Right before we had our first class I found out that we were pregnant! I couldn't have been more overjoyed! Unfortunately, within a week of finding out we lost the baby. If it wasn't for the yoga teacher training - which had us learning the philosophy behind yoga and keeping a daily journal - I know that my emotional recovery from our loss would have been a lot more difficult and taken much longer.
Anyway, this little divergence leads me to the title of the post. After I graduated from my teacher training, I needed to set up an LLC so I could begin teaching. The purpose was to protect my personal life from any potential (and unlikely) lawsuits from students. With some help from one of my fellow cop wife, and a few revisions of the name so it wasn't too similar to other LLCs that were already taken, I settled upon Peace and Balance Yoga, LLC.
With the name of my LLC, I wanted it to encompass as much of my philosophy and teaching style with as minimal words possible.
Peace - to highlight the calming nature that a yoga practice can bring to an individual physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Certain asanas can bring on a wide range of benefits that are not limited to the physical aspect of yoga. Different breathing techniques also have beneficial effects upon your body, mind, and spirit.
Balance - to highlight the ability of yoga and the various aspects to help bring balance to your life. We live in a fast-paced, stressful world where we constantly need to put our feelings, emotions, and even well-being aside in order to do our job both at work and at home. We lose ourselves, the connection with our self, on a daily basis. Yoga gives us the opportunity, even if you only practice for 15 minutes, to come back to our self, come back into balance and harmony with our surroundings.
So with my other endeavors that I'm venturing in will need names. One of my new endeavors involves selling some of the pictures that I've been taking over the years. Jason has told me on numerous occasions that I should not only send some of my pictures into competitions, the state fair for example, but that I should also sell them. I'm becoming more and more comfortable behind the lens and having a lot of fun taking pictures. While my favorite subjects are nature scenes, I also enjoy taking pictures of events and people. I'm planning on sticking to selling nature-inspired pictures at this point, but I wouldn't mind expanding into doing side jobs of events as well. I already take pictures for the yearly golf outing for the Fraternal Order of Police lodge that Jason is a member of, so expanding from there would be fun. In my opinion, I got some really nice pics this year. Check some of them out...
Not bad in my opinion. I haven't even photoshopped them. A bit of tweaking may make them that much better! Anyway, I'll stop tooting my own horn. So my plan in selling the pictures involves setting up an Etsy site so I can target a large audience. Each site needs a name. Again, I want something that has meaning. Currently, I'm leaning heavily towards "Portview Photography" due to a few factors. Here is the thought process. I like "Portview Photography" because my Grandma Croswell was big into photography. She even sold some of her pictures to some small magazines if I remember correctly. When I think of my Grandma, I automatically think of Portview and the summers that I spent there. A quick search so far has shown up with nothing that is exactly the same. I did however find a "PortViews Photography." In further inspection, the lady who owns it is merging her business with another photographer, and changing the business name in that merger. I sent her a message in regards to the name so I hope I can keep with my original idea.
Now on to one of my most exciting adventures! I am currently working on my certification to become a doula! A what? A doula. What a doula is is essentially labor support. They are mainly females, although I haven't heard of any males being a doula, but I don't like working in absolutes. They meet with the mother before she goes into labor to discuss what she expects from this support. What a doula can offer varies according to their additional training, but they are there to help educate what can go on during labor, what options they have according to where they labor and deliver the baby, what kind of support the mom would like (aromatherapy, massage, etc.), and so on. A doula will come to the laboring mothers house while in labor and offer support before going to the hospital or birthing center. If the mom has chosen to deliver at home, the doula is there prior to the arrival of the midwives. The doula will then stay with the mom throughout labor and delivery, providing constant attention as needed. After delivery, the doula will visit the mom within a week to check on how the mom felt about her labor and delivery, how breastfeeding is going (if mom decides to breastfeed), and check to see if there are any concerns.
I decided that I wanted to become a doula based on my own experience during pregnancy, labor, and delivery. I want to provide the education and support to women who may not feel they have it from their spouses, family, or care providers. I'm still working on a name for this new business, but one thing I am sure about is that I want to use the word "empower." An educated woman is an empowered woman. No matter how labor and delivery goes, when a woman feels she has made decisions on her own without being forced into situations that were considered undesirable before going into labor, she has empowered herself with the knowledge before anything happens, she will feel more satisfied with the outcome of her experience. That is a gift that all women should have. That gift should not be taken away by family or caretakers because of preconceived notions or policy. So for those of you who read this, do you have any ideas of a business name for my doula work? Any suggestions are appreciated!
Take care and have a great weekend!
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