One of the axioms in the quality management world is that if you do what you've always done, you get what you've always gotten. So in an effort to get something different, I am doing something different. Yoga has become a part of my life and I continue to be drawn to it -- but still not really understanding what "it" is.
Teaching was part of my professional life for over two decades. It helped me to understand what I was doing professionally, because I had to explain it to others. So, I have enrolled in yoga teacher training so that I can add the credential RYT after my name -- and learn.
We are a group of about 20 people with incredibly diverse backgrounds. I hope to be able to write about this experience as a way of reinforcing it. We are required to keep a journal and I wrote the following at the end of the first class on January 15.
'Me, a yogi? And I don't mean bear or Berra! In the midst of a roomful of beginner students, I feel like a true beginner. There are people here who are already teachers -- lots of lanky bodies -- no pot bellies the size of mine.
I paid in full, not just to save the higher cost of installment payments, but to make a commitment. Time to leave today. Time to start."
