Carroll,
Certified Yoga Teacher

I want to thank you for giving me the opportunity to get a yoga teaching certificate without having to spend lots of $$ and giving me lots of my time to acquire it. You really need one these days to continue teaching and it gives me great pleasure to tell clients that I graduated with honors at the Aura Wellness Center.

The Aura Yoga Teacher Certification course let me fulfull the dream of a lifetime. I have been practicing yoga since 1975 and started teaching in 1987. I opened my own studio last year, 2007, and realized that I needed a certificate to validate my experience. Aura has made this happen for me. My studio is growing and I believe in my dream. Thanks for helping me fulfill it.

namaste,
Lynne Carroll
Cincinnati, Ohio
www.lynnesyogastudio.com

Dear Paul and Marie :

Andrea Olivares,
Certified Yoga Teacher

I received the beautiful certificate yesterday. I want to say thank you for everything. The AURA YOGA TEACHER TRAINING was life transforming! I had no idea how detailed, organized, and professional this program would be.

I got much more than I ever could have dreamed. I have deepened both my practice of yoga and my spiritual practice as a whole.

WOW! It definitely was an intensive program I feel great about the accomplishment. It is life training.

Being a yoga teacher, I feel honored to be a part of peoples' lives in a positive way. I will enjoy to help others build the connection between the breath, body and mind.

Thank you very much !!!!!!!!!!!

Namaste
Andrea Olivares
Argentina

Dear Paul,

I want to thank you for the wonderful experience I have had going through your self directed yoga teacher training program. I have always wanted to teach yoga and because of your program I am now able to. It has been a true honor and pleasure to learn from you. I have pulled out my certificate so many times already and smiled at it. I am thrilled to be a graduate of Aura Wellness Center.

To anyone interested in a long distance program, this is the one. The books, videos, CD’s and other reference material included in the kit provided me with endless and valuable information that I know I will continue to reference. Every time I had a question, and there were many, I knew I could count on a response from Paul within a day. He was and continues to be extremely giving of his vast knowledge and time.

Namaste,
Laura Waldman
Massachusetts

Here is my testimony.

Susanne Hartkop,
Certified Yoga Teacher

I had caught the yoga bug! I fell deeply in love with the practice of yoga while sitting in pigeon position and decided this would be my future. I began to investigate my options for training and certification and quickly realized that given my current responsibilities I could not spare weekends, weeks, travel time and costs to achieve my goal. I am a mother of four bright and healthy children and married to a pilot who spends much of his time on the road. I was at a loss.

I scanned the internet and found Aura Yoga Teacher Training at home. Wow. My heart leaped but I was skeptical. Can this program really lay the ground work for becoming a yoga teacher? I sent a link of the website to my current yoga teacher for her review and she gave me the professional thumbs up.

The study materials presented all the vital information a yoga teacher has to know, plus business ideas, plus bonus materials. That combined with personal and studio practice and a heart willing to learn made it possible to confidently finish my certification. I completed the program in about a year. But the real kicker is, during that year I also made an international move from America to Switzerland. Guess what! I didn't lose any time or effort I put into the program. Once I arrived in my new home I just picked up where I left off and completed my certification.

Long story short... I have my first class beginning in the coming month and I am confident that I will lead the class effectively! Thanks for all the help.

God bless,
Susanne Hartkop

Dear Mr. Jerard

Just a note to let you know that the Certification Course arrived yesterday. I was so surprised and happy that it traveled here so quickly -- when you only posted it on Saturday. It was so exciting to unpack. Let me exclaim what a lovely "Camp-In-A-Box!" -- organized so well and packed so beautifully. Thank you for this and for offering this course -- each a beneficent gesture.

Namaste -- Have a fine week,
Cheri

Dear Paul,

It took only one week, after receiving my certification from Aura Yoga, to begin teaching... and I am enjoying it totally! I feel very well prepared to answer any question the students may ask, whether about the history of yoga, a variation of a particular asana, or how to deepen one's meditative practice. The time I spent in the leisure of my own home learning about yoga was a truly enjoyable experience and now I am imparting that knowledge to others. You provided an outstanding curriculum - and I feel that my money was well spent.

My class includes all ages and all levels of physical fitness but we work together within our diverse limitations and ranges of mobility using recommended variations to create a harmonious whole. The new yoga practitioners can observe how much more flexible they can become by looking at the advanced students; the advanced students are able to see how far they have come, so each group is encouraged. Also, teaching yoga was going to be a part-time venture for me, but I have been offered a chance to teach it regularly at a local facility and I admit that I am excited about this prospect. None of this would have been possible for me without your program.

Aura Yoga has provided me with the certification to teach something I love and the chance to broaden my horizons in dozens of ways. Please accept my heartfelt thanks. I wish I had done this many years ago, when I first started practicing yoga.

Feel free to use my name and email address as a reference, should any prospective student have questions regarding this home study program. But they need to be prepared: I can only encourage them with the highest, most positive enthusiasm possible.

Thank you, Paul. You helped make a dream come true for me... and little by little I believe we will all make a difference in the world - one thought, one posture, one breath at a time.

With deepest appreciation,
Chelsea Lane Barrington, CYT

Dear Paul, Marie and Friends at Aura,

I have just received my certificate and would like to thank you for your guidance and support during my journey towards it.

I found your Yoga Teacher Training programme very thorough, well structured, and immensely enjoyable. You compiled a great selection of excellent resources including your own books and DVDs. They provided me with an abundance of knowledge and wisdom that I will continue to immerse myself in and share with my students. Thank you for the material related to developing a yoga business - such an important aspect of teaching yoga, often omitted by other Yoga Teacher Training providers. Also, thank you for your continuous support through regular Newsletters and inspiring articles filled with practical ideas.

Thank you again, Paul and Marie, for all your help, and for offering this wonderful course.

Warmest regards
Namaste
Joanna
Sydney, Australia

Hi Paul and Marie,

I received the certificate this week, without any problems, like always. Thanks a lot!

I loved studying with you and I am already teaching in several places and areas. I am pretty busy and loved to study when I have time, sometimes late at night or on weekends. Short weekend courses wouldn't have had value for me, as nowadays a diploma is necessary. In the way I studied with you I could bring my own ideas, studies and perfectionate. Of course, I was very pleased to receive "high honors" and A + grade!

Congratulations to you: I think your training is PERFECT!! You always kept in touch with me, responded to my mails and your material was excellent! A big THANK YOU and a KISS (here in Brazil we give a hug and a kiss!) from Brazil.

Let's keep in touch, cause this will not be the only certificate I will do with you!

Dr. Lu Sicaha
Brazil

My whole life and way of living has changed dramatically since beginning this course. I am amazed at the internal effects of my learning and practice; I am peaceful and moderate and have done away with many unhealthy habits. My spirituality has blossomed. My relationships made more healthy and pure... Yoga and this course may have saved my life!

In deep gratitude,
Rebecca Fritz