Level UP!

Whoa.  The last time I posted, I was about ten days away from starting Level Two training in Austin, Texas through Baptiste Power Yoga Institute.  And - - WHOA!  It's amazing.  It's transformational.  It's everything everyone ever said it would be, and more.  While I was there, I tapped into really deep stuff that I didn't know I had going on that was running a profound lie that I unwittingly allowed to define my life.  I also tuned into something else:

I was slammed with the blazing truth of certain situations in my life, patterns that I witness and get caught up in to try to gain approval *or* keep another wave of those situations from heading in my direction.  Self protection?  No.  Inauthenticity?  Yes.

I am no longer a yes to those things that strike me as bullshit, manipulative, bullying, false, diminishing, grandstanding, peacocking, or means to gain spotlight and control.  I am no longer a yes to allowing myself to witness or experience those things - they're one and the same, the choice is in whether or not I go into reaction.  They happen, yes - but I'll come from center.  I am no longer a yes to the culture of the driver.  I *am* a yes to following my path into being a leader.  I've seen and felt the difference, and I know what truly inspires me and what I want to model in my community and beyond.

I am a yes for following my own intuition, creativity, plans, goals, dreams, favorite things, getting messy, getting playful, swearing and crying and laughing on my mat, tackling "desk work" from bed because that's where I honestly like to work (fuck desks), and for letting these things and their spirit form the core of my life.  I'm open to what embracing these things can create, and am excited to see how everything lines up towards creating my vision.

And on that note, I'm no longer afraid to have a really damned big vision - more than one, even.  As I move into the last six weeks of 2013, I'm setting the full-on intention of clearing my path and beginning to pave a whole new way.

But first, I have to pack for my next training, coming this weekend:  Art of Assisting at Bala Vinyasa Coral Gables - the studio where I did my very first Baptiste training in April of 2012.  And since I tend to over-pack, that means I have to start now.

Create what amazes *you*.  See you post-Miami!