My Aha Moment Experience: Mom Was Right, Sharing is Good.

The Mutual of Omaha airstream came to Asheville, NC this past June and I hopped right on to share my story.

If you are not familiar with Mutual of Omaha’s aha moment campaign and commercials, you can visit them online to see what I’m talking about. Basically, they travel the country and interview everyday people, some well known, others not so much, and provide them with a chance to share their story. In these commercials, people talk about a moment in their life that has had some impact or brought about clarity, you know, an “aha” moment. The cool thing is that everyone has a story and most everyone wants to share that story with others. I find this is true with the people I meet teaching yoga classes.

So, I shared my aha moment and you can view it here. To sum it up:

The best things in life are made even better when you share them, when you give them away.

I have the best job in the world – empowering people to transform their lives and to take responsibility for their health and well-being. Yoga practice is so very personal and brings about life-changing transformation through moment after moment of these “aha moments,” these moments of clarity and connection.

For me realizing that I wanted to teach and to share what I’ve learned came about through noticing what benefits I have received (for asthma, allergies, depression, injuries, self-esteem, purpose). I thought about the things in my life that I have suffered with and that I have seen transformed … by me. I realized that this is pretty incredible and very empowering. I immediately wanted to shout it out to the world: You can do and be anything you want to. We are FREE to create and invent ourselves in every moment! REALLY!

Perhaps you’ve had a moment like this. A moment when you realize the depth of your untapped potential. And what do you do with this kind of powerful information? Do you hoard it? Do you keep it to yourself? Nope. you want to share it, right? You want everyone to feel this way and to know this potential.

I have realized that the best things in my life have been made a kagillion times better by sharing them with others and that this is because it provides me with access to ultimate connection. By simply sharing and interacting with other people, I become part of what’s happening in the world. I am contributing. I am affecting change. And it is exciting.

I have also noticed that this is a very human characteristic. We all instinctively want to connect with each other. We want to be heard and understood. We want to contribute. In this realization, I found even more yummy connection. Aha! Aha! Aha!

So, whether or not I convey all of this in the short “aha moment” moment video with the Mutual of Omaha gang (I don’t think it is clear), I am glad to have this blog as an outlet for sharing. Now, of course I could pick apart the video until I drive myself bonkers (for example the way I say yogaaaaa in the beginning of the video makes me twitchy), but I am glad I did it. I’m glad I shared. I was really nervous, which surprised me, so that explains the lack of a coherent and clear message.

Anyway, let me know what you think and share your thoughts and aha’s below. And thanks for being a witness to my journey!

Lots of Love,

Lindsay