Today at lunch at the OSCMS conference, I led my first-ever Yoga for Geeks class. It was fun! There were 14 people in the room - including the #1 and #2 Drupal dudes in the world, Dries and Steven - and it was great. It made me feel so happy to combine these two spheres of my life - especially into something that felt like it was making a real contribution to the event. For many of the participants, it was their first-ever class, and several people told me afterwards that it was the first moment they hadn't felt stressed all day - which made it all worthwhile, right there, for me.

Bolstered (no yoga pun intended) by today's success, I'm offering it again tomorrow at Moosecamp. Come on down at 11:45 for an hour of stretching and relaxation - appropriate for all levels of experience and flexibility. Yoga mats provided for the first 14 people!

Oh... and I registered yogaforgeeks.com today - there's nothing up there now, but there will be soon. :)

This week is the Open Source CMS Conference, here in Vancouver at Robson Square. Almost anyone who has anything significant to do with Drupal is here, and there are sessions all day, every day, for a full three days.

This afternoon Kris overheard me looking into making a wholesale order of yoga mats from Halfmoon, and commented to me that I should teach a session at the conference. We went to check the schedule, and sure enough, there is a spot available Thursday morning, 8:30 am.

So...Yoga for Geeks! The text from the conference site:

Get yourself out of bed early and come on down for an easy morning yoga class with Sarah. This class will be accessible to all levels of flexibility and experience - you'll learn some things you can do to stretch out your hunched shoulders, calm your overworked nerves, and build a bit more balance into your online existence.

No experience necessary. Wear pants that you can stretch in (but even loose jeans would be fine). Mats will be provided for the first 20 people!

 If you're at the conference, come join in. :)

It's just around the corner now...

The Open Source CMS Summit, back-to-back with Northern Voice and Moosecamp.

I am signed up for the following sessions so far at the CMS Summit:  

• Plone Overview
• Designs and Templates for CMS
• Joint discussion on identity issues, solutions, and implementation
• Wordpress Overview

I'm looking forward to it. It'll test my geek mettle, but I'm up for it. To be an effective translator of the tools to the outside world, I need to be able to speak geek.

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In completely other news: I invested in a Litebook today, in the hopes that it will live up to its claims and help alleviate the fatigue and blahs that I tend to feel through Vancouver winters. I'll keep you posted...