September Theme: A Little Bit Of Everything

Happy September! I wrestled a bit with this month’s theme. The first blog post that popped into my mind to post as we go into September was a look back on my 40th year, since I turn 41 this month. But as much as I’d love for the monthly theme to be “My Birthday” (for those of you who don’t know, I LOVE birthdays),  it doesn’t exactly fit with what I’m trying to do with this blog and my yoga and wellness business. 

Next, I thought about the fact that we transition into Autumn this month, and using that as a theme, but let’s face it - all of 2020 has been one continual transition. So while I might do some posting about transitions, both in life and between actual yoga poses, I didn’t feel like we needed a month specifically dedicated to this. 

I considered looking at other aspects of yoga philosophy, such as the Koshas, Kleshas, further exploring the Eight Limbs of Yoga, and more, but I couldn’t quite narrow it down, and I wanted to introduce some of these concepts more before making them the theme. 

In addition to all of this, September is National Suicide Prevention month. As a mental health and suicide prevention advocate, and someone who walks the Out of the Darkness Overnight Walk for Suicide Prevention each year (when there’s not a global pandemic), I of course want to give advocacy a bit of an extra boost this month.

Then, this morning, I was listening to the Front Seat Life podcast (if you love to geek out on Myers
Briggs/personality type I highly suggest checking out Jessica Butts), and she was talking about how we often try to create content in a certain way because that’s “how you’re supposed to do it”, but how that often doesn’t feel authentic, and that it’s when you do something authentically, you’re giving your best self to whatever you’re doing. (I’m definitely paraphrasing here). 

So I decided that this month, my theme was, more or less, not to have a theme. I want to talk about winding down my 40th year and my birthday. I want to focus on some mental health and suicide prevention advocacy. I want to talk about the koshas and maybe the Kleshas and probably More about the Eight Limb Path. I want to delve into the chakras, and  I’ve decided to incorporate this into my Yoga Pose of the Month, a format that I’m also changing up a bit for September (stay tuned to my Instagram and Facebook  for that). 

This month, you’re getting a little bit of everything. I have a lot of information I want to share, a lot of themes I want to jump into in my classes and my blogs, and of course, if you know  me, you’ll get the annual birth month/week/day countdown! 

I’m looking forward to sharing this journey into this next season, and into my 41st year, with you!