The Business Side of Things in Everyday Ramblings
- Jan. 19, 2016, 6:44 p.m.
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This is an aspirational picture. I took it eight days ago. That was the last time we had sun. We’ve had a little over five inches of rain this month, which isn’t a huge amount but it has been raining all…the…time.
I walked with S on Sunday for a total of about six miles after church. We brought Frieda the poodle with us, and although she has an adorable doggie coat she was soaked. The inside of my pack got wet…
S told me last night that after we parted company Frieda kept looking back for me for blocks. Awww. She is a good herd dog and we certainly have a mutual affection thing going on. I’ve missed S and am glad she is taking a break from her travels and hanging out at home for a time.
Yesterday was a holiday here, one of those some people have it off and some people don’t holidays and I was thrilled to see seven students in my class last night, including a new one. We had fun, they felt comfortable teasing me while we were working and that kind of good-natured rapport builds community.
We worked on our necks and shoulders, mostly our necks, and the consensus afterwards was there were a bunch of happier necks in the room at the end of class.
People often tell me after they get some circulation or ease into a tight area that has been bothering them that I am a magician.
I assure you I am not, just a passer on of old wisdom mixed in with new science but it does make me wonder… If these simple mostly dynamic movements can deliver so much relief, what else is out there that is known that we aren’t sharing with each other?
What is so cool about yoga (when it is done appropriately for body type and limitations) is that it is not something I am doing to the student; it is something the students are doing for themselves.
How encouraging is this idea that we can be involved in easing our own suffering?
The church just posted the winter Adult Program Guide and my class is featured prominently. I received a handwritten card from a board member the other day thanking me for teaching this class.
18 months ago I couldn’t get anyone at the church to talk to me about doing this.
As S teased me on our walk, “You are an overnight success!” Yeah, one that took me three long challenging years to achieve, with some lonely patches in there…
Now I need to get off my “toned” derriere and take care of the business side of things. Seriously.
Taxes are on the horizon and for the last how ever many years I have procrastinated on getting them in. This year I truly want to not do that because, well, the anxiety of waiting until the last possible minute is…painful.
And this is the year I am choosing to enjoy myself.
Putting that as a priority we now have the beach house reserved for the last weekend in April. It is exciting to have that to look forward to.
And useful and good as well as I have a dentist appointment this afternoon and now I can start scheduling procedures…
Last updated January 19, 2016
Lyn ⋅ January 19, 2016
Frieda has good taste. And you are a magician! Not everyone is so capable of having people experience and feel as you are.
Zipster ⋅ January 20, 2016
How nice to finally be appreciated! I will be so happy for you when all the dental stuff is behind you.
edna million ⋅ January 20, 2016
I'm SO sorry about the non-stop rain. I get very bleak when it goes on and on like that, and yours has kept up WAY too long. Maybe time for a move to a nice tropical planet. We've had scarily nice weather until this last week or two, when it turned really cold. It snowed Sunday for the first time all winter, also weird, and we appear to be in for a major storm tomorrow now. It's snowed all day and although I am trying to appreciate the fact that it took this long for winter to arrive, I am still whining about it.
I love the light in that picture! It's a great one to keep staring at until your weather improves. Congratulations on being a yoga sensation, too - you've certainly worked for it!
Deleted user ⋅ January 22, 2016
Congrats on your practice ! How I wish I could do yoga but I am afraid to try on my own and classes here are extremely expensive . Plus I am finding I am becoming quite reclusive in the Winter. I just hate going out at all. When I know I have to go somewhere,I dread it for hours in advance. Not my usual self at all.
ODSago ⋅ January 24, 2016
It's strange that people, we, don't at once think there is something we can do to relieve our own suffering, suffering of all kinds. But you are right. Time and time again I hear that surprise in the voice of someone who breaks through the blocks that are their own. My own. I continue to be surprised and yet...I know so much is in my own hands.