Yesterday I woke up, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed and ready for a big day - last night was the first night of my Yoga Teacher Training! I was going to finish packing up my room by 1pm so our handyman, Martin could paint it before my move, and do errands in the afternoon and then be ready by 7 to be in San Francisco for class at 8. I was so excited even the storm clouds outside of my window made me happy as I pulled open the blinds in the morning.
Yet as the rain began to fall, so did my mood. And both fell hard! I got everything done but was just feeling heavy and put through the ringer as I completed each task on my to-do list. It didn't help that my errand companion, Brendan, was also feeling sour that traffic was crazy because of the weather and that, around 4:30, I got a call from Ellen, whose car had been stolen. As I drove back to my house from taking her to the Berkeley Police station, I tried hard, in vain, to psych myself up about the evening. Even as I scored a parking spot right in front of the Stanyan St. Yoga Tree studio, I was not in the mood for the first day of class like I used to be.
It wasn't until I stepped through the doors of the studio and was welcomed by the faces of 15 of my to-be fellow students that I snapped out my funk and remembered why I was there in the first place...yoga inspires me!
I quickly began to grin uncontrollably as we all signed in and got some of our first required materials. It wasn't long until the studio was filled with over 40 of us, all from different walks of life but here to undergo the same process of learning about yoga.
We began the night with a welcome from Darren Main, our lead instructor, and the two founders of Yoga Tree, Tim and Tara Dale. It was clear as they spoke how much these folks really care about our experience and the quality of this training. It was also clear as Darren spoke how much the outcome of this program depends on our input as students. I'm going to have a lot of homework over the next 6 months!
After intros and going through our requirements, we all got to know one anothers names, where we all live and why we're here. Reasons ranged from wanting to deeping individual practices to a desire to start a whole new school of yoga. I fall somewhere in the middle, knowing for sure that that I'm here to deepen my practice and very open to teaching when I'm done. More on that in another post.
I've got to run and get to day two, but I guess the take away here is my mood yesterday was similar to what they say about the weather in Arkansas: You don't like the weather, wait 10 minutes and it'll change. It was worth the wait to experience the burst of energy I got from training last night and I hope that the next 10 minutes holds more of the same.
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