Since I've been teaching regularly, I've learned a lot of new things. I'm starting to develop my own teaching voice and style. I'm learning how to be more precise with my language ("Lengthen you spine and stretch the crown of your head toward the ceiling"—good use of words. "Lengthen your spine, you know, or whatever"—not so good.) More than anything, I've racked my brain trying to locate new students—the one thing that hasn't come easily at all.

But I think I learned my most valuable lesson last night through an email from my one regular student, a 13-year-old who has come to my class every week for the last month. That is, except for last week.

When no one showed for my class last week, I was devastated. I kept thinking about all the things I could've done to make my one, loyal student decide not to come back to my class.

So when I checked my email last night I was thrilled to see one in my Inbox with the subject "Teen Yoga." I was less than thrilled to realize the thing I had done wrong was neglect to unlock the outside door to the studio so my student could actually get in . . . I just hope I didn't leave any other potential students out on the street!

No one ever said that growing a yoga following would be easy. But, I have a feeling class will go a bit better tonight when I actually let my students into the building.