My Own Blog....

Wow. My own blog. Who’d have thought eight years ago when I shut my door and began practicing Senior Project in my classroom (on my own) that I’d be writing anything that might seem helpful to anyone. Notice I said “practicing” Senior Project?

I like to think of the whole Senior Project experience as a yoga session. There’s the meditating and invoking at the beginning to gather up strength and enthusiasm (you may chant at this point), the vigorous practice in the middle which really gets your heart rate up (this is the point at which, even though you appear to be a great and powerful warrior, you are sure you will pass out at any moment and never, ever do this again), and then the lying flat on the floor in the dead man’s pose at the end, thanking whomever that it’s over. After a little breathing, a Namaste, and a sip of water you feel reinvigorated by the practice and ready to do it all over again. Right?

Senior Project, like yoga, is all about practice and mindfulness. Wherever you are at the time is the place you are. That sounds silly, but as long as I keep in mind that a successful yoga practice doesn’t mean that I’ll be ready for Circ de Soleil in two weeks, I am happy with whatever I can achieve as long as I’ve been mindful and stretched myself to my personal limits. Wherever you are in your Senior Project practice is where you are. Your practice can’t be just like anyone else’s because your body (as in “student”) is not the same as the next guy’s.

Be mindful. Stretch yourself and your students. Be flexible. Always remember to breathe. Speaking of which, have you guys got a huge influx of yoga projects at your school? Sheesh. Let’s talk topics and topic selection next time. Namaste.