Yoga Journal Beginnings
This is also posted on my Facebook, but at the suggestion of Jedi I decided to cross-post here as well.
So in the grand scheme of the "what do you want to do with your life" question, I have had many answers. I can't even begin to count the number of things I've decided to do with my life, only to find I lose interest or find them improbable to impossible to accomplish. It's a shortcoming of mine, to get all excited about something, work on it for a while, then feel the urge to move on to something new.
So what does all that have to do with a yoga journal? Well, I'll tell you. I'm beyond frustrated with my current job (just earning a paycheck may be fine for some people, but I want to LOVE what I get paid for thank you), and feeling the need for a bit of an overhaul. I'm tired of waiting for my life to begin, tired of waiting for something new to fall in my lap. I know I have problems with motivation and follow through, so I'm hoping this will help.
I'm looking into the possibility of becoming a yoga instructor. Yoga has been a part of my life (in varying degrees of commitment) for over 10 years. It's always something that I've come back to, always something that makes me feel like the real me, and something that my body seems to do naturally when I stop getting in my own way. So with some encouragement from JR, I've started checking into options for becoming certified/registered as a yoga instructor. It's a perfect fit for the ideal structure of a day I've always wanted. It's been said that the best way to learn is to teach, and the little bit of teaching I've done has proven that to be true.
So I'm trying a new experiment. I'm making a commitment to do at least 30 minutes of yoga every day for 7 weeks. After that I'll make a new goal. To keep myself honest I'll post here about what I did and how it felt, how I've progressed and the challenges I'm facing. If anyone wants to read it for entertainment or if you're honestly curious how I'm doing, feel free. If you want to post comments, insights, constructive criticism, or encouragement go right ahead. That being said, this is more a tool for me than anything else, but I'm sharing for the experience and to help keep me on track.
So those that feel so inclined, wish me luck!
Namaste'
So in the grand scheme of the "what do you want to do with your life" question, I have had many answers. I can't even begin to count the number of things I've decided to do with my life, only to find I lose interest or find them improbable to impossible to accomplish. It's a shortcoming of mine, to get all excited about something, work on it for a while, then feel the urge to move on to something new.
So what does all that have to do with a yoga journal? Well, I'll tell you. I'm beyond frustrated with my current job (just earning a paycheck may be fine for some people, but I want to LOVE what I get paid for thank you), and feeling the need for a bit of an overhaul. I'm tired of waiting for my life to begin, tired of waiting for something new to fall in my lap. I know I have problems with motivation and follow through, so I'm hoping this will help.
I'm looking into the possibility of becoming a yoga instructor. Yoga has been a part of my life (in varying degrees of commitment) for over 10 years. It's always something that I've come back to, always something that makes me feel like the real me, and something that my body seems to do naturally when I stop getting in my own way. So with some encouragement from JR, I've started checking into options for becoming certified/registered as a yoga instructor. It's a perfect fit for the ideal structure of a day I've always wanted. It's been said that the best way to learn is to teach, and the little bit of teaching I've done has proven that to be true.
So I'm trying a new experiment. I'm making a commitment to do at least 30 minutes of yoga every day for 7 weeks. After that I'll make a new goal. To keep myself honest I'll post here about what I did and how it felt, how I've progressed and the challenges I'm facing. If anyone wants to read it for entertainment or if you're honestly curious how I'm doing, feel free. If you want to post comments, insights, constructive criticism, or encouragement go right ahead. That being said, this is more a tool for me than anything else, but I'm sharing for the experience and to help keep me on track.
So those that feel so inclined, wish me luck!
Namaste'