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Thursday, July 30, 2015

Learning to let go...

A yoga lesson I am learning even before teaching starts... learning how to let go.

This evening after our yoga class my teacher announced she (and one other teacher) would be leaving that studio in a week or so...  and I think that news hit us all like a ton of bricks.  Yes I do wish all the best for her and am happy to see her move along her path.

But I am sad for me because she was the one who really brought me back into yoga and over the last couple of years taught with humor and grace, pushed when needed and let me do my own thing when I needed to. I will miss her wonderful voice when she gives us possibilities of what we might want to do. And I will miss her humor and kind words and wonderful hugs. It is through her that I first entertained the thought of yoga teacher training and who made it all seem possible.

I don't want to make this into a eulogy because she is still here, a vibrant and delightful person. I want to learn how to let go, and to be able to see her go out into the world with happiness that she crossed my path and that I was able to learn from her even for a brief time.

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

For a New Beginning

by John O'Donohue
In out of the way places of the heart
Where your thoughts never think to wander
This beginning has been quietly forming
Waiting until you were ready to emerge.
For a long time it has watched your desire
Feeling the emptiness grow inside you
Noticing how you willed yourself on
Still unable to leave what you had outgrown.
It watched you play with the seduction of safety
And the grey promises that sameness whispered
Heard the waves of turmoil rise and relent
Wondered would you always live like this.
Then the delight, when your courage kindled,
And out you stepped onto new ground,
Your eyes young again with energy and dream
A path of plenitude opening before you.
Though your destination is not clear
You can trust the promise of this opening;
Unfurl yourself into the grace of beginning
That is one with your life’s desire.
Awaken your spirit to adventure
Hold nothing back, learn to find ease in risk
Soon you will be home in a new rhythm
For your soul senses the world that awaits you.

About this blog...

Welcome to this blog.

I have another blog. One that lately sometimes sees a week or two (or more) gap between entries. Originally it was just for my arts and crafts, then it grew to gardening. Eventually more yoga and other things also found their way into that blog. Lately it has mostly been gardening since that has been my recent focus.

Flash forward to now and I just got the first packet in my email about the Yoga Teacher Training (YTT) course I will be taking starting August 1 at It's All Yoga and there is an assignment to start a blog for the training. Well THAT"S easy!  Done!

But I wasn't sure if I wanted to keep it totally separate from my other blog or connect the two. After some mulling it over I decided to connect them because this will not be a separate thing in my life. I am not sure who said it originally but if "yoga begins off the mat" then yoga will live with all my other interests and the rest of my lovely retired life.

So I decided to make a somewhat separate but still connected blog to my other blog. This one will mostly focus on the YTT and my journey about inviting more yoga into my life. Now and then I may refer to something in the other blog for reference.

And if anyone might be interested in any of the other things I do, there is a link at the top of my blog entries or click the button right under the title for my other blog.

By the way, I write this blog on my regular computer. It is formatted for a larger screen. I have no idea how it looks on your phone or tablet. I am old school.

That said, I am excited about the training and eager to share things from it and whatever assignments we may need to put on our blog here. I am happy you are here. Thank you!