I'm highly movitvated right now... for some things. I'm reaching the end of the school year, and I have about a week to go. With a month off, I plan on diving right into planning and doing all I can to prepare for the rest of my yoga journey.
The first part of the journey begins next week, when I'll do 3 days of yoga in a row with my students for their enrichment. I'm in the midst of planning some yoga/meditation sequences. With a little bit of art thrown in for good measure. I think they're excited and I'm hoping that most of the hour I spend with each group will go uninterrupted because it'll be in my classroom and not on the unit. I'm a little nervous, but I think I'll practice it a few times, and I'll be ready to go.
The next part of the journey means auditioning for the studio I currently go to. It's a little scary. I have such amazing respect for all the teachers who work there. They're all wonderful people who create beautiful yoga practices. They've all been teaching for many years, and are extremely patient, wise, and AMAZING! So I'm a little nervous for that. I can teach art off the top of my head, and create a complete lesson and feel like I gave a little depth and understanding. With yoga, it just seems like so much. What to include? What not to include? What's the intention? What's the area of focus? How do you get to the peak pose? What about injuries? Body types? New students? Well seasoned students? Sanskrit names, english names? Yoga yamas and niyamas? How to place the body? Alignment? Is anyone still breathing?
Yep. I'm a little anxious. I'm hoping to audition after the end of school, I'll be doing a one hour vinyasa sequence, where I'll be expected to demonstrate and talk, and maybe assist.
The next step in this yoga exploration is to do yoga with my family while we're at the beach. I plan on offering some gentle yoga, sun salutation series, and maybe some other stuff. It'll help me practice, and keep my practice up. That should be fun. I'm actually kind of looking forward to it.
Then, after the beach, I'm already expected to sub for a couple of friends at the studio. One is currently a regular teacher there, and she's the best! I love her. So much resepect for her. I'll be subbing for her gentle yoga class. The other friend currently has an early morning class, she was in the same teaching program and started teaching right away! So maybe I'll be next.
In addition to all that, I''m going to try to spend some time assisting classes and learning more about that. It's something I'm not quite used to. I love assisting in svasana, but that's about all I feel comfortable doing.
With a few more substituting jobs, I hope to get a class for the fall. Wow, where did my summer go?
In between all that, I hope to spend time trying to fine tune the Creative Connection Program, find some grant money, partner up with some local community groups. Fingers crossed someone will feel like this is worth some time and money.
It's all good, I'll be ready for whatever comes this summer. The only thing that I would love to have is more time. I know I should be thankful for the time off, most people aren't lucky enough to get a month off from their jobs. But, I gotta tell you, I need it bad.
So happy summer to you all! I hope you have time to enjoy all the things that summer brings: long days, sunshine, warm temperatures, cool drinks, cool snacks, beach, swimming, relaxation!
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