You know when plan after plan falls through and you just want to stomp your feet and scream or maybe switch careers and become a professional grocery-bagger because that seems like a low stress job with flexible hours and you know that you could pull off the requisite pleated trousers with flair to spare? You [...]
Posts Tagged ‘yoga’
Gratitude
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged obstacles, teaching, work, yoga on August 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In my defense
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged hatha, teaching, yoga on July 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I teach Hatha yoga. That’s it. Just Hatha. Somehow saying that I teach Hatha yoga is enough for me but it never manages to be enough for the other yoga teachers I meet. I have found myself on more than my fair share of snotty sideways looks as people ask, “Yes, but what kind of [...]
Take a hint, dude!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged creepy dudes, teaching, yoga on July 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So I had to cancel a couple of classes before I ever taught them. I was pretty sad to do it but the situation was really uncomfortable for me. The space was awful (it was a stockroom…literally just a painted floor and cinder block walls and no ceiling) but the guy said he had all [...]
Why I love teaching at a dance studio…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged dance, teaching, yoga on July 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
1. The energy! It’s all excitement and creativity and youth. That kind of energy makes your cheeks rosy. 2. This particular studio has a beautiful fountain right outside the front door. Very soothing. 3. Good floors. 4. Most of those moms that you see in the waiting area spend seven hours a week just sitting [...]
Yippee!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged teaching, yoga on July 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I secured a new gig today. Teaching at my very favorite kind of studio. This, I firmly believe, was meant to be.
Office Politics
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged business, teaching, yamas and niyamas, yoga on July 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
You know how you always hear about those teachers who got into yoga as a way to “leave the corporate world behind?” Yeah. That was me. Pretty much. I’m sure, if you asked, the Corporate World would say that I was the one who got left behind. But that’s all water under the bridge now. [...]
Bloggity
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged blogging, yoga on July 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I love blogs. I mean, I seriously love blogs. I check like 15 blogs a day…every day. And I stumble on at least as many new ones. Whenever I encounter a new blog that I like, I go back and read all the posts from the beginning. I’m not really sure how the bloggers feel [...]
