Getting settled in LA

Hi all,

I'm finally made the decision to go to LA!!!! lol I'm both excited and nervous about coming here. I'm nervous about all the challenges ahead of me and all the fears that I'll have to face when moving to a new country. Well, I guess you need to take on some challenges to grow.... Most of all I'm excited about being here, meeting new people and getting (read: taking) the possibility to focus on yoga and dance. In India I met a few people that really got me think through a couple of things and helped me change my focus. I know what I want in life, and it's my responsibility to follow my intuition, do what I believe in, follow through on my goals and live by my values. I want to do those things that makes me smile :-) I almost can't believe that I'm finally here to fulfill my dream about practice and teach dance and yoga in Los Angeles. As you know I've wanted this for years, but I've been too scared to actually do it. Now I'm here, and it all feels kind of unreal........ I guess it's my dream has become reality!!! I know I'm on the right path, so I'm just going to try to trust and enjoy the process as much as possible and keep myself open to all possibilities (there's lots of opportunities here!).

As you know from the previous posting I was invited by Doug Swenson to come assisting at his yoga workshop across the country for a month. This was offered as an opportunity for me to get a 200 hour Yoga Alliance certification and some experience before start teaching in Los Angeles. As I saw that as a great opportunity to get a yoga teacher certification, practice yoga adjustments, expand my network and getting to see some cool places I decided to come along! Well, so now I've been touring for almost a month teaching yoga. Now I'm back in Los Angeles! -And not counting the days I'll go back to Norway to teach NLP I'm planning to stay for a while (one year, maybe more...).

I didn't manage to get myself a place to live before I went on tour. Asgeir has moved into a place in Hollywood, so I stay while I'm looking for my own place. I've been quite stressed about this because the landlords surely prefer US cidizens with good referals and lots of money in the bank..... Well, I have a gut-feeling I'll find a place soon. And as soon as I get an apartment you're all very welcome to come visit me if you want! :-)

I bought myself a new (at least for me) used car the other day. It's my first car and I'm quite excited about it! It's a Nissan Altima '97. Nobody walks here...





Hopefully I'll also find a place (or several) to teach yoga and dance to financial comfort myself. Well, it's so funny how things just seems to fall in place when you're on the right path though.... I'm so grateful that I got introduced to Heather. She has been so extreemly nice and helpful to me. She has introduced me to some central people in the yoga scene and even referred me some of here clients! So I've had a great start with getting refereed a couple of clients and being on the list to fill in classes at Yoga Works (one of the biggest yoga companies). lol Other than looking out for more places to teach yoga and dance I'll start giving some massages (just ordered a massage-table) and coaching sessions. ...and I'll keep my eyes open for possible modeling jobs and other Hollywood opportunities that might show up ;-)

I've changed my diet and are now eating 100% raw-food. I'm quite proud of myself to even quit eating chocolate!!! Well, have to admit I've found a raw chocolate substitute... It's much easier being a raw-fooder here than in Norway. Here there's a much bigger selection of fruits and vegetable, there's some raw restaurants where you can get some really good (believe it or not!) dishes, and even the climate makes it easier eating raw (cold) food. I'm going to out up a raw-food blog as well: http://TheRawLaw.blogspot.com/



I'll keep you posted.

:-) from Caïla