First official post...

So my goal was to start officially blogging by August 1st. I almost made it=) I think one of the reasons it took me so long is that I had some self doubt about would anyone actually read it. Or if they did, would they really care what I had to say? I know I have had that attitude about blogging, social networking, etc. I always figured if anybody really was interested, they would go to the trouble of actually meeting me in person. That's what I do. However, in this world today, that isn't always feasible. So I'm coming around...

I do want to thank those that inspired me to include others on my yoga journey. I admire and respect you all as teachers and my friends. It can be kind of scary for me to put myself out here like this and I needed that support.

I planned to blog about my inspirations for the classes I teach each week. Usually I like to incorporate whatever has inspired me recently and pass on that knowledge. Sometimes my inspirations don't come until shortly before my first class of the week though so I'm not rushing it. I like to let it come to me naturally, not forced. So I'm not really sure what I am going to teach this week yet but I will share a little of what I have been thinking.

I talked about looking for the "good" last week and I really thought a lot about it. I actually find it fairly easy to find good in asana, even in those poses that I struggle with. But it's so much harder to take that practice and apply it to my life. Where is the intrinsic goodness in issues of the environment, dramas in relationships, etc.? The anusara method teaches that it all falls in a continuum versus a duality. So it doesn't discount the darkness but does acknowledge less light. That is one of the aspects that I appreciate about the method. It gives room for shades of gray as I also don't believe in black and white.

Well my goal is to blog once a week so I hope any readers will hold me accountable. It will be more challenging once I start teaching again (4th grade in addition to my normal yoga classes) but I really want to do it. Hopefully I'll get better at it as I go=)