#61 Life is fleeting

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Yesterday I learned of a friend's passing.

On Christmas Eve, when many of us were celebrating the holiday with family, she left us. Finally she had found peace from a body which had treated her worse than anyone could deserve. I always wondered how life could be so unfair to one person, how someone so young could be dealt such a raw hand. Through it all she managed to maintain her strength, courage, and fierce love of life. She was an inspiration to me. My only hope is that everyone could be lucky enough to know someone as special as her.

Goodbye, dear Salima. I'll miss you.

Namaste, K.

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# 60 Yoga rooms are like a box of chocolates

Yesterday I went back to teaching one of my favorite classes after being off for a couple of weeks for the holiday break. I returned to find...an empty studio. What the @#$!?

Apparently without warning*, my class of 5+ years of which the last three had been taught in the same room had been switched locations. You can imagine the confusion: Students new and old were scattered around the large fitness facility. Half were waiting in the new room, half were aimlessly walking the halls like Lycra-clad zombies not knowing where to go. What an enlightened mess.

I fought the change tooth and nail while still trying to set a good example for my students . I wanted to do what every good yogi should do and go with the flow.

Because with yoga rooms as with your yoga practice, you never know what you're gonna get.

*To be fair, I had been told in advance about the change in a mass email sent prior to the holidays. I didn't read the fine print in the email, and thus didn't know of the change.

Photo credit: David Blaine of Voyager Photography taken at the beautiful Soul Connexion Studio in Calgary, AB.

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#59 You don't need to go to a studio to teach

In a perfect world my students would always attend my classes in person. Why wouldn't they? I'm such a charmer. Better yet, if money were no object all my students would receive one-on-one personalized classes in the comfort of their home. In the real world, time and money are reasons for why yogis can't always make it to the studio. But fret not, there's another choice.

In comes YogaVibes.com, online resource to high-quality yoga instructional videos and classes. I'm proud to announce I'm now part of the YogaVibes team. *insert applause here* Now I can harrass my students in the comfort of their livingrooms.

"Sit straight, shoulders back, lift your chest!" Yoga instruction with me will never be the same again.

Enjoy!

Lesson Learned: There's no excuse not to practice.

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