Meet Caroline Klebl

We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Caroline Klebl a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Caroline, we’ve been so fortunate to work with so many incredible folks and one common thread we have seen is that those who have built amazing lives for themselves are also often the folks who are most generous. Where do you think your generosity comes from?
Yoga asana was first taught by Shiva thousands of years ago. The teachings of yoga were imparted by the gods to rishis or seers who could communicate with the gods. Yoga is passed down by guruparampara or from guru to disciple. The generosity of a yoga teacher is established by the teachings of yoga, which have been transmitted by disciplic succession for thousands of years and from the gods, who aimed to improve the bodies and minds of the practitioners of yoga.

Let’s take a small detour – maybe you can share a bit about yourself before we dive back into some of the other questions we had for you?
I’m a yoga teacher based in Los Angeles. I teach yoga teacher trainings, Ashtanga yoga retreats, yoga workshops and yoga classes in Los Angeles and in beautiful destinations around the world. I trained with Ashtanga yoga guru, Pattabhi Jois in Mysore India for almost a decade. My yoga school, Source of Yoga provides 200,300 and 500 hour yoga teacher training courses in Los Angeles and in retreat destinations. I’m in the process of launching an online yoga teacher training course, which will be accessible to students around the world, on their own schedule. The online yoga teacher training was filmed in Bel Air, Los Angeles, CA. Hundreds of students have graduated from my yoga teacher trainings, who teach yoga around the world.

Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful in your journey? What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?
Perseverance – I’ve been teaching yoga for almost 25 years and I continue to persevere, through troubling times such as the pandemic. Many yoga centers around the world needed to close due to covid. I continued to teach during the pandemic, due to a drop in covid cases in Switzerland, I was able to teach a yoga teacher training in Switzerland during the pandemic. Ahimsa – According to the yoga sutras, ahimsa or non-harming constitutes the great vow and when ahimsa is firmly established all hostility is abandoned in the yogi’s presence. It is important to cultivate non-harming and experience the positive karma, which this practice returns.
Santosha – Santosha or contentment is one of the niyama’s or practices which are to cultivated by yoga practitioners. Close your eyes in meditation and feel Santosha, cultivate Santosha and experience Santosha.

Any advice for folks feeling overwhelmed?
Practice yoga. Wake up early in the morning, drink herbal tea, take a warm shower and roll out your yoga mat. Breathe deeply and chant 3 OM’s or the traditional Ashtanga yoga mantra, if you know it. Begin with sun salutations, extending your breath from one posture to the next. Continue with standing postures, seated postures, backbends and finishing poses. Let your mind be still and rest deeply in the corpse posture.

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