Note to Self: Stop Worrying

In my last post, Going With the Flow, I noted that the fortune in my cookie read: “Stop worrying ... And take a chance ...”.

Going with the Flow

Last Tuesday I flew to Melbourne for business and returned Friday night because I was teaching on Saturday morning. As a part-timer, I usually use my Wednesdays off to prepare for my yoga classes. However, being in Melbourne I had to work.

Days of back-to-back meetings meant that I stayed back late at the office collating and digesting information and didn't return to my hotel room until 8:00 or 9:00pm. Late Thursday evening I scribbled down a sequence for the general class, and then, in the airport lounge on Friday I planned the Seniors class. I estimated timings for the general class during the flight to Sydney and ‘refined’ the practices for both classes when I returned home at 10:30pm. However, I was too tired to physically run through the classes and check the sequence and actual timings.

Saturday morning and all I had was some scribbled notes and vague ideas of themes instead of my usual typed class plans. I knew I was in trouble in the general class when there were only three asanas left and half an hour to fill! And I almost panicked in the Seniors class when I discovered I was missing a set of practices I wanted to include.

Food for Thought

Have you heard of the Slow Food^® movement or the 100 Mile Diet?

Photo by snowbear from morguefile.com

Smile!

Yesterday I attended a workshop with Swami Satyadharma about Managing the Mind through Meditation. I came away feeling so much clearer in the head, much more focused, and so inspired.

Yoga P-plates

Yes! I've passed my teacher training assessments and now have my ‘P-plates’ to teach yoga.

A Long Night

Some might call it dedication. Others might call it insanity. I'm currently struggling on 4½ hours sleep after doing another all-nighter, going to bed at 6:00am just as Hubby's alarm was sounding for him to get up.

Your Religion Is Not Important - A Conversation with the Dalai Lama

My current assignment is getting me down. Negative emotions and thoughts are pulling me deeper into a whirlpool of tamas, making it hard for me to regain my balance.