Time to teach, Oh #$%^^!

My life in no way resembles my yoga..... well that sounds a bit harsh. From the outside my life looks super busy and hectic. On the inside I use the philosophy and the breathing of my yoga everyday. At present I need to take my son to the eye doctor in about six minutes but here I am blogging. Tomorrow I have to teach a workshop called "Deeper Explorations Into Hatha Yoga." I have no idea who is going to show up. I don't know where to start. If I start with the basics then the advanced students will be bored silly. If I delve into "lines of energy" the new students will run like hell for the door or at the very least be perplexed. For me writing my thoughts and concerns down is a form of yoga, it's a form of letting go of the ego. Sorting it all out, facing my fears, honoring that even though I have taught over fifteen hundred classes, I still get scared and feel like I don't know what I am doing. The fact is I have so much information in my head that I don't know where to start. If an advanced student comes to me and starts speaking about her favorite Guru or her fifty favorite Sanskrit poses I may not know all about what she is speaking of. On the other hand I have oodles and oodles of information in my head about the practice, science and philosophy of yoga.
My friend John, who is a pastor, told me that I am at a place where I need to teach, because at the place where you know you don't know it all, is a good place to start teaching (not his exact words but what I got from him). My friend Mary, a yoga teacher, tells me that I will learn more teaching others to teach than from all the practice. I hold fast to these truths and know the one and only goal of my yoga, the goal I preach is "loss of ego." I am at a place of humility and I am hoping that is the place to serve others the best.

Thoughts for the day:

1. Just sit down and be, take a few deep breaths and observe. That's it.

2. Stretch a few times a day and notice how your body feels. Say to yourself , how does my arm feel, my fingers, just notice your body, you will learn to respect and honor it.

3. Be grateful every day for three things: Sure cure for the blues.