Icky-Sticky Judgements

I have signed up for a 200 hour yoga teacher training and I could not be more excited! Classes will be one weekend a month for 9 months and starts this June. I clicked the submit button using my dog's paw and with my eyes closed for good luck.

I am using the interim time before classes start to get focused on my yoga goals- mentally, physically, and spiritually. I am working on getting into a routine with my home yoga practice and taking different types of classes.

Mostly, I was spending this time wishing it was already over and my training was starting! Which was not good! So I had to take a step back and remember to live in the moment and enjoy every bit of my yoga journey- including the anticipating and the nervousness that is coming with it.

Even though it is something I really want to do, I still have some anxiety about certain aspects of the training process. But that is normal, and everyone experiences anxiety at some point in their lives. It is important to remember that you cannot change what will happen (like being tired during the long weekend trainings, making mistakes while being a new teacher), but you can change how you react and prepare for those moments!

If you look deep enough into what you are nervous about you will realize that it comes from an icky-sticky judgement about yourself. It is important to recognize those icky-sticky judgements and then you need to challenge them!

For example, I am anxious about getting to tired and not being able to do all of the training weekend activities to my best ability. The icky-sticky judgement I am basing that on is that I think "I am BAD at yoga!". But I can challenge that by saying to myself "I am an AWESOME yogi!".

By focusing on the challenge statement and not the judgement statement I give myself confidence inside so that I can shine on the outside and succeed in what I want to accomplish. So the next time you are feeling anxious about something STOP and IDENTIFY the icky-sticky judgement and then CHALLENGE that judgement.

It will give you a whole new outlook on life and life's tough spots. Did you try this process? Did it help you? Let me know:)