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Hi All-

Thanks for your comments and feedback.

"....why do you care what the other 'Yogis' think of your financial state ? As long as you are happy in your life it shouldn't matter what others think ?
Don't so much "care" about their thoughts of me. -Floss"

Floss- Thanks for your input. I'm not so concerned about what others think of me. Rather my curiosity and reason for posting is I observe people in the yoga world (me being one of them) seem to really struggle with this "desire" thing (again me being one of them). I've come to realize that desire is the essential creative spark. Trying to "get rid" of, or release desire in a material/monetary world will no doubt cause a TON of stress/pain.

"...may feel opposition to the fact that you and your wife are weak in the socially conscious, or perhaps behaviorally conscious arena?
Inappropriate disclosure, overt self-centeredness, or narcissistic tendancies are the three of the most obvious characteristics they may actually be opposing (based on my read of your vibe). Perhaps they're too polite to bridge the delicate subject? Maybe it's not your financial lifestyle per se... -Roy "

Roy- Thanks for your feedback as well. I can understand that my post may have come across as "overt self confidence", but "narcissistic tendencies" may be a bit strong. This is obviously something we all strive to balance, yet it was in no way meant to look down upon anyone with a differing opinion, nor was it meant to put me up on a pedestal.

Here is an example that might re-create the direction we take this:

I know of someone who's a yoga instructor. She absolutely LOVES to perform and teach yoga. As a single mom with 2 young kids, she teaches 15 classes per week (at various studios around town), want's so much more from her life (she's on the verge at any point in time of having to use Credit Cards to make ends meet if anything "extra" were to come up), and is scared to death to promote herself in a way that is outside her comfort zone (teaching in the studio) or to think bigger such as corporate accounts, more private clients, opening up a yoga studio or whatever, as she would have to then embrace "business", "sales", "profit" etc. I know she is not alone and I'm simply curious to see peoples perspective on why it is that our community has such a fear of promoting "transformation" (yoga would fall under that category) and of dealing with money in a money driven world.

I've been through this exact process on my own and have developed a formula/system (with the help of some key mentors) to find balance with this. Had that not happened I'd still be punching a time clock and renting my life away to an employer with no control whatsoever of my time or income. Had I not broken out of my normal mode of "playing safe", I'd have been WAY less likely to blaze a new trail and overcome my fear of selling, of business and of promoting things I'd gained faith in personally and that I felt could help others. Since going through this metamorphosis, I've been able to engineer my life in a way where my impact is 1000% more than before, my income has gone WAY up, my ability to give and receive has without question become more balanced (the receiving part was always a sticking point for me prior to this change), and now I suppose I'm looking back and wondering who else can relate.

At some point we all will ask ourselves: Am I playing my biggest game? Am I really being compensated for the value I create inside this company/organization? Does what I spend the majority of my time doing to make ends meet line up with what I stand for?

These are questions I have and will continue to have, albeit my context has changed dramatically since branching out into promotions/sales/business etc. It's an ongoing process to re-asses.

I'm just a big proponent of engineering my life so that it doesn't feel like "work" in the general sense.

I suppose this is an indirect poll to learn about what others feel is their root of resistance towards "abundance", "the function of business", "the function of sales", "the function providing a service at a profit" etc.

Another good one is how does yoga and the law of attraction fit into this whole equation?