Which One?

What do you do to be involved in the community?

Which community is ‘the’ community I wonder. My east coast yoga community is one I’m happily involved in. How am I involved? Well

I go often. I appreciate all the different instructors and the different classes that they teach and tell them. (because I sincerely do). I try to get to know as many others in my classes, as I can, by being friendly, smiling and listening.Yoga attracts a colorful array of people and since I’ll never really understand it, I’m always curious about everyone else’s ideas and views.

My west coast yoga community became something like family. After Covid closed our studio doors we kept our little community going with online class, distance walks and upbeat chats. We celebrated birthdays and equinox es. This community is still very important to me.

We have a neighborhood community that we are mostly new to here. I think just slowing down to chat and being friendly is a good place to start. Keeping the lawn mowed and the edges trimmed has been helpful. A neighbor actually stopped to thank me.

Every community has different ways to be helpful and appreciative. Once I did a neighborhood mural where I met alll kinds of people I didn’t know were neighbors. Sometimes, just being outside doing something is all it takes to be involved.

Today, I spent a little while watching a new dock being put in. Different neighbors stopped to watch and ask questions. It reminded me of the show Mr. Rogers a little. Large telephone pole size posts had to be sunk several feet into the sand under the water. Everyone was a little captivated by the barge and machinery that drove the posts in. Mr Roger’s had a segment called Picture Picture in which he showed filmclips of something being made. For example, one time we watched crayons being made.

I think Mr Roger’s Neighborhood was well named. Mr Rogers was always interested in and friendly towards everyone. Because he was interested, we were to. Even the littlest of my kids would sit and nod when he talked to the camera. He modeled community involvement best. I didn’t ever think of that then, but he did.