It's been a while.....Hello Again!

I notice often when I read a blog that the author hasn't written anything in months or often, years.
After having my own blog....now I get it. Before I opened my yoga studio, my daily goal was to write"something", anything. Plans have changed, dreams were pursued, wishes came true.

Welcome to my life and the happenings of my new yoga studio! I hope you find things here that will make you think, make you feel, and make you smile.

 My August News from Feel Good Yoga Studio

I hope this newsletter finds you in good health, in your happy place and ready for some summertime heat. As many of you know, my husband Michael and I recently had our home flooded by Tropical Storm Colin. Some folks say, “There was a Tropical Storm?” while the people of Longboat Key and Anna Maria Island felt its fury. Over the last 5 years or so I have been searching deep inside to create a sense of peace instead of looking for that special place or person to bring me that feeling. Upon opening my studio and halfway through my 500 hour advanced teacher training I thought I had arrived at that peaceful feeling. Tropical Storm Colin was a big wake up call that said, “Keep working girl, you are not there yet!” If you have known me for very long you know that I am not attached to things. I gave away all my belongings to start a new life after my son Maxx went off to college. I don’t even have a photo album except of my son Maxx’s baby photos. As I sat down day after day looking at the beautiful home we just bought in shambles, drywall cut up from the floor, everything in boxes, leftover salt and sand from flooding in the floors, I was mad and attached to what this house once was. I was holding on so tight to the feeling this space gave me that it was making me sick inside. So I did what any good yogini would do. I sat down and cried. I admitted I was attached (once I figured it out) and I visualized myself holding a balloon and letting it go... and guess what? It worked. I instantly felt free. I laughed, I had a bounce in my step again and most important, I stopped being mad at my husband (who brought that storm to Florida!). The ones we love get the fury most often! We are all human, we all get mad when places, people, and possessions get taken away from us. But, there is hope of release with meditation, acknowledgement, acceptance, and a willingness to change. I hope to see you on the mat this month as we all let go of things that don’t enhance our lives.  xoxo, Debby