Becoming A Certified PraiseMoves Instructor

Becoming A Certified PraiseMoves Instructor

Published February 5, 2014

At the end of December 2013, I signed up to become a Certified PraiseMoves Instructor (CPI for short).  You may be asking what in the world is PraiseMoves?  Well, PraiseMoves is The Christian Alternative to Yoga.  You may be asking why is it an alternative to Yoga, isn’t Yoga just exercise?  For the answer to that question I send you to Laurette Willis’ website www.praisemoves.com to read her story and the reason she came up with PraiseMoves the Christian Alternative to Yoga.

PraiseMoves has its basis on biblical Scripture and the 22 letters of Hebrew alphabet.  As you do the postures you say the Scriptures aloud and  meditate on it while holding the posture and breathing gently and deeply .  The base Scripture is I Cornithians 6:19-20 “Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God , and you are not  your own?  For you were bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body and your spirit; which are God’s.”

By beginning my studies in the PraiseMoves manual this early I will be able to focus on the online classes in May and  review the manual as I go.  This will give me a chance to really focus on learning  what the classes have to teach me. Basically, this will give me a learning hook to be able to grasp the lessons.

I am looking forward to really learning the PraiseMoves postures and the corresponding Scriptures and becoming a CPI so I can provide others with a way to stretch without feeling compromised spiritually.

Even the thought of considering Yoga caused me to have a check in my spirit, I never could bring myself to even try a Yoga video let alone take a Yoga class.