I have this thought that keeps turning right round like a record. It’s a grand idea, maybe even crazy but I can’t help it, when I’m inspired- look out.
To paraphrase the genius Howard Jones while I do feel scared, I won’t stop and falter. Things can only get better.
To be fair, I get lots of ideas- no delusions of grandeur or anything…Though one time someone asked me if I thought I was the Queen of Sheba. It was said in anger- actually it was said like ‘Who do you think you are? The Queen of Sheba?’
I was being pretty bitchy too so… That doesn’t count, does it?
Sorry. Ideas. Inspiration. Whatnot.
It’s no secret that I think that yoga can save the world. As I really reflect on these early months of teaching, I’ve come to understand that our breath is how we not only live, but prosper.
As yogis we talk about breathing so often breezing over its power can get caught in so many other things.
I took a class last week with a friend who is a fellow teacher and her husband.
Of course we talked a lot about yoga.
I love that the studio where I teach offers community classes.
I love that Yoga to the People has an outstanding hot class for 8 smackers.
We talked about how folks who really could use yoga to change and save their lives don’t usually have easy access to a studio. Even more often yoga as a concept isn’t on the radar.
This has to change.
And while I do imagine all the people living life in peace, I know that it’s down the road a bit.
If you have talked to me for more than five minutes you have already heard this story, but I will ask you to tune in one more time because it’s worth hearing daily. This September I was listening to the This American Life podcast. There are few things that I enjoy more than TAL. I was walking Dakota and stopped when I heard the story about the kids living in Chicago’s South Side. The affects of consistent violence in a community can affect kids cortisol levels up to a year later. Do the math. If these kids are under a constant barrage of violence these cortisol levels never drop.
So what the hell to do in the meantime?
I want to teach the world to breathe.
This is yoga, changing lives one breath at a time. Things can only get better.
Namaste y’all.
