"The more you learn to trust yourself, the more easily you can tap into your gifts." I quote this directly from Carrie's blog, Free to be Me, a Guide to Remembering your Life's Dharma. Full disclosure: Carrie has become a dear friend to me during the process of becoming one of my greatest teachers. She possesses the tremendous quality of being able to "show me the nature of my mind, and reveal my hidden faults" [quote by Pema Chodron] as well as my unique gifts. Through a variety of techniques, not least of which is a soulful ability to listen and reflect myself back to me without judgement, Carrie has helped me to grow into a teacher who is now ready to expand outward and bring my own practice of teaching yoga to my students. I entered her teacher training knowing that I wanted to teach yoga, but still full of trepidation- would I be good enough? Would anyone want to hear what I had to say? Carrie used her own experiences as examples and in doing so she has helped me tap into my unique voice.
Through such practices as going within (in meditation and chanting) and encouraging the vocalization and sharing of our own soul stories in small classes, she teaches us that we are all good enough just as we are. She has helped me to trust my own intuition- my True Nature- that which is at its essence simple goodness, wisdom, and loving kindness. Most importantly, through Carrie's quiet humor, I learned to laugh at myself when the going was hard, rather than to emotionally beat myself up, when facing some of those tough challenges that we all face in this life.
I count myself very lucky to have found Carrie, and to be her student and her friend. Few people I know are as compassionate, kind, and as selfless as she has proven herself to be.
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