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Yoga Newsletter
2009, no wait it’s 2010!
 2009, what a year it was. Talk about major changes. I still feel that my decision to move to South Carolina was the right choice. Even though I miss everyone in California, and my visits there this year have been fabulous.
One thing I’ve learned from living out west is when you live so far away from your family; your friends become your family. So in California I had an amazing extended family. From my dear sweet yoga family that came to my weekly classes, sharing their lives and the great time on retreats practicing, eating great food and always making time for the hot tubs. To my family at my tree house, to the neighbors I met walking Bruno. (If you ever need to meet people getting a dog is truly the way.) Then there are many others that have come into my life through out the years that have laughed and cried with me. I am truly blessed.
 So it’s the first time in a very long time to be living in the same area as my family. My mom is cooking and sharing all the old recipes and stories that at a younger age I had no patience to hear. It’s great to be able to hang with my sister, and pop in on my brother, something I haven’t done in almost 30 years.
You see I moved to San Francisco in June of 1980, on a crazy spontaneous adventure. No it wasn’t for a guy, but just a gut feeling. A dear friend of mine was living there and was in NC visiting. Late on a Friday night he asked me to come to CA, and something in my gut said go. We left on Sunday, I gave my job a one-day notice, sub-let my apartment and said good-bye to my boyfriend and moved into the Sunset District in San Francisco. I got to say it wasn’t love at first sight. It took awhile to get settled and make some friends. I was home sick for a very long time. Actually I’ve always loved both NC and CA and have been torn between them for years. In the 30 years I’ve moved back and forth a couple of times, but I found when I lived in one I missed the other and visa versa. This last stint in Ca has been 20 years and for the past 4 years I was just spending the summers here, thinking that would work. And it did for awhile, but last year when I returned, to CA. it didn’t feel the same and I knew it was time to make the east my home base.
 I finally felt ready to be in the Carolina’s. I know it’s not NC this time, which is where my old friends are, but I’m making some new ones. And if we don’t make real plans with them, then it’s just like I’m still living out west. You still have to put it on the calendar, in Green ink for go.
I started teaching at 3 different studios, and now I’m down to one or two. Building classes reminds me of dating. Remember when you used to date? Let me refresh your memory. You meet someone and go out to let’s say dinner, and you have a great time. I mean to you, it felt that you connected. You both laughed and shared stories and it seemed like a good start to perhaps a relationship. There was definitely a connection there. Then you never hear from them again. You felt it, and you were so sure they did too. But why then didn’t they call?
 Same feeling comes from building a class. You get students in class and they seem to enjoy it and tell you how much they liked it. Then where do they go? I know that everyone has a life and commitments and that whatever reason they don’t come back it’s not about me. But I can’t help but have that same let down feeling like dating when they don’t call.
So after all these many years of both dating and teaching I’m getting a lot better at not taking it personally. But sometimes it still stings.
 I’m really excited about offering my first yoga retreat here in Myrtle Beach. Check out the Retreat page for details. I hope to have the locals here meet the California students. Loads of fun will be had by all.
We lost a very dear friend in 2009, Bob Lilja who was a very special man that I will never forget. He practiced with us in Mexico and shared many bottles of Rombauer and loads of laughs.
Changes are still happening and very exciting things are on the horizon. I’ll let you know when they come through.
To my many friends I leave you with this from:
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
-- Leo Tolstoy
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak: courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
-- Winston Churchill
Namaste, Lauren Davis
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