Risks, Rest & Good Food
Feb. 17, 2023
Hi folks,
Restorative Yoga returns to Arden at the Buzzware Village Center:
Sunday, Feb. 19th from 3-4:30pm.
PLEASE register as early as you're able:) as the last class filled up with a waiting list last minute and sad faces had to be turned away at the door.
I took a bit of a risk when I rented Buzzware for 6 months' worth of classes. After many years of weekly yoga classes and at least monthly Restorative Yoga classes (my absolute favorite thing to teach) everything, of course, came to a halt in 2020. I returned to regular classes in 2022 in Newark-- my home base-- but I still needed a space for Restorative. I had no obvious built in yoga audience in Arden, but Buzzware just had such a nice, quiet feel that I went ahead and signed a 6 month rental agreement. And after last month I'm so glad I did- it was the perfect space!
This got me thinking about risks. Even relatively small risks, like this 6 month rental, can feel daunting and disruptive. Yoga and meditation practices can have such a profound effect on how "hooked' we get in our own thoughts, particularly those riddled with anxiety. I believe that particularly in our culture that demands fast action as our day to day mode, these quieter, gentler practices like Restorative Yoga are sorely needed antidotes.
A much bigger risk I took several years ago, was to decline several fairly lucrative job offers. Instead, I accepted a job at a small farm owned by folks I did not know, but who appeared to be doing some really important work producing food on their Certified Organic farm in a way that cares for the land and people and goes well beyond organic. And that is, indeed, what they were doing.
Enter: Flying Plow Farm
I tell you this, partially, as part of my tale that risks can be particularly rewarding when you can see the big picture and get out of the chatter in your mind, but also because I'd be remiss not to share with you that an Arden residence is a pickup site for our CSA:)
For more information about Flying Plow Farm & CSA, please click here.
Please let me know if you have any questions & I very much look forward to seeing some of you Feb. 19th for Restorative Yoga.
Peace,
Rebecca
