Titles are important to me. Before I could move forward on this new journey as a blogger, my first step was not only to decide what to write about, but also what I was going to call it. One of my favorite professors in grad school once offered this bit of wisdom: "If you're trying to analyze a play, one of the best places to start is with the title." I actually thought about the title of this blog for quite awhile. I'm still not sure if "The Mat and the Stage" is a good title, a great title, or a really bad one. I do know this, though: it's definitely appropriate.
You see, I spend a lot of time on my yoga mat, both as a practitioner and as a teacher. I teach three yoga classes every week at two different studios, and I attend class at least once a week at another studio. That said, my body and mind are on my yoga mat frequently.
I would like to say I spend a lot of time on the stage, but, right now, I can't make that claim. I do spend a lot of time thinking about the stage, though, and I see a lot of theatre in any given year, locally as well as other places. I also spend a lot of time writing plays that, needless to say, I'm hopeful will find their way onto a stage. I've been lucky enough to have that happen with several of them.
While I'm likely to write about a number of topics here--and, yes, I'm giving myself permission to do that right from the very beginning--I expect more often than not to write about yoga (aka "the mat") or theatre (aka "the stage"). Of course, these two topics actually have quite a bit in common. Maybe if you don't see that now, you will if you continue to follow this blog. And I hope you will do just that.
