Not too long ago, I started my yoga course for climbers. I went into it with the best of intentions and complete faith that people would see my passion and immediately jump on board.
Unfortunately, it didn't quite work like that. Instead I ended up with near-empty rooms and feeling a little crushed each time no-one showed up.
I worked really hard on showing up each time with a full heart, faith that someone would show and a passion to share my knowledge. I was sure that if I gave it enough time, people would respond to that. But finally, I am admitting defeat and cancelling my Thursday climbers class. Cutting back and focusing on just growing the Wednesday night class. The decision feels completely right to me, and one I have known in my gut for some time, just been too scared to admit it publicly.
Sometimes, life is not perfect. Sometimes things don't work out. I have never been very good at trying things because I don't like to fail. But yoga has helped shift my attitude to one of a student... always willing to learn, willing to fall down, willing to try again. I don't see this as a failure, just a wee nudge from the universe to focus on something else.
Of course there are many contributing reasons it didn't work so well. The biggest of which is my lack of marketing and self-promotion skills. I find the self-promotion so cheap sometimes. I love to share my passion with others, but I hate the aspect in which I am also asking them to give me money in exchange for my skills.
A friend of mine just reminded me today that it's not cheap if you keep sharing your passion with the intention to help people. So i'm going to try and follow that advice!
The point of this rambling post... is that sometimes it is in your best interests to admit defeat, even if it is scary to do so. Trust that you have tried your best. Trust that your people will hold you up, even when it feels like you are falling down. Trust that there is something more aligned with your passion/purpose around the corner, and that you just needed to create space for it.
Love and Light
M.
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