Well, clearly I lost count of days, but it's officially now done. I did my "final" on Monday, which was to teach a full 60 minute class, complete with my own original sequence, music, messaging, and "ambiance". I've been practicing nonstop for the last week...speaking out loud, trying to get my breath cues correct (the whole thing about where you try to tell people to inhale and exhale at the right time thru positions). I drove everyone crazy practicing, and one of my sisters was may victims for 3 full classes--in three days. She was a trooper.
I kept changing my music right up until two hours before the final. It was exactly the thing they said NOT to do, but I couldn't help myself.
So my class was at 12:30 on Monday, and anyone could come....mostly the class was filled with people from my co-trainee program (there are 25 of us), but I also had two dear friends and my sister come for support. It was a packed room, and that made it extra exciting. It was incredibly fun, and I cried at the end because I was so sad the whole thing was over. I think overall, it was a pretty good class...some spots where I know I forgot something, or I know I could have said something "more amazing", but overall, I felt good. Plus the wonderful thing about the yoga community is that people tend to be uber supportive, and super positive. So everyone rained down praise on me, but I'm pretty sure that most of that was just because they are kind hearted people. I had two of the official teachers in my class, and they both gave me props--but again, such nice people that I can't imagine them trashing my class but I've decided to just go with the lavish praise and enjoy ;-).
So that's that. Now I'm just finishing up this last week by taking as many of my co-trainees classes as possible to support everyone else, and trying to manage my sadness at all of this coming to an end.
Overall, here's my take aways from this 10 week adventure.
- You can learn a LOT in 10 weeks. Really, you can change your whole life in 10 weeks.
- Taking time for yourself is ridiculously important. No one will die without you, and you will be much happier.
- You are a product of what you DO, not what you think. It's not enough to think something, you need action.
- Meeting new people, and really getting to know them, is incredibly stimulating. Keep doing it.
- Forcing yourself out of your comfort zone is incredibly good for your soul. Also really hard.
- You never know people's issues. Remember that and give everyone a break.
- You can never expect to stop working on your issues. You might feel healthy, but you still got "stuff", everyone does.
It's hard for me to move forward, out of yoga-ville. I want to continue living in my bubble, but the time has come for me to get back to some immediate tasks at hand. #1, the movers arrive on 6/20 to move us to our new house. Yes, you heard right. We are moving again. We've counted....we moved 5 times in 7 years. That sounds like OCD moving disorder. This time though, we are moving to a "permanent" house. I'm not sure I understand the word that well, but we'll see.
#2, we're leaving for Europe on 6/25. Croatia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Hungary, Austria, Poland, Czech Republic, and Italy. Seven week trip. I know, my head is spinning at that coolness too. It's a good thing we are getting out of town too. The older girls need a reset. Badly. Lucia pulled the fire alarm on the last day of school. Really. Why? "Uhm, what's the big deal mom??" Like I said, reset needed. I'll be blogging the trip out with you guys, just you wait.
Thanks for taking this yoga journey with me...it's been amazing. Wish I could do it all over.
Signed, ME {lv}
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