These past few weeks have been all over the place for me. It’s
been a practice for me to stay centered when so many things are changing in my
life. I think it’s easy to identify with the thing you do (read: teaching yoga)
and when that changes, even just then venue, it becomes quite humbling. I like
the word humble because the root of the word refers to returning to the dust of
the earth, back to your roots. I’m experiencing a wonderful opportunity to reinvent
myself in some crucial, important, and exciting ways.
Last year, when I planned my yoga retreat to Greece, I leave
this week, I scarcely could have picked a better time to get away and take some
time to air out the mind and soul. Little did I know last year, what would be
transpiring this year with the closure of my studios and a new marriage and wow,
how things can change in a year! I’m planning on a few weeks to allow the
practice of meditation, yoga, stories and myth, and a heap of sunshine, to work
its wonders on my soul. Did I mention that I’ll be on my honeymoon soon after
the retreat? There’s nothing like love to put what matters most front and
center in your life.
So yeah, I’m co-hosting this trip to Greece with my dear
friend Kim Dastrup, but I’m expecting that the practices and teaching will offer
me great insight into what the next era looks like for me.
I want to share this retreat with you (sorry, the honeymoon
is private J).
I’ll keep you joyously involved by including in my weekly newsletter, a message
regarding some of the themes and photos as they happen on Facebook and Instagram
and the like. Please join me! Join me as we visit the ancient cities of Greece and
through practice, mediation, and a study of history, apply that crucial motto that
spoke to Socrates on the plaque above the temple to the Oracle at Delphi: Know
Thyself. I encourage your insight and feedback so others can benefit from your
experience, knowledge and insight as you interpret the messages based on your
life. And if it didn’t work out for you to come with us this year, start
thinking about it for next year.
I’ll be back toward the end of July and I’ll be teaching a
weekend workshop in Lander Wyoming at Ananda Yoga August 1-3. Join me. I’ll be
starting classes with full gusto on the week of August 10th at
Centered City Yoga. I’m really excited about my future and the new life that is
starting to sprout in my own body/mind/spirit.
Scott
