Kids these days!

So I volunteered to help out at my moms school this week.  I was to come and teach yoga classes for all the grades of the entire school.  I said yes of course cause it would be good experience for me and I always will do things to help my mom out.

You know when you have a certain ideal of how a situation is going to be and then it doesn’t happen to turn out that way at all?  Well that was what my first day felt like.  I left and while driving home I was like “wow….that….was…terrible!”  The kids were not as attentive as I thought they would be, there were some kids who didn’t listen at all so its really disheartening when you are trying to show someone something that you love to do and they’re just like ‘this SUCKS!’  Kids are sometimes almost too honest!

The whole Monday experience left me with a bitter taste in my mouth.  I wasn’t in the best mood for the rest of the evening and in the morning I was totally dreading doing it all over again.  And I was stuck here for a whole WEEK! Sheesh! What did I get myself into?

So driving in my car on Tuesday I started to feel anxious about the whole experience again…then I stopped and thought to myself “stop.  Just stop and take a breath for a moment.”  If I was to even tolerate the rest of my experience this week I was going to have to let go of the negative thoughts I had developed from yesterday, acknowledge and accept that its not my ideal situation to be in, that its NOT on my list of 10 favorite things to do with my time and just approach Tuesday with an open mind.

So I did.  And you know what?  Tuesday wasn’t so bad.  Neither was Wednesday, or Thursday or Friday for that matter.  I mean, its not bringing total joy like other things do in life, it not like teaching people who want to be taught, but its not as terrible as I felt it was on Monday.  That’s a pretty good technique, to acknowledge and let go of things that bother you so that you can continue on with a neutral state of mind.  I’m going to try and do it more often when feelings of angst arise in me.

I also find that if I taught yoga for 5 hours a day (so like 5 classes) every day that I would loose my love for it as it becomes very systematic then.  So I will make sure to never do more than 3 classes in one day and never have them back to back to back in my schedule so that I have time for myself and my own practice.  That way I can give more when I teach to those who I am teaching.

The week ended actually really well!  I was surprised how my attitude changed from Monday to Friday.  STILL not something I’d do for a living, but once in a while doesn’t hurt.  The kids also really enjoyed it and can't wait for more yoga….oddly enough.  I don't think I'll ever understand kids.

Yoga, Gardening, and other things.

I finished my first project as part of my Moksha teacher certification on Sunday!  The project was to teach classes and get feedback from the students in your class.

I was very happy to see that all the feedback was very positive.  If there was criticism it was constructive and were meant to make me better which I willingly accept and appreciate.

I also had to give feedback on how I felt after each class, which was neat because looking back I could see my feelings change from the first class to the last class.  I am really beginning to feel more confident teaching but I know there are still some 'nerves' cause I am not completely myself in class.  I know that this will come though and in a few months I will look back at this post and remember the fond times of when I was still nervous. lol!

I'm officially on the teaching schedule, I teach Saturday mornings at 8am!  A little bit of an early start but I can't think of a better reason to get myself up out of bed in the morning.  I'm excited to establish connections with people who regularly take that class and get to know them!  Maybe there will be someone who likes gardening and tea as much as I do.

My next project is to rate my current priorities in life and then compare them to where I'd like those priorities to be.  When I complete the project, I will post it. I'm making it into an art project with glass so it should be cool.

I am also starting to collect wooden pallets.  With our beer orders at the bar, we get a few extra here and there so I'm going to make compost bins out of them for both at the bar and at home.  I am also making a pallet garden (an idea I saw on this neat blog: http://homesteadsurvival.blogspot.ca/) but for my design I will require something like 24 pallets.  I have until May long weekend to get them all though so there is still lots of time.

Wow, I am really excited to start gardening now!  REALLY excited!!

How Exciting!

I've been given an amazing opportunity!!  Starting on May 1st, I will be the desk manager at Moksha Yoga Tuxedo (on Waverly in Winnipeg).  I am so honored that they chose me for the job and I look forward to spending 35 hours a week at that wonderful studio!  I also look forward to teaching more and being there will make me more accessible and available for shifts!  YAY!

Another exciting moment was an idea I came up with when working wing night on Monday with my brother.  I was exclaiming that if any more patrons come in for wings, we will be completely eaten out!  Of course, my mind went in the gutter the minute I said that and it inspired an idea that we will be implementing this summer.

We will be having our FIRST annual "eat out The Pi" night.  Our bar (The Pioneer) will be selling 120 tickets to some VERY lucky (and better be very hungry) men and women for one night of sheer gluttony!  It will be a man vs buffet format, we will make a WHOLE lotta food and it will be up to these ticket holders to eat all of it!  If/when the buffet is completely done they will be given a piece of pie to celebrate having conquered the vast amount of food we prepared and they will receive their own "I ate out The Pi" t-shirt.

I think that's a pretty novel idea!  So excited to get it going.

My girls season came to an end on Sunday, we were in the finals and we lost the series 2-1 with both of our losses being by only one point!  Those are always hard losses to swallow cause its one of those games that could have gone either way.  All n all a GREAT season for them and they will ONLY get BETTER!!

Now to focus on Nationals, I have a squad going to junior nationals in Regina and a squad going to US Nationals in Minneapolis!  That will be such a crazy experience!!  Can't wait!

Sooooo, after having a staph infection, a bad cold, burning my feet with deep frier oil things are finally looking up!!!!