{"id":15641,"date":"2016-10-08T23:38:46","date_gmt":"2016-10-09T06:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/?p=15641"},"modified":"2016-10-10T14:02:09","modified_gmt":"2016-10-10T21:02:09","slug":"miss-the-sunday-restorative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/yoga\/miss-the-sunday-restorative\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Be what you want to be now; Don&#8217;t wait.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ran into Ganesha at Y-Yoga in Vancouver &#8230; Believed to be a &#8220;remover of obstacles&#8221;.  Sometimes, I can be the biggest obstacle to myself; so removing of that ego helps in the process of purifying and nourishing the soul, mind and body&#8230;Just practice; get out of your own way through the physical practice first. Then everything else seems to follow with more ease.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_0087_small.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0087_small\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_0087_small.jpg 375w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_0087_small-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/>Reach up and up and then into back bend for reverse warrior &#8230;back bend further more and more &#8230; then what happens?<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_9896_small.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9896_small\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_9896_small.jpg 500w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_9896_small-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_9896_small-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><br \/>\nThere used to be no classes Sunday afternoons and evenings at a lovely suburban studio in the community &#8230; So when we took a look at the schedule that time frame appeared to be the only slot available&#8230;  I had been warned by the predecessor and other yoga teachers that Sunday late afternoon is the &#8220;dead&#8221; hour and the worst slot ever, so don&#8217;t do it. It&#8217;s not prime-time; it&#8217;s an outlier zone? Sunday evenings &#8211; if we are actively engaged, there are concerts, hikes, games, social engagements like showers and birthday parties people are coming back from, perhaps there are family outings and dinner commitments  &#8230; OR one may want to just sit in front of the fireplace and not leave home &#8230; Still. I do it &#8230;not heeding the well meaning advice as the studio itself was encouraging.  Besides, I was passionate about sharing this. So for the last 2 years, I stuck to that schedule &#8211; rushing back from East Bay or South Bay, San Francisco or wherever I may have been &#8211; the worst for my own cortisol level was when I was in Asia &#8230;rushing back with the worst jet lag &#8211; seems I was the one needing to take the class; not lead it LOL but I was all about EMPATHY. I kept at it because I felt the warm support of the studio management and &#8230; I really loved the students who may or may not show up.  Each time, there&#8217;s a hint of transformation and to witness that was an honor and a joy. We each wake up to that place of crystal clarity.<\/p>\n<p>Quite ironic that because I am pursuing deeper study of yoga; and wanted to do the invitational from Judith Hanson Lasater herself at the same time trudging along on the yoga therapist training, that I am gifting the class as subbing out that class is no longer an option &#8211; iSad &#8211; but&#8230;  I am letting it go. It&#8217;s the Universe and my higher self telling me to gift it as it was never mine to begin with. I can be more of a service with so much more to offer when it&#8217;s the right time and place &#8211; refreshed and regenerated. So &#8230;Letting it go. Will miss the space we created. Thank you for the opportunity to the management and thank you to anyone who took the trouble to show up so I may hold the space and impart tiny little specks of teachings learned from all my past and present teachers. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/broken-heart-mended.jpg\" alt=\"broken-heart-mended\" width=\"425\" height=\"282\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/broken-heart-mended.jpg 425w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/broken-heart-mended-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow, going back to last day of Judith&#8217;s invitational she only holds every few years &#8230; So I am so glad I&#8217;m doing it. NOW. One thing I have learned from past losses &#8211; don&#8217;t wait for the perfect timing that will never come.  Just do it. Don&#8217;t put off.  Learn from the best  &#8211; She really teaches the way I learn, to borrow her phrasing. I feel fortunate to have this opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Be what you want to be now.  Don&#8217;t wait.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p>Who was the one who said this?  <\/p>\n<p>The answer to follow&#8230;  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ran into Ganesha at Y-Yoga in Vancouver &#8230; Believed to be a &#8220;remover of obstacles&#8221;. Sometimes, I can be the biggest obstacle to myself; so removing of that ego helps in the process of purifying and nourishing the soul, mind and body&#8230;Just practice; get out of your own way through the physical practice first. 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