Bon Voyage!

It is nice to know that yoga practitioners realise the wisdom of taking a break from work and surroundings to refresh the enthusiasm for life.

Honestly, I have not vacationed in 10 years, other than a few visits to Los Angeles, Oxnard and Santa Barbara! I have the responsibility of holding down the fort at ZanZilla and when summertime rolls around, things get a little.....quiet. I have to get through it with my chosen humble gig. I have to make it work out.

I frequently get asked a very common question: "WILL YOU EXTEND MY SERIES EXPIRATION DATE? WE'RE TRAVELLING TO _________ AND I WISH TO CONTINUE HAVING THE DISCOUNT RATE......OH, AND I ALSO WANT THE EARLY RE-SIGN DISCOUNT. WILL YOU DO THAT FOR ME, ZAN?"

Because you see, you are my friend and I am your friend! Why would I ever refuse an opportunity to accomodate you? The tricky thing is, this is not a "one-on-one relationship" where only I have to uphold agreements and remain faithfully consistent - this is a "one (Zan)-on-many (you + the other students) relationship" where only I have to uphold agreements and remain faithfully consistent.

When you go on vacation, do you ask the landlord or mortgage bank to give you a pro-rate for the days you will not be in your home? Do you ask your car insurance carrier to stop insurance on those days? How about your internet service or the gym you attend? Are any of those things suspended while you are away? Finally, do you open the refrigerator door and have a heart to heart talk with the food and ask it to remain unspoiled for you? Or maybe you just go to the grocery store when you return and ask them to replace your vegetables, because after all, you were in Palm Springs!

All those things mentioned above (except for the broccoli and eggs) are for the most part, faceless financial institutions and there is no means of making such requests.

I am Zan, someone you know and is your friend. Maybe that is why I get the honor of being asked this question! I am not "faceless" - I am someone you can confront in the blue office of my humble gig.

Let's move on, shall we? Because when you buy a series that will expire on a certain date, that agreement should not be re-negotiated by you. It has been suggested that the retrievable classes are too complicated. ("But I don't understand that speed limit law officer! I thought I could drive 80 MPH therefore I am correct.") For now, I still offer retrievable classes so that you do not entirely lose the money you spent on your series. I don't wish to spoil the circumstances for those who have been honourable and kind to me.

There is now the simple option of paying $125 for a monthly unlimited rate. No mess no fuss. I highly suggest getting used to this concept.

In the meantime, I intend to spend my vocal chords and words of wisdom on yoga, meditation, restorative exercise and things such as that.

Try if you must, but I am no longer willing to squander my verbiage on conversations about making special deals in the office, or the props, or the bathroom key, yoga gossip or yoga fashion etc...

Sorry folks, my top simply does not spin at that RPM.

In mirth and fortitude, Zan