So here we are, half way through the year already readers. Where does the time go?
The end of June around the Midsummer Solstice, is a perfect time to reflect on the year so far and set goals for the next six months. Where have I come from? What am I going to do next? Time passes so quickly it can be easy to dismiss half a year in the blink of an eye, and bypass all we have done, all we have achieved.
(my altar, vision board and desk:- the nerve centre where it all happens. I am not responsible for the decor, as a renter, that’s life!)
So much has changed already this year for me; settling into a new town, becoming part of the yoga community, setting up my own classes, my own contacts, my own circle. New opportunities coming along that I never thought possible a year ago. So much inspiration from the blogs I read, connecting by email and IM to beautiful yogi(ni)s all over the world. And this blog has taken off in ways I never thought it would as well. I am sometimes boggled by the number of views this website gets every day (even if a whole ton of them are bots), why would anyone be so interested in reading about lil’ ol’ me?! 
* I have set my intentions and affirmations for the next six months. I tend to set six-month, twelve-month and five-year goals. The five year ones are big and scary and subject to change. Sometimes they even happen. The shorter term goals are baby steps to those bigger ambitions.
* I have updated my teaching website. Go take a look! That wonderful banner was designed by the gorgeous La Gitane (as was the Suburban Yogini banner too). Feel free to subscribe to the blog over there too if you are interested in yoga sequences, newsletters, videos etc all of which will be coming soon.
* I have set up a new Facebook group for Exploring Yoga. Come join us.
* Join me on Facebook or Twitter if you haven’t already.
* Ask me anything you like over at my formspring account. You can do this anonymously and I hope to use your questions as inspriation for blog posts, FAQs and video posts in the future.
And tell me dear readers, do you set goals and intentions? Where do you get your inspriration? Do you affirm your intentions daily? You don’t have to tell us your goals, but do share any practices you think might be useful!
Recipes will return next week!
love your website. LaGitane always does such great work : )
I too feel I’ve come such a long way in the early part of this year. I don’t have a dream board up currently (the last I made helped me get to Bikram training last fall). But I’m going to enroll in the Viniyoga foundations for yoga therapy course for 2011 and continue teaching worksite yoga, writing, and networking! (Not to mention teaching Bikram in the studio).
I attended a Lululemon goal setting workshop at YJ Boston conference and am kind of amazed at how much I feel like I stepped into a rushing rushing river heading right where I want to go. Sometimes I feel like it’s too much – but I try to get back with a better attitude after unwinding with friends.
Congrats and happy humpyear
I don’t normally set goals (too organized for this dizzy yogini) but you’ve inspired me to give it a shot. I’ll let you know how it turns out.
Sending you hugs and happy achievements!
No kidding! I’ll see you on that facebook group! Wonderful!
the biggest goal for me, too, was also settling into a new home far away from the old one. im homesick every now and again, but am so happy to be settled in one place.
I tend to set long-term goals and ones that don’t put too much pressure on myself. I have learnt from the past that if I feel pressured to do something I tend to freak out, get stressed and then not achieve those goals. I often live by what I feel obliged to do rather than want to do so extra pressure tends to break me
For example, at the beginning of the year I set a goal for 2010 to practice yoga twice a week (at a class) as opposed to once a week. Because I felt it was achievable I achieved it, stress-free, and am loving it 
So now my goal is to attend one yoga class per week and develop a home practice, which is the direction my yoga experiences have taken me.
Another goal for the summer is to de-clutter our little flat and create a vision board.
Five year goals are scary so I avoid them!
it is amazing how much life can change in 6 months to a year.
xxx