Before beginning this article I want to thank two admirable women in my life, Nancy McCaochan and Dawn Singer, for contributing to the insight that I am about to share with you. Nancy is a registered yoga teacher who is a tremendous asset to our Reconnect with Food intensive programs (my private practice) and is so wise, while Dawn Singer is a childhood friend and owns Yoga Swami, an amazing donation-based yoga studio in Encinitas, California. Her stream of consciousness is a rare gift.

Change. Wikpedia defines change as, "the process of becoming different," or "the act or process of changing."

You want to start a private practice, but fear gets in the way. You want to grow your current business, but you know everything. What can you possibly learn new from someone else? Change is not easy. It is uncomfortable and requires effort. Change is hard, but often harder to stay the same--or for some--stuck. In my yoga classes in Reconnect with Food programs, participants often find themselves in physically uncomfortable poses-a metaphor for the uncomfortable emotional situations one may need to endure to grow and transform. Challenges and obstacles are life's greatest teachers-both on and off the yoga mat.

When it comes to making changes that involve livelihood or professional image, many people become scared of making the changes they want to embrace. An independent business sounds attractive and intriguing, but without enough direct experience about the kinds of changes that you want to make, change becomes a large mountain to climb. It often takes a personal revelation, along with a sensory level experiences to change habits. For example, you may need to experience all that you can possibly take at your present employment to be truly ready to go out on your own-for some it is as severe as a stress- induced illness. Or, you may need to be fired. For those of you currently in private practice, it may take a catastrophic event in your business to propel you forward into a new way of orchestrating your current business. It may involve listening to someone giving you feedback. The most seasoned professionals are open to feedback and learning something new.

For many, it is just as hard to speak your truth as it is hear someone else's truth. As you begin to know yourself and speak your truth, you move into a place of vulnerability, exposed and naked before community in which you stand--and visa versa. As individuals hear these new found words, energy is moved, and those on the receiving end begin to work through some of their karmic issues. This is the process of growth.

The more authentic you are, you will attract authentic individuals into your life-whether it is clients or business resources that can guide you with love and care. You can be whom you choose to be and create yourself anew with every moment. Being the type of person you want to be, starts with doing the thing that person who you want to be does which leads to naturally having the things you want to have. What is the burning fire within you? Is it freedom, peace, recognition? Know yourself and who you want to be. Once you discover this, you will naturally do the things that give you freedom, peace or recognition. The more you develop your own character, the more value you have to share with others.

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About Beverly Price, RD, MA, RYT

Beverly Price is a Registered Dietitian, author, newspaper columnist and public speaker who made a name for herself with her unique approach to nutrition counseling. After 11 years in private practice, she sold Living Better Sensibly -- one of the largest private nutrition practices in the country - to a private nutrition consulting firm, and started Jump Start Consulting specializing in management and marketing strategies for dietitans and other healthcare professionals, along with distance learning products for continuing professional education. Beverly currently operates a private practice, in Huntington Woods, Michigan, where she specializes in eating disorder recovery and yoga therapy.

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