![]() ![]() My sort of life mottoes are "Just do the next right thing" and "let curiosity lead you." I thoroughly enjoy working with teachers, studio owners, and school owners. As you take The Mud & The Lotus nationwide, what are your goals with it, and what doors do you hope it will open in your life? You are available for nationwide presentations and consulting on many aspects of the yoga business. In that way, we keep handing it down and more people gain the benefits of this ancient practice. I've always thought the best way to teach the masses is to teach people to teach rather than trying to teach twenty classes a week myself. I thought if I create it and sell it at a reasonable price I'll help other teachers, students, and schools keep alive these teachings that seem to be getting lost in our capitalistic society. ![]() I was in my Y12SR training and I heard Nikki Myers say "You can't keep it without giving it away," which is a 12-step slogan. Why not sell a detailed guide with all my experience and help those schools I thought. my curriculum outlines, my schedules-all things I knew I had learned through trial and error or from my teachers, and not things new teachers would simply know easily. I was noticing a lot of things I was doing were showing up in other schools familiar with mine. It's also often very rigid, and doesn’t make for an accessible read. So I thought, “ What if I sell my curriculum?” Some people do this but it's often very expensive and hard to find. I was also doing some consulting with studio owners and teachers nationwide who wanted to open schools but were not sure how. I knew I had a strong curriculum and I was often taking teachers who had already gone through a training and retraining them. Or, many of those who were teaching were expressing to me that they were struggling with feeling they were missing some element they needed. I kept meeting people who had taken teacher training, but they were choosing not to teach based on feeling a lack of knowledge. At the time, I knew IAYT was going to be coming out with yoga therapy credentials, and I was also doing a lot of traveling teaching workshops and taking workshops trying to get as much yoga therapy training as possible. We needed a new manual for my yoga school so I was working on updating the old material and creating a new workbook. At one corner of my desk, you can see my mini recording studio, where I do videos, Skype consultations for students and yoga studios, and audio recordings for the Insight Timer Meditation App . My buddy Jameson the dog is often sitting behind me as I type, write, or record. He really loved them, petted them every day, and it shows. I just adopted a mom, baby, and daddy donkey after their owner passed away at age 92. I can look out at the farm and see all my animals, which right now includes three grazing donkeys. From my desk, if I'm having a moment of stress, I can catch a glimpse of that corner and it sets me at ease. There's a 3' x 4' space at the corner of the room where I place my meditation cushion during daily meditations. ![]() In this room, I'm surrounded by things that mean a lot to me, like my mala beads which were blessed by the Dalai Lama, reminding me of the time when I went to see him during his visit to the University of Arkansas in 2011. The words I associate with it are meaningful and peaceful. Courtney, how would you describe your creative space? ![]()
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