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Hi all,

 

I've been lurking for about two months now, and I have appreciated the great

wealth of wisdom i've found on this list (and the humanity!). I've been keeping

up a pretty steady ky practice on my own since last spring, supplemented with

one class per week. I do hatha yoga two days out of the week, but the rest are

ky. All of this yoga has made a serious impact on my life. I've been a yoga

person for a long time, but never with this much commitment, and never with such

profound benefits.

 

The result of all this is that I've decided to drop out of my graduate program

at the Master's level (i'm a Classics grad student, and have spent far too long

in school, five years already in grad school). I'm going to move to San

Francisco, the city which has the greatest appeal to me in this country. Part

of my reason for leaving school is that I've always felt conflicted between

school and yoga, and feel that my true calling is to teach yoga, preferably ky,

although I've taugh hatha before. After I realized that schoolwork was making

me physically ill, and yoga was making me cry, I decided it was time to move on

to a new stage of life.

 

(an aside -- I did the numerology on 3HO, and it was amazingly accurate in so

many ways, but hints at a nature I've only begun to explore with ky. one thing

it mentioned is my "gift number" is 5, to teach. I've found this to be true in

my experience as a writing and latin teacher, but feel like I need to reach for

my path number (6), prayerful living, and teach something that comes from a

more spiritual place than proper grammar and ancient civilization (not that the

Greeks and Romans didn't have a spiritual side...). Does this make any sense?)

 

So, now I get to my question: I know there are *lots* of ky studios in San

Francisco, but I'm going to be broke when I get there, and it's not likely I'll

have a very high paying job either (although if any of you have thoughts on how

one finds a job and a home when one has the credit record of a grad student, I

would be grateful. Maybe the Green energy set would help??). So I'm wondering

if anyone knows of a ky studio that has a teacher training program that includes

a discount for those who are willing to work (scrub toilets, whatever)?

 

And of course if any of you have advice on coping with the uncertainty of a

future that I've decided to jump into without a lifejacket, I'd greatly

appreciate it. I get such great inspiration from reading all of your posts, it

makes everyday brighter. Thank you all!!

 

love and peace

Larissa