Your New Year Plan

We are beginning to understand the inner workings of the brain and the choices we make that go with them.

I have been in the wellness industry for over fifteen years, and am here to share the trends I've seen as they have flipped by.

Year after year, students have arrived ready for a "new them" and armed with shiny new objects to help them achieve their goals. For the seasoned yoga teacher, this can be hard to watch.

The first few weeks of January invite new activities, and for some, these activities remain on the schedule. Others enthusiastically develop new habits and relationships that support these new habits.

February offers a renewed sense of hope when that gym bag from the back of the closet gets pulled out in preparation for Valentine's Day. Hopefuls everywhere aspire to wear that new dress for their big night out.

March. The regulars at the gym begin to look forward to the crowds thinning and having some elbow room for their regular routine. By the end of the month they often get their wish.

The grocery stores update their end aisles from health and wellness items to cookies and chips.

Most return to their former ways by April and the quiet promise to start anew, come the new year.

This year, may I invite you to skip the resolution for a planner? Add a new one-hour entry each week for January through December, and watch those magic genies show up granting your wishes.