The next couple of days

As I told many of you - my first teaching job was secured. I have volunteered to lead a class at work during January and February. On return from the weekend I checked in with the person helping me coordinate the class and learned that I had 37 people enrolled! Wow! Is that cool!?

Only problem is that the room we are using has room for 25 using "corporate spacing." If it were an actual studio I could fit about 40! But I feel people need their space. I want them to feel "refreshed and centered" when they leave. Having the butt of a coworker too close might not make that objective work out. But I also hate to turn anyone away. Solution! I added a second class! We are now scheduled for a Monday and Friday lunch class during January. We will see how the group sizes are for Feb.

Next item - I asked for help. I emailed Wes and asked him to come to class the first few days and help me out! He answered "Yes." That is so cool. He can do demos and help people and we will do a great job together. he does not know it yet - but I also feel I need a backup teacher for the class and he is nominated. He will learn the sequence and the people and atmosphere and I can ask him to sub for me!

One more item. I planned to do an online survey of the students who have registered for class to find out about their backgrounds and goals for coming to class. I will design and email using an online survey tool and get the data I need!

The Journey to teach yoga

In the final 20 minutes before leaving teacher training I spoke to Kim B. She said "Will you document your teaching journey on a blog or something? I'd like to keep up with how it is going."

I said "Yes, I will."

So here it is. A blog about the journey toward teaching yoga. What to teach, who to teach, how and where to teach. I suppose you can subscribe to my blog via email or RSS if you're fancy. (Kim B probably will!) Or maybe you can read it on your iphone. I hope you will read it. (You too Shams. I know that facebook is too much - but try my blog!)

Mostly I hope you will comment - adding your own experience strength and hope to the journey. I am starting this a little late (1 week) so I will be reviewing the last week over the next few days. Bear with me and I will catch up to real time. Check back daily!

The journey is the destination. SO it begins.