Serendipity

Long before the whole thing with The Secret, I always knew that things just worked out for me. When I was looking for a job, I heard from an old manager who wanted me back. When I wanted to move south of Boston and couldn't figure out where to go, someone I worked with told me about a house her brother owned that was for rent. Things just fall into place for me, they work out. Serendipity. I believe in it.

I have wanted to take a yoga class. I started with a google search in my area. Yup, tons of yoga classes in my area, but most are hot yoga and power yoga classes. I'm sure those are wonderful for some people, but that isn't what I'm looking for in a yoga class. I want something relaxing, maybe a little challenging, to center and calm me. So my search continued.

I did find a great website for a yoga instructor. She was teaching private classes and also a coach and speaker. Her website was great! She didn't have any ongoing classes, but I found Stacey very interesting. I saved her site to my favorites and love to check out her newest blogs. But I knew she'd be a GREAT yoga teacher.

So I made my decision to put out to the universe that I was looking for an ongoing gentle yoga class that I could relax in and just let it be. That was a couple of weeks ago. This morning I had someone ask me about talking a yoga class. I told her I have been looking for one!



Now let me backtrack even further... a few years back. I remember taking an online quiz about religion and what my values and beliefs most resembled. That was when I heard of the Unitarian Universalist Church. I started doing some research and found a Church near my old apartment. They had a great website, but I never made it to a service. I continued to be very curious, but it just didn't happen. The only times is was most convenient for me, was the past couple of summers... when they didn't have regular service. So, it continued to be on my list of things to do.



And now we move up to today. I received a local town's catalog for their Community Continuing Education Program for the next school year. Last year I took Belly Dancing through them and loved it. I wanted to see what else was going to be offered this year. Oh, they have cooking classes, computer classes, estate planning classes, and guess what... yoga classes! 4 different ones, each offered in the fall and again in the spring!

The first one I looked at was Yoga for Stress Relief. This is the class description:
You will be guided through a yoga practice designed to improve strength, flexibility and most importantly relieve stress and tension. Class will also focus on helping you use yoga in everyday life for less stress and more balance. You will leave feeling relaxed and ready for a good night's sleep. Class is suitable for all levels.

The best part? Guess who the yoga teacher is? Stacey! Nuts, huh? OH, it gets even CRAZIER!!!

Then I looked up Stacey's website. She has her upcoming classes listed, including this one through the continuing ed program... which is on Thursday nights for 8 week starting in September. She has another class coming up in the fall, on Tuesday nights, starting on September 14th. It was at a church in the town next to where I live. The cost? I pay $35 to the church for my first class, then I can attend any other class and program they have for that cost. The church is about 15 minutes from where I live. Stacey is member of the church.

Guess what kind of church it is? Unitarian Universalist.

Yeah... my life just works out the way it is supposed to. Things fall into place and I end up where I should. I listen when the universe talks to me. Serendipity. That's my life.