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Home stretch!

We did a lot of talking in the morning about what an ethical teacher is in yoga. If you're a regular classroom teacher- it's exactly the same, but with a little more give since everyone is an adult. S is planning on not touching anyone for at least 3 months after he starts teacher in order to avoid any court cases.

We talked about bringing a theme to our class. M's was all about Harry Potter, S's was all about fairy tales (think 3 little pigs).

Lunch - we went to top up our cell phone and did some interweb searching for apartments.

After lunch, we did a little activity where the some of the class kind of broke down, including S and M. We started by walking around the room and having jovial interactions with 1 classmate. We then explained our favourite food without saying what it is. We then moved on to interacting with him/her without using words. We then described a person who was easy to love to our partner, without saying who it was- this is where M started breaking down. It wasn't S she was describing, but the her Jefe (Spanish for boss). We then looked at one classmate in the eye- no fidgeting, no re-arranging, no harsh stare. It was difficult. It felt uneasy. It felt like you could look into the person's soul, and terrifying that they could look into our souls. Lastly, we moved toward the mirror and stared at ourselves. It was a real breaking moment. S welled up, M welled up, most of our class did. It was a moment of coming face to face with the individual. It was hard not to judge, but it was easy to love the reflection.

After that earth-shattering moment, we taught.

Class ended, and we went apartment hunting. One nice place, the other not so nice place. I think we've settled on one area, but we don't want to limit ourselves to gorgeousness, so we're still looking!

Stay grounded,

S and M