Playing off my recent yoga fortune card encounter, I got to thinking about making my dreams come true. Making dreams come true—or, rather, finding my dream job—has been a bit of a theme in my life this year, and I’ve written about it several times on my other blog, MariaMedia.
The first post came on May 25, when I got to practice yoga in Virginia Beach in a studio that overlooked the beach and then later right on the beach. It was such an amazing experience that I thought to myself, How cool would it be to teach yoga on the beach for a living? At this point in my life, I had never imagined or even thought about teaching. I mean come on, I’m not flexible or coordinated enough to teach. The farthest my dream could take me was a front-desk receptionist job for a yoga studio that happened to be near water (which, BTW, would be totally cool with me if the job came with unlimited, free classes on the beach).
I loved the beach yoga experience so much that when I came home from vacation, I taped a postcard from Oceanfront Yoga & Fitness studio to my wall so I could remember the bliss I felt during savasana while listening to the rolling surf.
It’s nearly five months later, and I still can’t believe it, but I am in yoga-teacher training. How did this happen? Is it possible that I am on my way to making my dream job come true? Well, at least part of it; the yoga-teaching part is coming true, but the beachfront home in Malibu will have to come later.
Actually, I can have beachfront yoga right here in Ohio on the beautiful shores of Lake Erie. Watch out, dreams, you may just come true! Who wants to take yoga classes on the beaches of Ohio with me?!
P.S. My other dream job I wrote about was being a backup singer for a rock band. I’m a little more realistic about my ability to pursue singing for a living, so I’ll just keep that dream more of a fantasy.
Yep, you’ve got to watch what you wish for! Or serendipity will come and give you a nice big dose of dreams coming true!
Awesome, heart-opening and terrifying all at the same time, isn’t it?
Well, being a yoga teacher is like being a back singer for your divine source, plus chanting is singing! So that’s not so far off from your dream job either.
Wonderful post! I think I might have just been inspired! I’ve been battling with my own dreams for a while now. My dream job is to become an environmental economist and sometimes it seems sooo far away. From your experience I see that one just needs to keep an open heart, work hard, take one step at a time and hopefully one will flow into their dream job…
LaGitane – Yep it is wonderful and terrifying all at the same time! But most things worth pursuing are that way!
Meredith – I never thought about the chanting part – so yeah, there is hope for me yet as a back up singer. Maybe MC Yogi is looking for help….!
Sylvia – Go for it and make that dream come true!!!
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