After months of hesitation, I finally did it. I launched my crowdfunding campaign:
Help Me Teach Yoga
Why now? Or rather, why just now? To be honest, I was scared. When I quit my job last year, I thought that everything would flow smoothly: I would pitch the idea to my family and friends, get enough funds to pay for my training, and voila! I'm a yoga teacher.
However, things did not turn out as planned. I was caught by surprise when I heard the reaction of some of my family members. I got hurt real bad. So much that, I began to doubt a lot of things. Including this whole yoga teacher training thing.
So, what happened? What changed? I guess it's just myself. I got so attached to the idea of becoming a yoga teacher that it consumed me. I forgot one of the main tenets of yoga: vairāgya, or non-attachment. This, coupled with abhyasa or practice, is very important (click here for more information). I should just have kept on practicing, meditating. This whole experience made me realize two things: one, that I am only human, and two, that I still have much to learn about yoga.
On Saturday, 11 January, I let it go. Interestingly enough, the song "Let It Go" from the movie Frozen (performed by Idina Menzel) helped me tremendously. I say interesting, you might say redundant. LOL.
It took me a long time to create the site. It's funny how I would take a lot of breaks and step away from my laptop. Guess even up to the last minute, I was still showing signs of attachment. And then, before I knew it, it's finished!
The above picture is the one I posted in my crowdfunding site. For some reason, though, the topmost pics are cropped. Weird.
I am now in the process of sending individual mails to friends about my campaign. So far, the response has been positive. I am really happy to have finally taken this leap of faith. This whole experience has definitely changed me. I will keep you updated - my goal is to get back into writing, in preparation for my yoga teacher training as well.
Namaste
Help Me Teach Yoga
Why now? Or rather, why just now? To be honest, I was scared. When I quit my job last year, I thought that everything would flow smoothly: I would pitch the idea to my family and friends, get enough funds to pay for my training, and voila! I'm a yoga teacher.
However, things did not turn out as planned. I was caught by surprise when I heard the reaction of some of my family members. I got hurt real bad. So much that, I began to doubt a lot of things. Including this whole yoga teacher training thing.
So, what happened? What changed? I guess it's just myself. I got so attached to the idea of becoming a yoga teacher that it consumed me. I forgot one of the main tenets of yoga: vairāgya, or non-attachment. This, coupled with abhyasa or practice, is very important (click here for more information). I should just have kept on practicing, meditating. This whole experience made me realize two things: one, that I am only human, and two, that I still have much to learn about yoga.
On Saturday, 11 January, I let it go. Interestingly enough, the song "Let It Go" from the movie Frozen (performed by Idina Menzel) helped me tremendously. I say interesting, you might say redundant. LOL.
It took me a long time to create the site. It's funny how I would take a lot of breaks and step away from my laptop. Guess even up to the last minute, I was still showing signs of attachment. And then, before I knew it, it's finished!
The above picture is the one I posted in my crowdfunding site. For some reason, though, the topmost pics are cropped. Weird.
I am now in the process of sending individual mails to friends about my campaign. So far, the response has been positive. I am really happy to have finally taken this leap of faith. This whole experience has definitely changed me. I will keep you updated - my goal is to get back into writing, in preparation for my yoga teacher training as well.
Namaste
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