I would have loved to have met Charles Dickens. I feel like I use this analogy a lot and did you know that he couldn’t get a publisher to take on his Christmas Carol book - he self published it.
That publisher was stoopid lol!
Anyhow, I have a lot to share with you this week. Last week was epic. I’ve been telling you that ever since I decided to accept that my journey (through gritted teeth) life has opened up in a way I just couldn’t expect.
City number 1
On Thursday I taught in Highgate it’s a new class and the manager has been trying to get me in there for a very long time. Coincidently, a teacher friend I haven’t seen for years is running her teacher training next door which I didn’t know about. We did some training together years back, and now she’s this amazing teacher trainer in a very specific field. Anyway her session ends at the same time mine does and we get into reception at exactly the same time. She screams Mary and comes over to hug me. I mean that kind of greeting though she takes 20 mins of her break to talk to me about her training and all the things teachers talk about, pressures, money, opportunities and then something wonderful happens she tells me who to take my training to (the one I’m currently writing) and tells me to write a book as I have a lot to share and offers me her publisher! Not just that she lives in Brighton and offered to come down to spend more time with me going over things and having coffee.
1. I didn’t even ask
2. I’m a generator in human design. I only respond! I’ll talk about that another time
It was more than I could have imagined. I told her to have her break and I’ll message her. That kind of meeting totally lights me up. This studio is so far from where I live I seriously I have no business teaching that far, I need Ryan Air to get there lol! It’s makes no sense for me to teach there but I took the class because I like the manager it was that simple and anyone who wants me that bad in their business I’m willing to compromise some of my rules for…
In my business money is secondary, people and relationships are paramount - I’ll talk about that another time…
City number 2
I had the most irritating but eye opening experience on Saturday. I was covering a class for a friend who has covid and ended up staying longer than anticipated. Another teacher got stuck in traffic and could make it in. Luckily I was still around so they asked me to teach the class. It’s a style I love but I’m not on the list for that style but ask if I can coin It “inspired by Astanga” - the drama! So I have some real Astangis in there watching me like a hawk lol, it’s a very specific traditional practice if you get out of bed to go practice this style you’re gonna be pissed if they just want to offer any ol random other style. Anyhow, I explain that I’m being spied on so have to skip the full experience and teach it “inspired”… they seem pleased. I teach out of my skin lol! I do notice there’s one person who keeps asking questions during session. It’s ok but it’s a class. I don’t have time for that plus I’m teaching a sequence I don’t usually teach so having to remember that and talk to this person is a bit much.
Anyhow, I finish the class I’m ready to be out of there - go catch some sun in the park before going to Brixton to get my hair for my braids. This woman corners me after the class. She tells me her back hurts when she does chaturanga this basically means she wants me to show her so I spend 20-30 mins breaking it down mechanically. She then tells me she’s a teacher which surprises me. Firstly, her practice wasn’t like that of an Astanga teacher - I let that go because I just can’t get into it plus she may be more into meditation which is more my practice these days…but then she launches into the fact that she’s done three teacher trainings. I’m like say what now? Seriously? She said they just churn out teachers (which is true) but was blaming them for her not being able to do any poses, her not making any real connections how she felt lonely bla bla bla. Listen, she started walking closer to me till I could see my reflection in her irises lol! I just explained a few things and said that most teachers self learn a lot of those things but you gotta want to do it and not rely on outside sources to keep you educated.
She then followed me to the showers - don’t worry she didn’t jump in with me hahaha it was close though lol. But seriously I can’t get back those hours she swiped out of my life. I don’t talk a lot these days unless I need to. I literally only answer the phone to a few people. Like two lol! So this is more than I had spoken out of a class for about 6 months I swear. I didn’t go get the hair for my braids, couldn’t continue to support my friend over the phone. I went home and fell asleep.
I’m leaving that there - I was so annoyed!
The point here is in the space of a few days I was in the frequency of a very inspiring teacher her city was so abundant and beautiful then few days later I was in the abyss lol in the presence in the lowest darkest space of vibration with a teacher whose city was basically ashes.
The second teacher couldn’t see that in all this she could turn her darkness into light. I did that two years ago and couldn’t be happier today but when someone doesn’t want to do the work but wants the results what can you do? Rumi so aptly said it. Seek the wearer not the cloak. The wearer is where the magic is.
It was great to get to visit both cities in the space of a few days but I know what one I’ll be sticking with lol!
