Begin...with no end in sight!

Musing…

Picking up where we left off in “Expect Your Muse”…making peace with muses. This could be a title for a poem, Making Peace With Muses. And then that’s all it takes, recognize a title, put it on a page and go…or go only so far.

Maybe leave the title there, walk away, and come back to it. Trust that something will surface -- or that this will lead to something else, another title, another idea altogether because it’s a start, like flipping a switch.  

Charise’s turn:

So let me segue to the muse effect while teaching yoga.  As a teacher, I have a structure and intention, but mostly I am moving into and out of yoga poses, through yoga poses, without any thought about it.  My verbal cues have to catch up with what I’m doing, and I can’t lead by naming poses because I don’t know what pose we’re going into until I get there! 

 I’m informed by a process, by the ability for energy to support the movement, by how the energy shifts when a yoga pose is accomplished, and how that allows for directing the practice for that class. When my students trust me as a teacher, they are mirroring how I trust this process. But before any class (even after twelve years of doing this), I feel vulnerable because I don’t have a backup plan.  As I write this, I realize that this isn’t about vulnerability – it’s about receptivity.

Receptivity is fuel for the muse to take over, or to be a guide. No matter what the format – whether it’s about facing the blank canvas, the blank page, the empty studio, the group of students waiting for direction.

Get Fired Up:

Start somewhere, whether it’s:

A title, a color, a musical note, an ingredient in your kitchen, a single gesture…

Making a start begins a process – a creative process – and a start is cause for celebration!