Okay tomorrow is the day. For sure.
How was your weekend. Mine was full of yoga! I had Saturday and Sunday off from teaching so was able to engage in two hour practice with really deep leg work both days. Then yesterday I took a 20 mile bike ride. Today my legs are FEELING it.
How do you define yoga? I define yoga as anything that I love to do that takes me into a purer state of consciousness and where I am able to focus on one thing without a lot of distractions. Biking is definitely yoga for me as well as canning. I have been canning a lot since my garden was very lush this year. I will eventually can 36 quarts of tomatos I am estimating.
Teaching yoga is also yoga to me. As my students know, I can really give some messed up cuing. I say right for left, knee for elbow, and bridge for boat. My mind is visioning but the words come out wrong and I don't realize it until the students are looking confused and moving into something I am NOT envisioning. I have been like that all my life. As a child, could NOT get right and left correct. Teaching yoga has really helped me to stay mindful of this.
When I started teaching Bikram style yoga I had to stand at the back of the class so I could tell them to pick up the right foot so I wouldn't say left, etc. Even after practicing the class hundreds of times, I could not say the right word. This exercise helped me. Staying in their perspective allowed me to say the right words. Facing them would throw me off. I have seen teachers who can mirror from the front very well. It is not an easy skill.
So look for the new site tomorrow. I am moving all of this over to my domain and will be blogging once or twice a day.
Blogging = yoga to me.
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