Don’t forget to floss.

I sort of retired this summer because I stopped teaching creative movement classes for little ones. It turns out that I’m teaching the same amount, but all the classes are intentionally yoga based. Is that boring?

Although closing the age gap from 1 to 98 years old to 8 to 98 ( letting go of 6% of my student population) it will hardly effect my life expectancy. However, older folks will appreciate the fact I don’t ask them to drum their names while I toss Monkey in the air, and young kids won’t wonder why I’m not doing so.

I’m not 100% sure why I’m letting them go, except for the fact that I’d be teaching a second and almost third generation of kids and it makes me feel long in the tooth.

There’s nothing wrong with a healthy dose of ego to get one to change life paths. So I guess I didn’t really retire from everything.

“You aren’t retiring, maybe redefining?” my friend Claudia typed back after receiving my weekly missive of fussing and thoughts.

In simple terms, I’m getting out while I’m ahead. It may be in my own head, but that’s all that matters.  I did the same during my skiing and dancing eras. Totally ego based decisions. Wise ones at that.

Ego is important. It keeps us balanced between inner, natural and human, desires and expectations, and those of the outside world.

Redefining the ego is an essential practice, it involves retiring what is no longer of use or available. It may be based on life circumstances, financial obligations, or on our physical and mental capabilities.

My ego is pretty healthy when it comes to paying attention to my teeth.