We Will Never Forget

Another entry how being a busy yoga teacher affects and diminishes your practice.
Just kidding. I am actually increasing the intensity of my practice and trying more things. Getting to a class at my studio 5-6 times a week is just not always going to be possible.

One thing I am doing is trying to practice more with the class I am teaching. This is not possible in Bikrams, but it is in my Tuesday morning class. Today I had 11 people! That is a LOT for 6 am class. I did practice some with them but I really had to help them this morning. The students at my studio are just NOT used to props. We sell them, but they don’t know what to do. I am using them heavily in that class and they are really loving it. So I helped them out a lot this morning. It was fun and so rewarding when they come out of a class they loved and you taught it. I felt good all morning. I love creating a different class for them every week. Today we focused on hips. I pulled some advance asanas out and taught them all modifications and what to work towards for the advanced postures.

I taught my first Yin class Sunday evening to four people. So I was able to practice with them. It was a nice class. Easy to teach. I taught Bikram right before that and that class just rocked. Lots of class energy and everyone was sweating buckets and working hard. I love it. My practice at home is mostly Yin. Or practicing what I want my Tuesday morning guinea pig class to do. Or working with John, my absolute worse student. He hurts all the time, his spine is petrified and he whines about it the whole time. I think he liked my Yin experiment though. He didn’t whine as much. He also has the tightest hamstrings I have ever seen in my life.

My homework right now is the Yoga sutras. I am reading them carefully and making notes and am getting a lot out of that about the practice of yoga and the practice of life. I think I was experiencing a lot of this without realizing it but am now aware of the journey and can better define.Tonight is a Bikram class. I am really ready to work out some stress. I do love the other yoga I do, but Bikram is still my method of just tearing it all out of me, the anguish and stress of every day life.

I remember six years ago today. I was at work and my very quiet coworker who had his radio on low came over to my desk and said something happened at the twin towers. I remember going in the lunch room and watching the tv they put out. I remember going to the gym and watching the news when I was on the treadmill. I remember the memorials. We have learned a lot since that day, but I will never forget the details of that day. I feel the same about Katrina. I have to say those two events shook up my life more than any. I was 5 when Kennedy was killed and remember that vividly. I also remember RFK. You just wonder what is next.....