Today I started a sort of internship/student teaching gig at the Sacramento Waldorf School. A beautiful yogi soul connected me to their health teacher several months ago. Megan Sullivan has been teaching health and sexuality education there for eight years. She's just a complete gem (and also has a fabulous Australian accent). I was all sorts of nervous and excited. The last time I had worked with high schoolers was at least five years ago when I co-coached a high school dance team, but that was a totally different context and responsibility.

I loved every moment of today. Megan started out the class period with a meditation practice, which of course made my yogi heart sing with gratitude. It allowed me to slow down, focus my breath, and really appreciate where I was and how I got there. I introduced myself to the students, then was able to hang out at the back of the room and mostly just observe. I chimed in a couple times to share something when Megan invited me to, but otherwise I just took notes on what she taught, how she broke up the lecture with activity, and even the way she brought students back to focus on the topic at hand.

I'll be helping out for the rest of the school year. And from our previous conversations it seems like Megan is entirely open to me teaching a lesson and really diving in. I am so grateful for her openness and willingness to have me in her classroom. I am also thrilled to have some more relevant work experience to put on my resume as I enter my last year and a half of grad school and begin looking for a new career...

xxo

P.S. These awesome tees are part of an upcoming line through Defy The Odds, found here.

P.P.S. I USED TO BABYSIT THESE BABES. Camille and Natasia. Their inner beauty and goodness is even greater than their external beauty, which is pretty fabulous.