Living Yoga

Hello Fall, goodbye my favorite season, Summer.  Sigh.  However, Fall is a great time to make new resolutions, set goals and move forward onto better and brighter things in life.  As the trees are letting go of their summer leaves, you can also let go of any doubt, fear, inhibitions or excuses you have about trying something new that you’ve always wanted to do.  Take that pottery class at night, write that novel, join a gym, date a different type of guy or try a different kind of yoga class in a different part of town.

Now that I think about it, some of the most important steps I made in my life happened during the fall: returning to college to study acting, taking yoga teacher training, teaching yoga classes on a regular basis, becoming a spin instructor and beginning my video podcast.  They were all scary in some way but I believe that the weather changing with fall beginning anew allowed me to feel that I can begin anew, too.

Without over thinking it, write down a list of things that you’d be doing if you didn’t have any excuses.  They can be anything from your wildest dreams, even if it seems impossible.  Pick one of those dreams and write down what you’d have to do to make it happen in little steps (ie, go online, look at the pottery class schedule, pick a class, register).

Then make it happen.  Happy first day of Fall!

Thanks to parkreports.com for the photo.