Acting like a 3-year-old - In a good way!

It's almost exactly two years after college, and after a whirlwind spring, I'm suddenly working as a yoga teacher and a nanny. For the first time, I feel content as though I have found something to dedicate my heart and efforts to longterm. I may not be making much money, but I'm doing precisely what I love- offering people a doorway into the healing art and science of yoga and nurturing little kiddos. Soon I hope to combine both passions into one....but that plan is still in the making and a few years down the road. More on that to come! It's incredible to witness and experience my dreams manifesting. For years I said I wanted to teach yoga....wondering if it would ever happen or if I was just all talk, but I got brave and buckled down - now I am a Shanti Yoga School graduate and a teacher at two yoga locations. My dreams and visions are unfolding almost magically, and I am grateful.

Babysitting my favorite 3-year-old today, I keep catching myself standing up to her. Phrases likes "No, I don't want to do that," "I can do it this way," and "it's okay, I will stay here" escape my mouth in strong statements. They are words you might expect to hear from her...words I often do hear from her in fact. We don't stop going through phases after we reach adulthood. We continue to grow and evolve. Just like the toddler I care for, I too am in a stage of declaring independence and of establishing confidence to state what I want and don't want, like and don't like. And, it feels good!

It's about time I stop being wishy-washy. It's my time now to chase my dreams, prove myself, be proud of my decisions and be comfortable being me. I'm finding my voice and sense of autonomy. :)

Oh.... And side note to clarify: I'm not a horrible babysitter. haha! It's not that I always resist this little kiddo. She still gets me to happily climb the jungle gym, chase her, sing the same song over and over and be goofy. But I also let her know there is more than one way to do things, and it's okay if I don't want to do something like do the monkey bars one more time just like its okay if she doesn't want to color. I'm trying to help teach her that sometimes we have to do things we don't want to do like nap, eat our vegis, wear a jacket, but other times we do have choices. Just like I'm trying to learn that sometimes we do have to buckle down and work, get through struggles, and pay the bills...but it's okay if I take a more unconventional route to do so. There are many ways to be in the world. Find what's right for you and don't be afraid to do it or to change your mind.