We teach best what we most need to learn.
Friends,
In November, my teacher, Nevine, asked me if I would lead a calendar workshop with her new 2023 Magic Calendar.
For those unfamiliar with Nevine Michaan, she is the founder of the Katonah Yoga Method, the amazing therapeutic yoga I practice and teach. She is part poet, part mystic, and understands the Universe and the body akin to the Great Masters.
Flattered and terrified, I did the only thing I could, which is to say, I ignored her email for the better part of a week. I didn't even know what a "calendar workshop" would involve. Plus, I feel like I am the last person to teach anyone about time management, particularly since I am Often accused of taking on too much and overextending myself. I definitely feel the pressure of these habits from time to time.
Nevertheless, I love that Nevine asked me to represent her work. Nevine's Katonah Magic Calendars are works-of-art. The calendars include manuals on meditations, yoga, and how we fit into the grand scheme of things… the moon, the cosmos, and time itself. I have her calendars from 2017 onward. They are on my bookshelf with other yoga books, and I frequently use old calendars as resources. Although the calendars cover a year, they are in some ways ageless.
Perhaps it is a function of my Gen X leanings, while in the same way that nothing compares to the feel and smell of a good book or the way that bringing pen to paper allows you to calm your mind and soothe yourself, looking back at these calendars has become a ritual of my life. They stimulate reflection on where you've been, so you can adequately plan where you are going. A new calendar is like a fresh start, a blank canvas of potential that you can design and fill and see a big picture view and day by day simultaneously.
In my pondering, I was reminded of a quote that has served me well over my decades of teaching.
"We teach best what we most need to learn." Richard Bach, Illusions
So, of course, I wrote her back and said, "YES!"
As Eric sweetly reminded me, I would be a great person to lead this workshop because of everything I manage and tend to at any given moment. And I'm getting it all done.
The workshop will introduce the calendar (calendar included) and how to use the 5 elements to help with time management. Then we will practice together; yoga, breathing, and meditation on how to expand and slow time.
I do hope you will join me.
If you already have a 2023 Katonah Yoga® calendar and wish to join the workshop, register here. This event page is priced without the calendar inclusion.
Let's make some magic.
With so much love,
Kari