“Tie the future to the past”
Prologue
With some success and some experimentation 2017 has been a lot about bringing worlds together, not just on a Rocket Level, but very so much a personal level as well.
As I write you today, I find myself self in Southern Oregon I am surrounded by recreational marijuana shops, pot grows, breathtaking landscapes and of course Rocket history future and past, because everything is connected. Coming here and planning like this can only happen in the moment and happen organically. My trip mysteriously coincides with my new obsession with a band called Spafford. Every time I see them I start singing “is this love is this love that I’m feeling?” by Bob Marley and every time I hear yes! Isn’t that just great to love something that is always on the move, something tangible and invisible, I suppose that is what love is, “tangible and invisable”, so let it be Like Nick from M3 Yoga says, “follow your heart” ! And that’s a good Segway into a bit of the energy that got stirred up this year.
Traveling with The Rocket Training
My first Rocket Training in 2017 was Vancouver set against the vast landscapes of British Columbia. Some of you may or may not know Larry Schultz opened an Its Yoga in Vancouver in 2001. During that time I visited Larry there and assisted him in a teachers training. It’s Yoga Vancouver only had one year of life but it was a time where Larry was living his dream, so to go back to those sacred grounds was awesome and surreal! It was a small intimate training but we went deep fast and that set the tone for the year.
In May 2017 I found myself packing up and taking flight to Las Cruces New Mexico. The Rocket began taking some momentum in the south west and I found myself surrounded by 18 yogis eager to learn “ the system” This time manuals were printed at the location, to make traveling lighter, because we had a large group and all the “paper” can get heavy this is the learning curve with the trainings as we go each one gets better and little more organized. Holly Rae had her feet on the ground and her Rocket Launch pad ready to ignite, and it did! We sparked a lot of Rocket love, energy, and knowledge thru out the south western part of NM as well as Texas and as far north as Colorado.
Touching back down in my home town of Cincinnati Ohio where my studio Yoga ah was getting ready to celebrate 10 years the momentum of the practice continued to build. In July Nick was headed up from Georgia and Lisa from the south west for Rocket training. Both of these souls came into my life and we had an amazing week together where we laughed and cried and let the yoga get deep. When you begin practicing the Rocket you realize that you are opening yourself up for the unknown and the mysteries of the universe. This power was shown to me when Nick returned to Georgia and with in 3 weeks opened his own studio M3 Yoga. Not only did he offer Rocket but it actually became popular and lead me to going down to do a workshop and most recently 2 more Athens Georgia yogis traveled up to Cincinnati for a 5 day Rocket Training in November.
The November Rocket Training at Yoga ah really raised the bar as I combined my 200 hour group with the Rocket Training group. We all came together in a magical space to share the practice. This training brought a lot of yogis together and that made my heart smile because as I say in the opening of the Rocket manual I wrote is that the only thing more powerful than Larry bring us together is the Rocket. Therefore the Rocket is not only a tool to work on yourself and your self realization but it is also a way to bring yogis together. This is our Rocket family! and we are growing.
As I look ahead to 2018 I am excited to bring more yogis together. I am excited to keep laying down the foundation with the 200 hour training’s at Yoga ah which we offer 3 per year as well as traveling to more retreat locations. In May we are all going down to Costa Rica another place that Larry loved. The Rocket Retreat is mostly all the way booked and it will be the first time that the US Rocket yogis meet on other soil!
It hasn’t been the easiest thing, keeping all this going since Larry left his body but I do feel it’s my calling and purpose and when I doubt myself I have some Rocket yogi telling me “don’t stop, keep going” ( Holly my love ) let the yoga get good!!
Namaste everyone I wish all of you the best 2018 ever!! BIG LOVE MON!!
Amber Gean aka the Gean Machine!! haha