There is something to be said for being comfortable around what you know. It's probably why Greg and I have always returned to (and now settled in) the community in which we were raised.
We started our day by brunching with a couple we found via google and a blog who are also having their home renovated by the same HGTV show. They are spectacularly nice, and we had so much in common, right down to our car! I think going through this renovation/TV show experience with someone else will be immensely fun...not to mention the mutual support we can give. And new friends!
We then ended our day with a yogahOMe party for two of my favorite yogis, Gina & Jan. They owned our Bellevue studio, and are now packing up and heading back to Colorado. Gina leaves as soon as tomorrow morning, and Jan will be soon to follow.
Aside from the fact that I got to squeeze on Gina and Jan one last time (well, not "last" per se...I'll see them again), there are always guarantees about yogahOMe sangha parties.
1. There will always be amazing food. I made chocolate covered strawberries, there were cheeses, hummus, and the most divine salmon from Salt of the Earth (it's on Redbank Road--if you haven't been you must go), and a cake with an OM symbol that our owner, Katy, actually chanted to the baker over the phone and described in great detail how to create it. Glorious.
2. There will always be wine.
3. The wine will always lead to dancing.
4. I will always get teary, in some capacity, whether it's from the wine, or the sheer bliss of being totally in love with every person in the room, the energy, the music, the soaking in of emotion. This little moment got me a little misty, as Will explored the Symmes studio, fascinated by the lighted tree in the center. He twirled and danced and laughed right along with us.
So we wished Gina and Jan well. Gina really coached me through my first teaching experiences to the general public. She watched Will grow inside my belly and out. She and I would talk for hours on these great wooden benches, always with a cup of tea. She fostered this comfortable environment that drew people into the studio. And although that studio no longer exists, and she and her husband (who, by the way, is an incredibly interesting and caring man who helped Greg quite a bit a few years back) are moving on, the comfort that they brought to us will be held in our hearts, and remembered fondly with smiles, OMs, and love. Always love.
And I can't wait to practice next to them, comfortably, on a mat in Colorado.
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