Changes to Come!

     ​Buddhism teaches change is inevitable. Everything in life is temporary; even the tattoos on my skin were created on a temporary body.
     Change can make people feel uneasy because, with change, comes uncertainty. But without change, we perhaps stagnate our own growth. Sam Cooke sang "A change is gonna come". So, let me share with you some changes headed our way that will hopefully get you excited though I leave you with some temporary uncertainties!
     As you know, when Covid hit, I took my yoga classes to Zoom and began uploading my classes to YouTube so you would all have those classes when you needed them. Around that time, perhaps a little sooner, I went back to school for my master's in counseling. For the past few years, I have been working at Roger's Behavioral Health as an OCD, PTSD, Anxiety and Depression therapist. I have been able to incorporate yoga, meditation and mindfulness to a certain extent, which as you all know, are life-changing skills. I have recently decided to leave this job for an opportunity in Naperville, joining a practice that also owns a yoga studio. Are "The Winds of Change" tickling your brain just yet?!
     It is a beautiful space in the 5th Ave Station building and the studio is called Grow Well Yoga. I am working on creating an in-person yoga schedule to work around my therapy hours and will send out an alert when I have it pinned down. I anticipate teaching by late April/early May.
     Due to my schedule change, I am putting the Death Cafe on a temporary hiatus. I will need to choose a different day and time and decide if it should remain virtual, in-person or be hybrid.
     My biggest challenge is being a people-pleaser and I am constantly reminding myself the changes in days and times won't make everyone happy, but I will try to make sure I accommodate everyone as best I can. I do not anticipate cutting out all virtual yoga because some of you are too far away to join in-person so this is another aspect of what I am trying to figure out.
     I did want to tell you a little bit about the studio we will be joining. It offers a drop-in rate and class packages, like other studios, but the KEY difference is that ALL proceeds from yoga classes go directly into the Grow Wellness Foundation, which offers mental health services to those who cannot afford it. I see this as an added Karma yoga benefit:) You can seek more information on the foundation by following this link: https://growwellnessfoundation.org/
     Again, I will let you know as soon as I make some decisions. Until then, the virtual yoga classes remain the same and only Death Cafe falls off the calendar for a month or two.