Thankful

This morning, post my first yoga class, I want to express my immense gratitude for the Edgar May Health and Recreation Center/Studio Momentum in Springfield. They have given me an opportunity to bring my dreams to fruitation.  I knew yoga is what I wanted to do with my life, but to actually have the opportunity to do what I love and have boundless passion for, is simply amazing.
Though I know there are many ways I can improve as a yoga teacher, I feel great after my first class. With more practice and India on the radar, I know I'm on the right path to becoming a great yoga teacher.

Below I've posted the class schedule for studio momentum. My classes: Zumba and yoga (Sunday only).
Everyone from all walks of life are welcome to join; experience something new, experience something different, experienece now.

First Yoga Class!

5:30am, I stand here waiting to see if anyone will show for the 6am yoga class. I am substituting today which will make for a great introduction to my coming classes starting next weekend. I'm quite nervous but more so excited.

Here's to making dreams a reality! Off I go :-*

Good Morning Sun

Sunrise Sun Salutations: New Commitment

Beginning tomorrow morning, I will wake with the sun and complete 7 sun salutations as it's rising. I want to feel the rhythms of Earth within me. I want my heart to beat to the drum of the natural world. I want to be one with the Divine, Mother, Goddess of all.

Let my journey begin.

Yoga Classes Coming Soon

Restore Your Body and Mind

Starting November 17th, I'll be teaching a Hatha yoga class, focusing on bringing the mind to the present, connecting with the body, and working deep into poses. Join me every Sunday to find complete wellness after the long week and adventurous weekend. 

Classes are scheduled to begin at 10 am at Studio Momentum. 

Contact Charlotte McIntyre for more information: charlottemcintyre64@gmail.com

India is Real

It's official, I'm going to India!

I have completed my registration at Arhanta Yoga Ashram in Khajuraho, India for my 200 hour Yoga Teacher training from February through March. I am beyond words excited. I have been dreaming of this for a few years now. All that is left is to buy a ticket and I'm off to my biggest life-changing adventure. I can't even grasp my mind around how amazing my life is and is going to be; how wonderful and blessed I am to be able to make these decisions; how thankful I am to be granted these opportunities to create a beautiful life. Thank you Mother Earth, for I am forever grateful for your love and gracious gifts. 

I'm reading through two great books to help prepare myself. Autobiography of a Yogi and Yoga Anatomy. Both are great reads so far, and they are a nice pair to shuffle between as one is more textbook-like while the other is more story-like. A perfect blend to create a deeper study. 

To build my practice, I'm dedicating more time to yoga and meditation. It is my intention to have a short practice each morning with a longer practice in the evening. I also will begin teaching an hour long yoga class come mid-November. I am going to dedicate 15 minutes each day to meditation. I feel I need to start slow as to avoid disappointment due to my past lack of commitment. 

From here forth, I'm going to create more goals within my practice. Currently, I have been practicing for the stretch, the relaxation, and the self-discovery. I will practice for the growth, the self-discovery, and acceptance. I am going to go deeper into myself and walk the spiral of life. I am going to see the universe that resides within me. I am going to see it in others. I am going to be strong and flexible.  I am going to be. 

The Mala Prayer Bead Necklace I made. 66 Bead Style. Nontraditional. One of  Kind. 

I have been wanting a Mala bead necklace to assist in my meditation. What better one to have than one created with my own hands, my own intentions, and one with a blessing. 

Dancer with guitar. Perfect day, imperfect pose. Acceptance. Growth.

Check out Arhanta Yoga at http://www.anandayogashram.org/

Yoga Fundraising Saturday, Zumba License Sunday

Today was Market Madness. It was my first time selling my jewelry at a farmers market, and how I now wish I had participated all summer. The profits weren't astonishing but as expected, which was still equally wonderful. I'm one step closer to funding my way to India.

Thank you to all those who have helped support me.

Tomorrow, I venture to Lowell, MA for my day filled with Zumba! My excitement is through the roof. I am so looking forward to all the wonderful people I am going to meet there, all the dancing, learning, and to walking out feeling more confident and ready to teach Zumba. I must try to rest as I am planning to wake around 5am.

 All packed and ready to go!

A Day Filled With Small Successes

Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw again still.

-Henry David Thoreau

This morning I gnawed. 

I began with a short yoga session, as promised. Though only 15 minutes long, it was difficult to push through when my comfortable bed was still calling my name and just in arms reach. It started my day off with an accomplishment. Though small it was, it snowballed into more accomplishments throughout the day. At work, I had clearer thoughts and found more confidence in my abilities and worth. I made wiser food choices, snacking less throughout the day than usual and having only one small haystack for my chocolate fix (you'll come to understand how large an accomplishment that is for me!). I read many pages of my Fitness and Theory book, leaving me with only 24 pages and 19 days left before my examination. To end my evening, besides my writing this blog post, I practiced another short yoga session. 

I gnaw again still.

It is in your bones; you cannot escape it. If you attempt, in time you will come back to gnaw at its delicious enjoyment once more. This is much like my love with yoga, with the spiritual world, the magic Mother Earth, and all the connections between mind, body, and soul. I gnaw, wholeheartedly, ready to dedicate my life to the pursuit of "my own bone", of the truth, of the real world. This bone must be protected though and presented at precisely the right time.

It is my time. 

I am ready.

(written 09.02.2013)

Put A Ring On It

Speaking metaphorically and literally, I'm putting a ring on my yoga practice. I am going to commit to a daily yoga practice, putting a ring on my dedication to be a profound yoga teacher. I also have been making wire rings to help fund my journey to become my future Yogi self. Check it out....

I call this one Ocean Looking Glass because the bead is blue and clear. It's more beautiful than what the picture can portray. 

My newly developed jewelry talent expands beyond wire rings from chain headpieces to hemp bracelets. Though this will not fund my entire trip as I aim to attend an ashram in India come February, it certainly will lighten the financial worry that comes along with the expensive, yet rewarding experience I will have.

So here I sit, in the middle of the woods in Vermont, dreaming of the many poses I want to accomplish. My yoga mat is already laid out beside my bed for my newly scheduled morning yoga session with myself. Tomorrow is a new day, a bright day, a day filled with creating new habits and bringing my dreams to reality.

<3 Namaste <3

P.S. If you would like to check out more of my jewelry, please visit

 https://www.facebook.com/MapleLeafJewelry

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