A week ago at this time (8pm), I was already in bed. I was completely wiped out from one of the most nervous and wonderful days of my life. Last Saturday my friend Charlotte and I took what felt like a very big chance - we put on a workshop we had been dreaming of for years (well, more me than her, but once I got her on board, she was just as dreamy as I was).
The fact that I finally had the courage and confidence to walk out on this tightrope is due in large measure to an invisible net of incredible people who have enCOURAGEd me over the years, who lent me their courage until I found my own: my friend BJ, who was the first person to whom I presented the idea and who insisted we had to do it and was the first to sign-up; my online friends, especially my yogalila cohort, who have watched me grow from a yoga newbie to a yoga teacher; my yoga students who make me feel competent and wonderful with their positive response to my teaching; Christine Kane and her Great Big Dreams e-seminar for giving me the courage to even entertain the idea in the first place; and my husband for always believing in me.
Attendance was better than we had dared hope - we had set a maximum of 15 people, but were prepared for less than that to sign-up, as we completely suck at marketing. But we had 14 people -which was perfect.
There was lots we would change about the day, lots that we learned, but the overall response was very positive, with people asking us when we would be doing our next one. Soon, really soon.
I hope if you're reading this and you have some dream on hold, that you'll be encouraged, too.
I have a dream on hold...thanks for the encouragement.
Posted by: Ellen | February 16, 2008 at 12:00 AM