Thanks to everyone who entered my second contest that I’ve run on this blog. I put all the names into a spreadsheet and had a web-based random number generator select a winner. Congratulations to MJ, a long time reader, supporter, and generous soul who continuously sends through interesting links to add to my ever-growing reading list.
Day: April 6, 2012
Leap: Thank You Notes Volume 4 – Thanks, Universe, for Preserving My Ignorance
Here’s my one big thank you for the week: thank goodness we don’t know how difficult some things are until we’ve already committed to seeing them through.
And I’m glad about that. I felt the same way about college and graduate school, about managing Broadway shows, about changing careers. If I had an inkling about how difficult any of these would be, if I had the correct sense of how steep the upward climb would be, I might have shied away from the opportunity. Instead, once committed, I was all in.
I feel this way about my advanced yoga teacher training at ISHTA Yoga, too. I didn’t know how many requirements were needed to complete the program in a few short months and just how and when and with whom those requirements could be completed. I worked out a schedule to complete all of the work, and for a brief second I held my breath. How would I get all of this done by the end of July?! A quiet voice that surprised me as much as delighted me calmly said, “Get to work.”
And then I began to laugh at myself. “Woe is me! I have to go to all of these wonderful yoga classes with these tremendously gifted teachers and learn from them? Wow, my life is really tough!” This training is a blessing. 2 weeks in and already my practice and teaching is changing in leaps and bounds. I feel my confidence and grace glowing and growing. The world looks so different through ISHTA-colored glasses. The opportunity is everywhere. All I need to do is show up with the intention to receive.
Christa Avampato 