Unemployment in the wintertime has lead me to snowboard a lot this week. Snowboarding has lead my body to ache a lot more than usual this week. You know where I'm going with this: snowboarding >> body aching >> hello, YOGA!
There is something casual and comfortable about practicing yoga at a gym that I really appreciate. I like the balanced mix of people wearing simply comfy-looking generic clothing and people wearing lululemon. Gym yoga classes seem to be more diverse, by demographic and by skill level. The desire to learn in these gym classes is very high. I dig that. It's good energy, don't you think?
The teacher dimmed the lights and introduced herself. What a coincidence! It was Tracy, one of my fellow CorePower teacher trainees. I had spent hours with Tracy practicing teaching and assisting during training. I liked her as a person and I liked her yoga teaching style. She always had a nurturing, motherly aura about her. Before she announced it to the class, I noticed that she is pregnant. Ah, how fitting.
Okay, confession time. Yes, I completed yoga teacher training in the summer/fall of 2008. Yes, it is 2010 and I am still not "officially" teaching anywhere. Yes, I admit, I am chicken. I should have tested out with CorePower long ago. I spend three hours a week volunteering at the studio, for goodness sake. My intention is there. My confidence has not matched that intention...yet.
Okay, Universe, I hear you, again. Of course, I spoke to Tracy after class to catch up. Tracy encouraged me to move forward with teaching. With warm words, she reminded me of the progress that I made as we practiced during teacher training. Without words, she reminded me why I joined teacher training in the first place. I know I have it in me to be a good yoga teacher. I also know that I have it in me to grow as yogi through my teaching experience, just as I have through my training experience.
And so, one of my New Years resolutions was born, to find the courage to pursue teaching yoga in 2010. Thanks, Tracy! Thanks, Universe.
Monday, January 11, 2010
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