What's the worst that can happen?

I moved to London just over a year ago filled with nerves, excitement and expectations. For the first few months I was that person who stood back and let people onto tubes, I moved out of peoples way on the street and then one day I became Londonised!

I rushed everywhere, I ran for trains, got frustrated at having to wait more than a minute for a tube and fell into the all too true reality of being part of the the rat race where Monday to Friday I commuted in my own little world barely noticing what was going around me just focusing on getting to my destination as quick as possible.... and then I woke up one morning and wondered when I stopped being me and started waking on a Monday morning waiting for Friday.

So after a lot of day dreaming over the last year I woke up one morning and knew what I needed to do. I handed in my notice in work, shocked a few people and decided I was going to do what I love.... Yoga!

Two years ago I took a half step to making the leap but I lost my confidence and got sucked back into the corporate world. I trained as a pregnancy and mum & baby yoga teacher but got so caught up with my day job as a Marketing Manager that I let what I love slip and become an all too small past time which I barely got time to do. But six weeks ago I finally took the plunge and signed up for a range of yoga courses and by the end of June I will  also be a kids yoga teacher and will have competed my 200hr training diploma! Not scary at all!! :)

A very good friend of mine recently gave me very good advice which I now apply to any situation where I am nervous or unsure..... What's the worst that can happen?
I do the courses and the whole teaching thing doesn't work out.... so I have spent a bit of money doing something I love and have to find a new job... not such a bad worst case scenario.

So now begins my new journey.... My little yoga buzz. I'm sure there will be challenges and moments of doubt but I am also sure there will be endless moments of fun, excitement and new experiences. I am writing this blog for me, so I can look back in weeks/ months to come and hopefully smile as I sit preparing my yoga class plans for the week ahead and think back on how good it felt to go with my gut and not let other people make my decisions.

My new motto: Feel the fear and do it anyway...... What's the worst that can happen?

Ella