Thank you Kevin for starting this blog! It is not only entertaining but also helps to make all of the work that we are doing in teacher training, yoga classes, our own study very real and a safe place to share. Like you I am having 'ah hah' moments left and right!!! Even tonight I was feeling a little off balance and weak but I slowed my practice down, paid more attention to my breath and made modifications in any poses that I could. I came out of practice feeling so much better, grateful that I had a practice to go to and I appreciated my body and my mind for not giving up today but enjoying movement. My normal mode of operating is to push hard to perform as I normally would and not accept that today I need to take some extra care.
So the moments I want to share are my Monday mornings after a weekend of teacher training. I don't know about you guys but even after 21 hours of class over the weekend I am always nervous about being tired, groggy and drained of energy come Monday morning. NOT SO!!!! I have found the days after a yoga weekend are so much lighter, happier and I am overflowing with energy. I feel so fortunate to have found something that fills up my cup with energy and light removing the damage from the things that empty the same cup.
I am interested to know if anyone else has experienced this??? I hope so because it feels amazing.
KMc
An absolutely great class tonight-and I feel the same way after the teacher training weekends...
ReplyDeleteHere here on the vibrancy in the days after an intense yoga weekend. My mind and body and, ugh, my heart :-) are buzzing with new juju.
ReplyDeleteBut there is definitely a level of my physical body that is rebuilding itself day by day, and that part of me loves loves loves the time between practice. This shit is hard and the 30-day challenge is nearly outrageous...with nearly outrageous benefits to boot, I'm sure.
Pouring some sweat on the curb for the homies who've felt those pangs of love.
And thanks, K, for reminding us about taking the mods...the part of me that I was talking about before would crack a hearty smile if my "get-r-done" would take svasana every once in a while, dig?
I too have so much energy during training weekends. All that energy is amazing! I hope that we can all get together once a month or so even after the training. Many ah ha moments. For the first time I feel some love in my triceps from all those chaturangas!
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