The adventure of teacher training has officially begun. I am sitting in the Victoria airport, bright and early on my way to San Diego. I had another dream about yoga last night so I know where my head is at. I feel a bit weird though – excited yet nervous. I’m not overly emotional about the situation but still really looking forward to it. I’m ready to go and do this. I feel like I’ve overpacked but whatever, and I even omitted some stuff last night after I weighed my bag. I don’t even have enough yoga outfits to get me through 11 classes a week but I’ll sort it out. I do have a stuffy from Sam, a magic bullet, tea pot, dishes, a bunch of other kitchen stuff and even a couple of my Henckle knives. My soup was confiscated at security so that lightens my load a bit!
I guess the adventure started to sink in at the beginning of August when I began practicing at the Sidney studio. It was at that time that I got serious about learning dialogue and started spending many hours a day hanging out at the yoga studio. The intention was to study, which we always managed to do but there was a lot of general yoga talk that always extended the sessions. It was awesome. Who knew that I would find a yoga home in Sidney! It’s just another circumstance that reminds me to ‘never say never’. I’ve been known to make a few definite statements that I’ve had to later retract. You just never know where the journey is going to take you and how your mindset can shift as you go along. I can catch myself now as I’m about to say something along the line of “I’ll never…..or I would only ever…..”. You know, those concrete statements that make you sound so confident and important and judgmental. Yeah, I’m trying to avoid those as much as possible these days :)
Now onto San Diego. I don’t even know where to begin. Basically, I will be practicing twice a day during the week, once on Saturdays and Sundays we rest. Between classes and in the evenings we will have lectures and posture clinics. So, for anyone that thinks that I’m going on a yoga holiday please just go ahead and change your mind. It sounds like it’s going to be a very challenging experience and when it’s all said and done I will be able to teach Bikram yoga. Wow – that is crazy and seems so far away at this point but as I’ve written a couple of times throughout this blog…time flies, whether we like it or not.
I’m not sure how much I am going to be able to write during the next 9 weeks. We won’t have much free time. I’m looking forward to being out of touch for awhile. Hopefully I can write enough so that those who care can keep up with the process but I’ll have to see how my time management goes.
Okay – until next time. I’m still kinda wrapping my brain around this one. It’s another Fall with another new adventure. Life is good.
