Throwing it out there

Yesterday I got an email from my workplace and it caused a visceral reaction. The kind that makes you go hmmm, and it wasn't a good hmmm. It was an 'oh my god I don't want to deal with that place any more' hmm. Taking a cue from the hubs, I noted that reaction in myself and kinda sat with it over the course of the afternoon.

It made me realize that if I'm going to leave E to go to work, it had better be work I feel inspired by and feeling is meaningful. So, I contemplated my 'skillz' and also my desire to be great at what I do.

I think I'm a good voice teacher, but I don't think I'm a great one and I don't think I'll ever be. I'm great at some parts, but those parts aren't actually music related. I know I'm not the world's best musician, which comes largely from lack of training - on the subject of theory, history etc. I can listen to the voice and have ideas about what needs to happen, but not always the ideas of how to to get there. I more or less know the repertoire, but no where near the way people who are my contemporaries do. Part of this is also that I'm not challenged in my current situation. I deal with mostly avocational singers who are not ever going to be anything but choral singers (nothing wrong with that, but very different to teach someone who has aspirations to be a solo performer). What I am great at is giving students confidence to try and to make changes and creating a situation where they explore themselves and gain a better sense of self.

I do think I could be a great yoga teacher which is also something that I find really rewarding and meaningful. Once I had that thought I emailed the women I went through yoga training with to ask them about how they'd hunted up yoga teaching opportunities and decided to post on Facebook that I'd love to teach a yoga for singers class, was anyone interested in hiring me and a woman I know who runs her own studio in Dedham, MA said she'd like to talk to me about it! Cool!

In that spirit I'm posting on my blog that I'd love opportunities to teach yoga - to both singers and non-singers alike. Any takers are welcome to contact me.