I am taking an online course called “Living the 8 Limbs of Yoga” with Janet Stone right now. The first week was dedicated to Ahimsā, which is “non-violence” or “non-harming”. Part of the homework was to first write down 9 ways in which I hurt myself or others, and then to write down 9 ways in which others hurt me.
Yesterday morning I gave a two weeks notice at work. I don’t have another job lined up. I am not even going to look until end of August. I didn’t have to resign – in a way.
I don’t have a good story to tell or any particularly noble aspirations. I’m just taking a break.
While this sounds exciting and luxurious, it’s also, as I’ve said before, scary and unsettling.
In the following ways.
Reading for the upcoming yoga training…
The interesting thing about the external forms of gratification that we use to fill this lack at our core is that when they disappear or decay (like the loss of a lover, job, money, or status), they return us to the basic truth that nothing outside of ourselves can ultimately create a solid ground out of which we can find peace.
-Michael Stone, “Yoga for a World out of Balance. Teachings on Ethics and Social Action”
Here is the inside (purl) and the outside (knit) of my current project, long fingerless gloves for myself, intended as a “swatch” for a bigger and even more “boring” item.
When I lived in Philadelphia, I used to go to Philly Power Yoga several times a week. Continue reading “I Don’t Want to Be a Full Time Yoga Instructor”
Love letters understated 