I have a confession to make:
I did not want to offer a 5-week yoga series. I had hoped to offer several one-time standalone workshops to get my certification hours done. Maybe 2 hours apiece, with lots of class interaction and an hour of yoga practice in the “juicy” middle.
It seems harder to get a group to commit to a class for 5 weeks in a row. Indeed, when it comes to yoga, it has been a long time since I committed to a series of classes. I paid for an 8-week series for several seasons at my workplace years ago. Nurturing yoga was the name of that series. It was lovely. Not the yoga-aerobics that so many fitness centers offer these days.
I still remember Marcy Lundquist very fondly. She is retired now. But her class was a taste of what I felt was “real” yoga. I’ve since found people like Ruth Silva, who is moving this month to the east coast. Grant Foster has been a teacher I have appreciated at Tula Yoga as well.
So I was thinking that I’m a commitment-phobe, and I had a little story I was telling myself about that. Then I started talking with my husband about commitments, and I realized that’s not true.
I committed to 6 months of yoga teacher training back in January, which involved a 3-day weekend (27-30 hours) per month for 7 training weekends. I’ve lived with my hubby for 5 years after dating for 4 before that, and we’ve been married nearly 2 years. I stayed at Medtronic for over 11 years. From 1999-2006 I stuck with completing a master’s degree program even though I was working full-time for most of that time. I have meditated every day for 930+ consecutive days!
How fascinating. I am actually quite good with commitments! So why is this old belief still a story I am telling myself?
Time to let it go. How awesome.
Happy Labor Day weekend, for those living in the U.S. And happy weekend to everyone else!
cristy@meximinnesotana.com
P.S. One of these days I will figure out a link/registration system for the class series I’m offering (flyer below). But this a “save the date” notice. 😉
mexi minnesotana 
This is such a good point, Cristy; we continue to tell ourselves stories about our personalities that aren’t actually true or that maybe were, but we’ve since evolved. Best of luck with your class commitment!
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It’s funny also that those stories we tell actually create bias in our “evidence collection” – we find data to confirm our theories. So glad when I can root out the old ones and practice better ones that serve me. I appreciate your comment.
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