Teaching yoga at work has put me in touch with many new people. People with jobs that aren't connected with mine. We have worked in the same building for years, riding the elevator together, coming and going without having any reason to notice each other, no reason to connect.
Then along comes yoga. Yoga doesn't care if you are administrative staff or an executive or about the topic of your work. The issues of mind-body connection affect everyone. As a result of the posters I've put up around the building, people stop me in the hall and ask - "are you the person in that picture?" or "are you the person teaching yoga?" and I get an opportunity to meet another interesting person - and they are all interesting.
I think people can sense how genuine, positive and joyful I am about it, and are then motivated to come try out either the full class at the fitness center or my lunchtime "yoga light" class. This is transforming my experience in the workplace, because the potential number of people I have a reason to interact with has expanded from several dozen who I interact with regularly in my work to everyone who might be interested in, or benefit from, healthy movement and mind-body connection. Pretty much everyone.
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