Sometimes you just have to wonder if this is all really a coincidence. To me, there are some things that just fall too perfectly into place for it to be a coincidence.
Pretty much everyday I go to the Bikram Yoga website to look at whatever, usually the job postings for 'teachers wanted'. So, yesterday I do the usual but there was something different about the teacher training page, which I noticed right away since I go to the website all the time......teacher training is NOT in Vegas this fall.....it is in SAN DIEGO! WHAT?!? I had been warned that it could change locations on us and sure enough, it did.
Hmmm.....how do I feel???? I left San Diego at such a weird time in my life, after living there for 4 years. I didn't leave on good terms and have always felt that I didn't have closure there. But, I figured that moving on and working through those negatives emotions was the way to get closure. And, now a couple of years later and having worked through alot of those emotions I feel like I am in a really good and healthy place in my life. But, there's always been something with me and that city that I didn't feel was finished, although I never knew what to make of that feeling. I just left it alone and figured that the journey would take care of it all. And, now this? SO WEIRD! Is this going to be the closure that I always felt I needed? Who knows?!?
I started practicing Bikram's in San Diego. I was first introduced to this amazing practice at the La Jolla studio. I knew that I loved it from the first class but because of my negative state of mind it was so hard for me. It is the only studio where I have walked out of class, cried in class, drove there and then drove away because I couldn't handle walking in and looking at myself in the mirror. I feel like going to training there is sort of like coming full circle with this decade of my life. (side note - I turn 30 while at training). I get to return to San Diego to accomplish something so positive. The irony of it all is crazy.
In my last post I said that I felt like I was going completely in the right direction and this news has absolutely just sealed the deal. I don't think that this could have been scripted any better. I do think though that I am going to have to work through alot of emotion while there. From what I have read everyone works through a certain amount of emotion during training, depending on what they hold inside. I think, for me, there is going to be alot going on emotionally and mentally. I can't wait, I am so ready for all of this.
As for my practice over the last couple of weeks.....I only practiced 3 times the week following the 30-day challenge and guess what....I didn't feel as great as when I was practicing everyday - big shock! The mini break is over and I will be back to 5 days a week, at least. I cancelled my membership to the Y so it's either yoga or running as far as workouts go.
Less than 3 months to the start. I am patiently waiting but I am pretty excited about all of this. The interconnectedness of the universe is at work and I feel calm knowing that it is all going to work out just as it should....The good, the bad. The ebbs and flows. SO WEIRD!
June 23, 2010
June 11, 2010
Progress
It feels like I have made lots of progress in my world of yoga since my last post. I finished a 30-day challenge, tried a new studio in Vancouver and finally had a meeting a local teacher/studio owner to talk about training and so on. It's been a good month and the yoga wheels in my brain are spinning with all the possibilities that I will have following training.....I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!
So, first off I finished the 30-day challenge. It was good to get in the mind-set of yoga everyday and making that commitment because it won't be long before I am in Vegas practicing everyday, twice a day. I found the challenge to be the most difficult around 12 days in. You're not quite halfway but you're already feeling a bit tired and it takes a lot of positive self-talk and motivation and dedication (especially when you're living your normal life). I found that my legs got super tired by the end of the challenge. Once you are able to get really deep into the postures you really start to use your legs, so between that and riding my bike everywhere I was definitely feeling it.
But, more exciting than finishing the 30-day challenge was the opportunity to practice at the Commercial Drive studio in Vancouver last weekend. I love going to new studios. I liken it to getting a new stamp in your passport! I went to class on both Saturday and Sunday. Both classes were very humid, but Sunday's was crazy compared to what I am used to in Victoria. I always call myself the heat nazzi though so I can't complain. It was the first class that I've had in a VERY long time where I felt like my head was going to explode from heat claustrophobia. The teacher, Christian, was also awesome - one, if not the best I've had. He was making people laugh, calling people out on their crap, then cracking more jokes and then telling everyone to suck it up about the heat. It was really fun and I sweat more than I think I ever have!
Then....I finally got to sit with one of the studio owners in Victoria. We had a good chat about teacher training and then bascially what to expect following training. I have started to work on the dialogue as well....oh, just 43 pages to memorize verbatim. I have half of half moon pose done. I guess it's progress!
Aside from all that - everything else is as usual. If you didn't know that I was going to teacher training my life would seem to be the same day after day right now. But, really, in my head all I can think about is yoga, yoga, yoga. I am already thinking about the possibilities once I am done training. I would love to open my own studio and I know exactly where but that is for future talk on the blog. Who knows where this is going to lead me but I absolutely, without a doubt, feel like I am going in the right direction. The thought of it all almost makes me giddy!!!
Until next time :)
So, first off I finished the 30-day challenge. It was good to get in the mind-set of yoga everyday and making that commitment because it won't be long before I am in Vegas practicing everyday, twice a day. I found the challenge to be the most difficult around 12 days in. You're not quite halfway but you're already feeling a bit tired and it takes a lot of positive self-talk and motivation and dedication (especially when you're living your normal life). I found that my legs got super tired by the end of the challenge. Once you are able to get really deep into the postures you really start to use your legs, so between that and riding my bike everywhere I was definitely feeling it.
But, more exciting than finishing the 30-day challenge was the opportunity to practice at the Commercial Drive studio in Vancouver last weekend. I love going to new studios. I liken it to getting a new stamp in your passport! I went to class on both Saturday and Sunday. Both classes were very humid, but Sunday's was crazy compared to what I am used to in Victoria. I always call myself the heat nazzi though so I can't complain. It was the first class that I've had in a VERY long time where I felt like my head was going to explode from heat claustrophobia. The teacher, Christian, was also awesome - one, if not the best I've had. He was making people laugh, calling people out on their crap, then cracking more jokes and then telling everyone to suck it up about the heat. It was really fun and I sweat more than I think I ever have!
Then....I finally got to sit with one of the studio owners in Victoria. We had a good chat about teacher training and then bascially what to expect following training. I have started to work on the dialogue as well....oh, just 43 pages to memorize verbatim. I have half of half moon pose done. I guess it's progress!
Aside from all that - everything else is as usual. If you didn't know that I was going to teacher training my life would seem to be the same day after day right now. But, really, in my head all I can think about is yoga, yoga, yoga. I am already thinking about the possibilities once I am done training. I would love to open my own studio and I know exactly where but that is for future talk on the blog. Who knows where this is going to lead me but I absolutely, without a doubt, feel like I am going in the right direction. The thought of it all almost makes me giddy!!!
Until next time :)
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