Bikram Yoga Teacher Training Spring 2012!!!!!!

Hello all!!!

I am in LA, and today I check into the hotel for the Bikram Yoga Teacher Training! There are 415 of us goofy yoga nerds that wish to become teachers. I can't wait to make new friends, and I can't wait to do lots and lots of yoga!

The last 2 weeks on my island were insanely busy, and some things came up that made my stress level so high, I thought I wouldn't make it. I wasn't able to do much yoga, but I did make sure to get a few massages, and my dear friends were good at pulling my mind out of the depths of despair. But, life goes on, and I am here, about to start this insane roller coaster ride.

For those of you who don't know what this is about, Bikram yoga is a 90 min class of 26 postures done in a room that is 105 degrees f. (40c for all my Indian friends) :) I have been doing this yoga for 10 years, and have wanted to do the Training for almost that long. Last year, at this time, I was in India visiting Husbo, and I was obsessed with reading all of the blogs from the people going through it. And, I did a class in Mumbai, and decided that I CAN live in India, if I have a job to keep me busy.

So, this is the first step to moving to India. I will become a Teacher, and hopefully get sent to India to teach yoga, and spend time with my Husbo while we are waiting endlessly for the green card. I really do want to learn Hindi! What a fun adventure it would be.

This Teacher Training is 9 weeks long, and we do the 90 min class twice a day, and there are anatomy classes, lectures, posture clinics, and even Bollywood films! We are taught by Bikram himself, and his amazing staff. I am overjoyed to be starting this adventure!

Let the madness begin!!!

One step closer to John Abraham ;)

Sooooooooooo.......

 I am going to the Bikram Yoga Teacher Training!!!! It is April 15-June 17 in LA with Bikram himself. I am so, so, so happy. And, AND, I will be going to teach in INDIA!!!! I am stoked! There are two studios in Mumbai, and that is where I requested to be. Husbo can come visit me on the weekends. I will get to teach yoga, learn Hindi, live in one of the biggest cities in the world, and see husbo more often!!

I have no idea how this will affect his green card. I need to contact a lawyer.

I guess I will be packing up my life here on my little island, selling my truck, and heading out for the bigger world.

And, of course I shall be blogging. Now that I have something interesting happening, I shall be blogging, blogging, blogging. So, I apologize in advance, as this blog will become a Teacher Training blog from April 15 til June 17, but then it will be all about my adventures in India again! Oh the possibilities! John Abraham! ;)

Still waiting..................................

.............for the NOA 2. That is the notice that the USCIS has accepted my petition, and will be sending it along to the National Visa Center for the next steps. This part can take up to 3 months, so hold your horses, peeps, my man won't be here anytime soon.

In the meantime, it sucks, sucks, sucks, to be so far from him and have no more plans to visit in the immediate future. If anyone would like to buy me a plane ticket to Mumbai for Christmas, I would accept with with gratefulness, and love you forever! ;)

I am just busy trying to get back into my life catch up from all the time off I took. Working hard, and enjoying my island. I am doing a Bikram yoga 60 day challenge, and I feel amazing! (Day #37 today if you are curious.) I read the yoga Teacher Training blogs obsessively because I want to become a teacher and teach in India someday. How fun would it be to teach this yoga that I have been obsessed with for 10 years(!) in the place where yoga came from! And what if John Abraham came to take my class, and decided that I am his favorite teacher and offers to take me to his next movie premiere and.... Oops! Did I get lost in lala-land?  :)

John Abraham!

Anyhoo, just a quick update. I need to sleep now... Goodnight all...

The Visa Journey

So I sent off my I-130 package! Now the anxiousness starts. I guess it can take 8 or 9 months on average for him to get his visa, and that is if everything goes smooth. I already had a bump in the road, (signed the line below the one I was supposed to!) and they sent it back, so I lost 10 days and 10 dollars. Oh how maddening this process is! I should just move to India! If I didn't love this island so much....

Cute Husband

Last night on Skype, Husband and I were chatting about bikram yoga, and about Bikram himself. I told husband that he is going to try it with me, fall in love with it, and then go to teacher training and then we will open a studio. He said we will open our own studio, and...
Husband: "We will call it DJ Yoga"
Me: "Oh our initials! How nice that you put my initial first!"
Husband: "Females always come first."

Haha!!! What a well trained husband! :)

Today he is heading for Mumbai for the Ganesh Chaturthi Puja festival. http://vamtantra.com/ganesh-chaturthi-puja-daan-september-2011.html
 I miss him already!

Oh yeah, I have a blog...

Updates...
 Still working on the Visa paperwork. Should have it ready to go next week...

I am picking up shifts at my old job and have been pretty busy. Just waiting for someone to move or quit so I can move on in! Although Red thinks I should apply at her work. We shall see. I am still somewhat waiting for the universe to point me in the direction I should go. Not wanting to make any more impulsive decisions for a while!

Bikram Yoga! I am doing a 30 day challenge. I love this yoga. Have been doing it for 10 years, and it will be a part of my life forever. So I think I should do the teacher training already. If I do, then I can teach in India! We all know that I cannot live in India unless I have something to do. So I am planning on going to the training in the spring, which is right around the time husband should be here if all goes well...

Husband is awesome. I love skyping with him every morning and night. He has "met" a lot of my friends and family this way. And wherever I stay, I like to take the computer around and show him the environment. I showed him the beach and he asked, "Where are all the babes in bikinis?" I think that is what he is most excited about when he comes to this island. Seeing all the flesh. :) My friend Red has decided that Husband is going to join the canoe club and be a paddler. Husband says, "that sounds fun, but I have to learn to swim first!" There will be so much for him to learn about life in this country, on this island.

I don/t have much to say, and I gotta go to yoga, but I have to post every once in a while to be able to say that I have a blog. :)

Question...

Here's a question for anyone that has done the visa thing...

I am filling out these forms (i-130, g-325a) and I am wondering if anyone knows if I can use my PO Box number? I am couch surfing right now until I can afford to get an apartment, so I don't have a physical address. Any thoughts?