Six years of writing this silly little blog. Even though it has been a while since I wrote a post, I have not slackened in my resolve to live a life full of good food and exercise.
The Yoga studio that I was teaching at and where I started my Yoga journey recently closed. The reason was the failure of the fitness facilities that were the primary business of the owner of the studio. The studio was unique because the owner was not an instructor but rather had a director of Yoga managing the business. It was sad to see the rather quick demise of the business and also sad to see both instructors and students try to find new Yoga homes. I myself had stopped teaching regular classes because of my day job travel schedule but I have not taught a class in over two months and I am missing being in front of a class.
I have been taking classes at another studio near my house but every class is hot (at least 90F/33C) and I do like a mix of hot and ambient classes. Additionally, they only offer Vinyasa (flow) classes and I do like Yin as well. I am challenged by the heat and that is a good thing. Most of the time, I am the oldest person in the class, and sometimes I feel my age.
I am trying to figure out what I want to do to teach again. I will certainly offer volunteer classes somewhere and see if I can collect money for my local food bank. I have done this in the past and it makes me happy to do so. I will see how this goes. I am hesitant to start studio teaching again but I will probably pursue this as well. This takes more effort and does require demo classes and other challenges.
Life is full of changes. I will adjust.
Namaste.
