Oh week one is done? Crazy town!
I finished my week off by taking the class of another trainee and she rocked it!
I think the main thing is I keep thinking how much we have to continuously learn from each other-the experience and knowledge of the world is immense.
I also finished this week off by running the stairs by my house...and oy vey. The good news is there was a starting point and I know the rest will come. One day at a time. Just like the challenge!
I was not feeling the stairs...but the best part wasn't doing it really but that watching the thoughts I was having from when I used to run them have completely 180ed. I used to run them and chide myself and today it was positive affirmations. And constant reminders to just breathe. Wild.
That's yoga for you! And a healthy mind is not something to turn a nose at.
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Monday, May 6, 2013
Day 6
Hello Day 6!
Book ending my weekend with teaching and taking!
Wonderful!
Teaching class was fun. I felt more grounded and free despite making the biggest "mistake" in the sequencing. No one needs wind relieving, thread the needle, bridge or abs right? Other than my awkward trying to instruct the students back onto their backs...I felt really great. Even with that I was sort of like"Oh?" Hmm...Also, always remember to check everyone is in class before you go in to teach! Amy snuck in during savasana because I forgot to check she was taking class. Oops!
And Sonya taught a really amazing flow. So wonderful and powerful yet unwinding too.
It's amazing what a regular yoga practice can do eh? ;)
Book ending my weekend with teaching and taking!
Wonderful!
Teaching class was fun. I felt more grounded and free despite making the biggest "mistake" in the sequencing. No one needs wind relieving, thread the needle, bridge or abs right? Other than my awkward trying to instruct the students back onto their backs...I felt really great. Even with that I was sort of like"Oh?" Hmm...Also, always remember to check everyone is in class before you go in to teach! Amy snuck in during savasana because I forgot to check she was taking class. Oops!
And Sonya taught a really amazing flow. So wonderful and powerful yet unwinding too.
It's amazing what a regular yoga practice can do eh? ;)
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Day 5
What a day, day five was!
Sleeping was not my friend last night so I woke up feeling not so well but figured hydration and the hot room would be a great cure!
SO I helped with the 30 Day Challenge Hands on Adjustment class and the experience was amazing. Just watching the bodies, creating small adjustments in the Challenger postures and making that connection with each person who attended. Wow!
.llllllllllllllllll-Bobbin wanted to say hi!
I am very glad I asked to be one of the adjusters and it was a fantastic learning experience from every angle.
Also, Ted was right, when needed the knowledge we have would surface.
I then took the class after. Moksha Music. Yoga and music. It's a titillating combination and my savasana was excellent. I may have had to stop myself from snoring once or twice too. ;)
But the class I was both dreading and excited about (to catch up for Day 5!) was SSU. I have been avoiding SSUs since I got back from training. I'm not really sure why but I feel the "If you are avoiding the pose, you need it most" statement applies to this class too. It's a challenge for "advanced" yogis. The calmness, the stillness, slowing life down and not having to focus completely on the breathe means those tricky thoughts are easier to stick.
It happened a a few times but the funny thing? You do still lose your breathe in SSU and paying attention, reconnecting to that breathe, means those thoughts can float back outside the hot room until practice is done.
I teach tomorrow so that'll be awesome. :)
See you in the hot room!
Sleeping was not my friend last night so I woke up feeling not so well but figured hydration and the hot room would be a great cure!
SO I helped with the 30 Day Challenge Hands on Adjustment class and the experience was amazing. Just watching the bodies, creating small adjustments in the Challenger postures and making that connection with each person who attended. Wow!
.llllllllllllllllll-Bobbin wanted to say hi!
I am very glad I asked to be one of the adjusters and it was a fantastic learning experience from every angle.
Also, Ted was right, when needed the knowledge we have would surface.
I then took the class after. Moksha Music. Yoga and music. It's a titillating combination and my savasana was excellent. I may have had to stop myself from snoring once or twice too. ;)
But the class I was both dreading and excited about (to catch up for Day 5!) was SSU. I have been avoiding SSUs since I got back from training. I'm not really sure why but I feel the "If you are avoiding the pose, you need it most" statement applies to this class too. It's a challenge for "advanced" yogis. The calmness, the stillness, slowing life down and not having to focus completely on the breathe means those tricky thoughts are easier to stick.
It happened a a few times but the funny thing? You do still lose your breathe in SSU and paying attention, reconnecting to that breathe, means those thoughts can float back outside the hot room until practice is done.
I teach tomorrow so that'll be awesome. :)
See you in the hot room!
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Day 4
I'm still never sure when I should just go and practice and when I need to just be. Sit with the thoughts I'm having and have been putting off thinking about in order to create change.
I know about 98.5% of the time going will make me feel better overall but sometimes that 1.5% can just make it all worst. And it happens! The days when you just can't stop the thoughts, just acknowledge them in class but let them keep moving because you are so connected to your breathe.
And it's just that fear I'm still working through so today I didn't practice-partly because I slept through the classes I felt good about attending and partly because YogaMix is so far over my head it freaks me out and partly because I needed to face the thoughts I usually let go to be able to create change and move forward.
Tomorrow is an exciting day of the challenge. There is a Challenger's only Hands-On Adjustment class and I get to help with the adjustments! Then take two classes to make up for today. ;)
I know about 98.5% of the time going will make me feel better overall but sometimes that 1.5% can just make it all worst. And it happens! The days when you just can't stop the thoughts, just acknowledge them in class but let them keep moving because you are so connected to your breathe.
And it's just that fear I'm still working through so today I didn't practice-partly because I slept through the classes I felt good about attending and partly because YogaMix is so far over my head it freaks me out and partly because I needed to face the thoughts I usually let go to be able to create change and move forward.
Tomorrow is an exciting day of the challenge. There is a Challenger's only Hands-On Adjustment class and I get to help with the adjustments! Then take two classes to make up for today. ;)
Friday, May 3, 2013
Day 3
I'm so glad Day 3 is a Friday...it just seems to fit well.
I took my class for the Challenge (and to calm some nerves) and then taught a class!
As a practice class it was open to my friends/family and then the Challengers-they got a bingo stamp on their BINGO card!
But mum wasn't in the room! So it was odd. Good but odd.
Some nerves kicked up that haven't in my last few practice classes. I really want people to enjoy their classes and feel like they got what they came for-this is going to be my challenge in teaching. Letting THAT go. Trusting I know the poses. Trusting I can watch the bodies and instruct based on the room and knowing each student brings in their own stuff and that I can't change that or how they feel, I can only instruct the best class possible with all I bring.
Having Ashley as encouragement last night and today was fantastic though. I think the best thing she said and what I keep coming back to is that I need to teach from my practice. Which means really coming to my mat and being in those moments so I can lead others into those moments.
My body so far has accepted the challenge and I actually had maybe one of the best nights sleep (if not the best) since I got back from Training. AND it was at a normal hour.
Bring on Day 4!
I took my class for the Challenge (and to calm some nerves) and then taught a class!
As a practice class it was open to my friends/family and then the Challengers-they got a bingo stamp on their BINGO card!
But mum wasn't in the room! So it was odd. Good but odd.
Some nerves kicked up that haven't in my last few practice classes. I really want people to enjoy their classes and feel like they got what they came for-this is going to be my challenge in teaching. Letting THAT go. Trusting I know the poses. Trusting I can watch the bodies and instruct based on the room and knowing each student brings in their own stuff and that I can't change that or how they feel, I can only instruct the best class possible with all I bring.
Having Ashley as encouragement last night and today was fantastic though. I think the best thing she said and what I keep coming back to is that I need to teach from my practice. Which means really coming to my mat and being in those moments so I can lead others into those moments.
My body so far has accepted the challenge and I actually had maybe one of the best nights sleep (if not the best) since I got back from Training. AND it was at a normal hour.
Bring on Day 4!
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Day 2
Day 2!
I am "up to date" on my classes. Whoohoo!!
But in all honesty, taking Brianna's class today was a fantastic start to my 30 Day Challenge. Learning from my fellow trainees and feeling their energy again in the hot room and in the studio. So much love.
She's a real teacher!
And my second class was an excellent way to get caught up.
That being said, so much ultima and coconut water will be consumed this month and I need to get my body hydrated properly again.
I think that's one thing you aren't prepared for after training. Your connection with your body falls aside. You forget to hydrate in your daily life and just how important hydration is to your body and all of the work it does for you.
Let's see where this challenge takes me.
I am "up to date" on my classes. Whoohoo!!
But in all honesty, taking Brianna's class today was a fantastic start to my 30 Day Challenge. Learning from my fellow trainees and feeling their energy again in the hot room and in the studio. So much love.
She's a real teacher!
And my second class was an excellent way to get caught up.
That being said, so much ultima and coconut water will be consumed this month and I need to get my body hydrated properly again.
I think that's one thing you aren't prepared for after training. Your connection with your body falls aside. You forget to hydrate in your daily life and just how important hydration is to your body and all of the work it does for you.
Let's see where this challenge takes me.
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
30 Day Challenge and Grow Your Yoga
Day 1 of my second 30 day challenge and the first day of Grow Your Yoga and I am unable to take a class. EEP!
Not how I wanted to start this challenge but sometimes plans go awry and having hands that are swollen to twice their size (down from yesterday's 4xs their size) would make a host of poses very inaccessible. PLUS, the body rash/hives do not respond well to heat.
BUT it's only day 1 and for week one of Grow Your Yoga focusing on "Be Healthy" I feel I really need to respect my body and listen to it.
This month is going to be one to reconnect with my body fully and completely. Listening to it's needs and moving forward in my practice.
Maybe going to class and just laying in savasana would be okay...
Not how I wanted to start this challenge but sometimes plans go awry and having hands that are swollen to twice their size (down from yesterday's 4xs their size) would make a host of poses very inaccessible. PLUS, the body rash/hives do not respond well to heat.
BUT it's only day 1 and for week one of Grow Your Yoga focusing on "Be Healthy" I feel I really need to respect my body and listen to it.
This month is going to be one to reconnect with my body fully and completely. Listening to it's needs and moving forward in my practice.
Maybe going to class and just laying in savasana would be okay...
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