12/20/2025
Hi all, this is Molly here!
As someone who has the privilege of working the front desk from time to time, I wanted to share my experience sweeping the floor of the studio.
Over the years, I've subtly adjusted my strategy for sweeping and preparing the studio for practice. I maximized how to weave my way back and forth across the studio to sweep every floorboard without missing one, the order and way in which I set out the evenly spaced props, exactly how much water and essential oils to drop in the diffuser, how to adjust the twinkle lights, the fastest way to fold and store the blankets so they're all the same direction and distribution...
I have strategized efficient ways to prepare the space, and tonight I'm asking myself why I do this. Maybe when I started it was to impress my boss, or to really figure out what the best way was, or because I study attentional strategies in my career :) But when I asked myself this question just now, I realized the simplest outcome, the true goal I had behind all of those little strategies, was so that I would have plenty of time to be up front, to greet and chat with instructors and students as they came in, and for them to have this sacred studio already set up and ready for them when they enter this peaceful place.
Now, when I sweep the studio, I meditate.
That's what yoga means to me. The technical, physical stuff we do day-to-day, the mental laberynths we navigate, each thing I learn or encounter is part of a journey so that now more than ever, everywhere I am IS yoga.
I am so grateful that I have the privilege of working so closely with this studio. This Sangha serves each other, the staff, instructors, owners, and community together, and it's incredible what we build together. So for our Sangha, the universal community we're all members of, in keeping with one of the most beautiful gifts and traditions yoga brings us, I will gratefully continue to sweep the floor.
I hope you all have a wonderful, restful holiday season, and I look forward to seeing you all next year!
'With love and light' (says Kelli),
Molly
