I have been safely in the inner circle of a close-knit community for three years and I’ve forgotten how challenging it can be to break into a close group of people from the outside…I’m am currently going through this challenge in two new places.

The first is in my acting class. Actors are so weird and so being the ‘new girl’ is a little intimidating. But I’m trying hard ~ harder than usual ~ not to be shy. I know most of you who read this here blog don’t think of me as shy, but I can be quite shy sometimes.

I am also trying to break into my yoga studio (alright! ~ I’ve only had four classes, but everyone seems to know each other). At the beginning of class (Anusara practice), there is a chant that is sung in unison. It’s beautiful, but I didn’t know it it makes me feel silly trying hard to figure it out. I grasped the tune, but the words were so hard to make out. Today I looked it up online and it goes like this…(first, pronunciation, then the song..listen!)

I think it’s so pretty and I’m so thrilled to have found it on the web for listening. Here is what it means:

I’m breaking in. Breaking in. Time, is all.