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Happy Monday!

Today we rolled out of bed groggier than usual.  Sunday was full of sun and it had an apparent affect on us.  Breakfast was slow, getting lunch ready was slow, the walk to training was slow.

We arrived to no practice in the morning.  We were floored.  What no practice!  It has become a regular routine to have a 2-3 hour practice every morning before lunch, but instead we learned about the nervous system and the difference between a hatha, flow and power classes.  Hatha is a slow moving less flowy class - typically for injured, elderly and beginners.  Flow has a lot of vinyasas (flowy movements in between each pose) and some fun headstands and balances.  Power makes you sweat!  Its held in a 32 degree room and has lots of tough poses.  We then created a sequence for one of them.  S sequenced a tough power class.  M sequenced a hatha class.  Y said it was like creating a class for 70 year olds.  Before lunch we learned about Ayurveda.  S is a Pitta (fire sign - always moving) with some Kapha (earthy, grounded sign).  M is the opposite Kapha with some Pitta.  Together they are a good balance.

Lunch was the usual yogis on the grass.  It was a bit cooler but still sunnny, thankfully.  M surprised S with a load of food from Tim Horton's on top of their small lentil meal - left overs from last night.

After lunch we had to practice teach our sequence we created in groups this morning.  S was stuffed from lunch and didn't enjoy his power class.  It was great teaching, but his belly just wasn't in it.  M taught a slow hatha class.  We both had comments on our language.  We tend to use: 'we want you to'...or 'just come into'... instead of saying 'step your foot forward'...or'move you leg back'.  We need to get rid of our garbly gook language we acquired from teaching kids and be more direct!  Easier said than done.  Overall, I think we're in pretty good standing for our teaching.

At the end of class we learned about the format for our teaching exam.  We each get postures and will teach them at different points throughout the class on Friday, after our final written exam which will be held when we first arrive that day.  Its going to be one heck of a day!  But we'll get through.

We're a little worn down from it all.  And we're working on finding an apartment for September too!  Wish us happy apartment hunting.

Homework:  

Change our sequences into a flow sequence

Study for the written exam!

Stay grounded,
S and M