How to Stop Ignoring the Things You Really Want

When I became a yoga teacher I was laser focused on the meditation aspects of the whole breath with movement thing. I pretty much ignored the fitness side of it. Except the studio where I learned to teach is fitness focused and eventually I got pulled to the dark side (well really the super fun butt kicking sweaty side). 

The studio has a class called yoga sculpt, where you add in fitness moves to yoga poses, along with free weights, and a cardio section. I wanted absolutely nothing to do with it and didn't think it was for me. 

Buuuuuuuut I have this need to know all the things and I got to a point where I could teach every format at the studio, except yoga sculpt, so I decided I wanted to learn. 

Night one of the training, the instructor asked, “what’s your favorite section in a sculpt class?”

I panicked inside, I’d only ever taken 3 sculpt classes and the only part of class that I knew the name of was squats, so I said squats, and I swear the teacher looked at me like I was crazy, probably because I don’t strike you as someone that’s a superfan of squats and you’d be right. That’s only because I don’t like basic boring squats, I love courtesy squats and the ones where you lift your leg out to the side (I call them alternating leg lifts, though I may have made that name up). 

It turns out that I loooooooove teaching yoga sculpt (I still love teaching yoga with all it’s meditative breath with movement too) and I never would have known that if I hadn’t felt it necessary to know all the things. 

The things we want in life don't always come to us in the way that we think we want them. 

The clearer you can get on what it is that you want, the easier it is to get those things. What I mean is if you're ignoring the things you really want because you're terrified, anxious, or overwhelmed, then you might be missing out on your new favorite thing. 

It’s normal to feel afraid of the unknown, anxious about change, and overwhelmed by the hows. You get to choose what you do with those feelings and you get to choose if you ignore what you really want (i.e. push it away and say it’s not really for you) or take one tiny step towards getting what you want (admitting that you want it is an excellent first step). 

You are capable and you are worthy. 

Today marks my 9 year anniversary of teaching yoga and my 8 year anniversary of teaching yoga sculpt (so clearly I love both things). 

Journaling Prompt: What are you terrified of admitting you want? 

If you're feeling stuck sometimes the best thing is a community that gets you, that laughs with you (instead of at you), and gives you permission to be your weird-rambling self (because rambling is your superpower and being weird is your normal). 

That's why I created CommuniTea, to offer a safe space to journal, connect, and understand yourself better. Come see what all the hype is about. We're spectacularly weird and awesome every Friday at 4pm PDT. Learn More HERE

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