For about a month now, my son and his family have been living with me while they find a place of their own after moving here to Asheville from Aspen. It is a dream come true, a miracle to have them here in my town. Two out of my three children now live here with their families. After living alone for most of the last 11 years, it is wonderful to have a houseful. (read previous blog posting…) However…

One little thing changes everything. I’ve been feeling scattered, having shifted my own life around to accommodate their needs. It’s what a mama does. Instead of teaching yoga in my home studio, that studio is now my graphic studio space and I teach my students in a yoga studio downtown. I struggled with this change internally. It felt like I was losing some part of me. Yet after making the change I feel fresh and ready to let my life unfold from here. Change, though sometimes pretty uncomfortable and hard to see the benefit of an unknown outcome, is a catalyst for growth and if we aren’t growing we aren’t living…and vice versa.