Yoga Journal #61: Pushing, with softness.
Woke up early – didn’t do home practice because of yoga in the evening.
Did quite a bit of anatomy learning and feeling calm about it all rather than I think lots of people are feeling quite stressed about it all. I guess I’m just SOOO interested in this stuff that it’s not about learning for a test – it about learning for life – to share, to help enrich the lives of others.
Had an awesome evening practice – we did a semi Mysore style practice and made me really want to do a Mysore practice!
Holly came over to me and did a shoulder adjustment on me – first she came over to me and asked why I wasn’t in a bind and if I could get into it. She connected my hands and then said, “EASY!” Then I started laughing because I know I was just being a bit lazy! Then we both had a quiet chuckle at my laziness and that moment felt quite special to me. I am going to be so sad to leave this training. She then did a shoulder adjustment on my shoulder – pushing me further into the bind – which was good for me. There definitely was a sense of discomfort, but it wasn’t painful and it made me realise just how much more I can push my body with ease and with mindfulness. With a softness that allows it to happen, rather than a forcing that makes it happen.
Had an interesting lecture on “dream life” – which I (and I think some other yogis) took to be on “dreaming” because I have been having a LOT of strange yoga dreams lately. (Hello, David Swenson’s Face tattooed on someone’s back in the middle of a Yoga Girl retreat. What?)
It was more on the dream life of being a yoga teacher – how much you earn, how many classes that would mean, how you would supplement your income if you wanted to earn more than that and how you can bring your skill set to the yoga – if you can find a way to do that.And I kept thinking that YES! that’s exactly what I want to do! It feels weird that all these things being said are fitting to perfectly into the vision I have for myself.
How my illustrations can connect with my yoga life – so amazing! So excited! (And definitely keen to try a Mysore Practice)