Pivot

Doing new things is hard.

It’s grand. It can be spectacular when you hit a stride, when you feel like you’re manifesting into reality a vision that is bursting to be realized. And of course, that kind of magic takes work to achieve. It takes resources, connection, community, vision, endurance.

False starts. Bumps and turns in the road. These are inevitable. If you pack anything into your survival kit, pack TRUST.

Trust the process to reveal the result. Trust that the outcome should be as it is. Trust that all the pieces make the whole complete. Trust the lessons to teach you ways to improve. Trust the players and the stage in which your sweet theatre of life unfolds. And trust that you can pivot when the occasion calls for it.

Which means, ultimately, to listen.

I’m in a listening pivot. I’ve envisioned and offered up a 10 week course of Ephemeral Movement and it’s unlikely going to play out like I originally planned. The 10 week model was going to allow a depth of practice, a more detailed epistemology, a structured container, and the power of group support that the drop-in style couldn’t quite provide.

We are just a week out from the first class and it’s going to be cancelled unless more people sign up. (If you have been planning to sign-up, the time is now to keep the course alive).

If it doesn’t fly, I won’t let it injure my pride. Not in Leo season.

And so, I listen.

And I hear, it’s too big of a commitment. For something that’s unconventional and difficult to pin into understanding without trying on, I get it. For 10 weeks in this current cultural landscape? I get it. For something outdoors, rain or shine, and in public? I get it. It’s a lot for a new thing. I completely understand!

And so, I am planning on offering a weekly, drop-in style class. However, I am considering making it an indoor class to offer a conventional space for exploration.

I’m curious, what would you be more comfortable with: class outdoors in a park OR indoors in a movement space.

Details for the time and location are in the works as I get more of a gage on where comfort and interest overlap, so keep this in your peripheral to pick-up again when the time is nigh.

I trust that this practice I offer is going to be meaningful for other bodies, just as it has been for me. I trust that the people who need it, will find it.

Together, we can play, recover, and discover in the upcoming weeks.

And so, we pivot.