While I don’t leave Mumbai until December, I am wrapping up my teaching experience with The Yoga Institute Powai on October 10th to get ready for all the changes that are about to take place and to travel with another friend that is visiting in November. My experience as a teacher would not be near as great if I hadn’t been blessed by the opportunity from Rahul sir.

The very first time I went to his studio when they had opened, I told him that I wanted to teach. Then, after my ‘internship’ in Idaho and my return to India, I was granted this amazing opportunity to teach for him and the Yoga Institute. I learned to not judge myself so harshly and that it is ok to learn while teaching. It is ok to make mistakes.

Rahul and his wife are two of the most kind people I have ever met. If I did make a mistake, Rahul would be there with compassion and a soft voice to correct me. I always felt that he was a gift to me by the karma that had been done to me in the United States. A gift from God saying that I was on the right path and to keep going.

I am leading a Yoga Nidra session tomorrow and people are already telling me that I shouldn’t leave Mumbai. I agree with them but even being an American, I wouldn’t be able to afford to live in such a Metropolitan city such as Mumbai. I will lead past studetns, new students and current students through a guided Yoga Nidra session that will last 1 hour. After trailing this last weekend, even I felt relaxed after conducting the class.

Final days are approaching and I am just shocked that a year can fly by so fast. I’m shocked that no level of preparation can prepare you for moving back all the way across the world with your doggie children and your Doug. Nothing can prepare you for the tears that come while your students are relaxing to the sound of your voice. The final days in India are approaching sooner than I had ever thought they would.