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Listening to My Inner Voice... Even if She's an Expensive Hardass
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Listening to My Inner Voice... Even if She's an Expensive Hardass

That said, a lot has changed for me in the past seven days, and I know even more will

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Lesley Smartt Brock
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I finally did it. The thing that had been poking at me over the last year; the website I had visited several times since moving to Tennessee. I signed up for yoga teacher training (YTT).

You may be like what the hell, Lesley? Honestly, same.

But, YTT was one of those ideas that I kept hearing myself think.

For a year +, I ignored it, telling myself it was expensive and had nothing to do with my professional goals — still technically true. However, on March 1, I felt a pull to go look into YTT, to see when the spring training began. Turns out, it was on March 1.

With zero time to waste or to overthink, I signed up. I assured myself I’d figure out the cost somehow as well as why I was feeling called to do it. I chose to be excited, rather than fearful, about the uncertainty.

The impact that a single decision — to listen to my inner voice— has had on me in one week has been absolutely profound. I’ve had more shifts and insights in the last seven days than in the last year overall. I’ve bee…

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