Most of you already know me or have seen me around the club over the past few years. I spend a lot of my time teaching or practicing at The Yoga Studio at the Vail Athletic Club and have been with this yoga program since its inception. It has been amazing to watch what started out as a small seed blossom into something full of beauty, love, and inner power. And is constantly changing and evolving to support and strengthen our community as a whole!
Change is something that is always happening, everything is in constant movement, flow, and forward motion. Without change life would be dull, boring, and we wouldn’t grow. Jessa’s quote from Baron said it wonderfully, “we either grow, or we die.” We really all know this on a cellular level because the blood cells that are part of us are in constant change and flux just to help us stay alive and keep us moving forward. Yet in our minds we are constantly resisting change, we want things to stay the same and stay the way we perceive them. We then get angry, sad, frustrated when things do change.
This is a huge reason I come to my yoga mat everyday; yoga practice helps me accept all of the changes that are happening within and around me. When I begin to see that change is just a part of life and of nature, I stop paddling against the current and instead, I start to choose where the flow will take me. I see the big rapids ahead and then navigate my way through them as best I can, and enjoy the calm water that comes in-between.
I am so exited to take on the Yoga Studio Coordinator position, and look forward to this wonderful journey with our amazing teachers, staff, and members of the VAC community. The space that has been created here is powerful and that is due to the strong sense of community that was formed by each and every one of you!
Spring is right around the corner which also means nature will be following her own path and bringing a change in season, that which we lovingly call our “mud season.” This is a perfect time to recommit to your yoga practice or come see what we are all about if you haven’t yet! All of our teaching staff are amazing and supportive. We offer something for EVERYBODY, weather you are a beginner, seasoned practitioner, or somewhere in the middle, come try it out and just see what happens! You never know until you try!
Looking forward to seeing and meeting all of you!
In much Light and Love,
Rachel Nelson |
