September 1st,
2014!
Today is an
exciting day! Today is a BEAUTIFUL day (it seems I brought the warm, sunny
weather home with me – you’re welcome Wollongong!). I made a big decision
today, and while it took me half of a 90-minute class of internal debate to
reach this decision, I am so keen to
get a start on this new little path.
Since the last
couple of days have left me feeling a little out of place here, the decision,
in the end, was really quite simple: make a change. Or make some changes!
Change as much or as little as necessary to feel new again, to feel excited and
motivated and challenged. I reckon it is just about rearranging your life into
new routines when things start to feel stiff; it’s about setting new expectations
of yourself and your world, and finding brand new sources of inspiration for
knowing it is all going to be well
& good!
Today, I decided
(brace yourselves) … to join a new yoga studio! Menial and insignificant to
many of you, sure! But for me, this is a big deal. It’s a big deal because my
practice is of the top 3 most favourite things I even do with my life. It’s a
big deal because I am still working at the Bikram studio, so I get those
classes for free! It’s a big deal because a new studio offers a new vibe and
new regulars and new instructors that can always leave even the most
experienced of yogis feeling a little bit shy.
But alas, Amy and
I ventured to the Younga Yoga Studio this morning and felt instantly welcomed and
wonderfully encouraged. They are still longer classes, but they are diverse and
rearranged into new routines each week (while Bikram is the exact same orderly
26 poses class after class). Also, they play music! Ed Sheeran & Passenger
really caught my attention. What sold me though was the instructors mini
handstand workshop mid-class! My personal goal of the last 8 months. And while
it took me 5 months to nail the forearm stand with various modifications (including
sticking it on a wavy surf!), I am still so determined to be strong enough to
hold that balance perfectly. ALSO, if those things didn’t already do it for me,
there is a 1-day AcroYoga class offered at the end of this month and that is a dream come true, people. This
couple hosting the class travels all over the world to give their workshop and
I have only ever wanted to be lifted and bent and twisted by some strong and
capable yogi. I am literally setting a countdown on my phone for this event.
Lol :)
It is in the
littlest things that I will find my happy here again, so so easily. It’s a new
shade of pink on my toe nails, it’s the perfect 8tracks outside on this
sunshiny balcony. It’s spending 7 Sunday evening hours in the living room with
my roommate procrastinating and conversing and watching Sex and the City (like
the good ol’ days as 134J sat around our TV room … “studying”). It’s saying yes
to a date in Sydney to catch an NRL rugby game this Thursday! And planning a
wild girls night out Wednesday. And booking in for my next surf lesson. And
phone interviews for renowned tutoring centers! And facetimes from Baby Bo in
Myrtle Beach :)
Today feels good.
Today feels really, really good. I reckon any day you begin with 90 minutes of
yoga & then a bowl of raw oats, almonds, chia seeds & organic honey is
bound to do that to you! I’m off now to the Gong’s new outdoor café with Amy
& Liz (her book has been absolutely soul-changing, by the way).
Have the happiest
of Mondays, ya’ll!
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