Happy Birthday!
This has been a very cold winter so far, and my entire world is buried in the icy January snow, with more on the way! I’ve certainly been particularly busy lately, and it seems I need to spend some time on my blog here! I figure if I am going to get up to date here, what better time to do it then my birthday, which is in a few days (February 1st!)!
This New Year, 2009, has brought about many changes in my schedule and activities. Every day seems to bring a new opportunity or idea. I am most excited about a month-long series of Storytime Yoga workshops that I will be teaching in Ferndale, for a home school group of gifted children. These are called Fill in the Blank Workshops; what a cool and creative idea! I am very excited about this prospect and will begin teaching on February 11th.
I am now teaching two senior (age 50+) yoga classes at the North Oakland YMCA, held on Monday and Wednesday, and I truly enjoy working with my new students. I truly enjoy their insight, enthusiasm, and joy at learning yoga, and I love seeing the positive changes taking place in each of my students. One of my senior yoga students just gave me a beautiful hand-knit scarf as a gift, and she even noticed how I love hot pink, and this is the color scarf she knit for me. I love it and have worn it every day since.
Beginning this week, I now teach two yoga classes at the Auburn Hills Community Center on Monday nights, at 6pm and 7pm. I love teaching in the community center; the students are friendly and appreciative; the staff is very friendly and helpful. The building supervisor even helps me carry my gear to my car! I love being around positive, helpful co-workers.
I am most excited about my beautiful birthday gift that I am going to very much enjoy playing, and that is my new mandolin! I thoroughly enjoy being artistic, and this is another way for me to dive deeper into my creative side. I am looking forward to learning to play, and I plan to play my mandolin during my Storytime Yoga classes! I can’t wait.
I will post more often, as I adjust to my new teaching schedule. I also plan to include more of my artwork on my site. My latest work involves sunflowers!
Happy Birthday to me and to my brother, who shares my birthday with me!
Lisa
