mmmrph. so much for all of my excitement over having another regular class - no one showed last night. kind of a downer. definitely made me question myself and my teaching... but, i am hoping that after labor day things will pick up. *fingers crossed* that paired with a few other things, which of course i have no control over. and may very well have nothing to do with me or my "quality" at all, but nevertheless still made me call my worth as a teacher into question, i guess you could say i am a bit insecure. but. i am trying not to equate my worth and my quality of teaching based on whether or not anyone showed to a class at a studio i have only really taught at once. or anything else i don't really have control over for that matter. of course this is a completely foreign concept to me, as i usually think i am at fault for not succeeding, which is why you might be able to guess, i wasn't able to stay in the acting game. the constant rejection hurt my soul too much.
in other news i am slowly starting to get settled into my new room (same apartment just switched rooms). i am super excited about this room switch because this room allows me to have space to do my home practice without having to shift everything in my room to do so. i have really been lacking in my efforts to have a consistent home practice so i am hoping that having my mat ready, waiting and available will make hopping on it all the more enticing. of course, i have been so busy i haven't had much time to finish setting up my room past the essentials so there my mat sits rolled up in a corner surrounded by the things i am just not sure what to do with yet.
in anticipation of the coming free time (ha!) i am starting to look into places to buy some more yoga accessories. i would like to have a bolster and a blanket so i could do a restorative practice at home if i so desire - does anyone have any recommendations on where to buy these things? i have done some pretty general internet searches but i figured actual recommendations would be best over just choosing any random site that offers something that looks appealing.
another request for my fellow yogis/teachers out there - as i am starting to teach multiple classes in multiple places i am starting to wonder how others keep track of what they did where? i will usually have a general idea of what i want to do for each class and/or a focus pose or body area to work on each day, but i feel like if i end up teaching at the same studio the next day, i don't want to accidentally use the same flow lest i be seen as uncreative. (even though, yes, i do fall in love with certain flows and use them over and over because i think they are just so cool... and i do think that is a good thing i just also want to be sure i am being original enough too you know?) also as i start to incorporate playlists into my teaching i want to be sure i don't use the exact same playlists two times. i'm thinking i can solve this by just jotting stuff down in a notebook right after class, but if anyone has some amazingly awesome system they have and wouldn't mind sharing, i would be appreciative. and here's hoping i will be teaching enough classes in the near future that i will need to worry about keeping track of all of these things.
thanks for reading! hopefully next time around i will be in a bit more of a positive place.
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