Three weeks back from Yoga School in Florida with the Guru Amrit Desi and doing Yoga everyday, meditating and learning. Back in the 'real' world, trying to wake up at six a.m. and keep the schedule of the session is challenging. What I can easily incorporate is Sacred Silence, the practice of keeping silence from 10 p.m. until 10a.m. or any time that fits. I am waking, doing the meditation that we were taught, having breakfast all without sounds and then looking at messages ect. On days I do not teach Yoga I do a quick 15 min Asana practice, then meditate at night. I have been practicing a technique we learned called 'Edge to Edge' while teaching, driving or when feeling overwhelmed by the 'static' of everyday life. I have found that the most distracting energy is the 'games' we play. What drama am I buying into from others or myself that pull me away from where I truly want to be? How am I reacting to what others are saying and doing creating drama in my mind or theirs, rather than just being. In those moments when I can feel my attention shifting, is when I try to bring my self back to center. It is hard, people, myself included love the game.
Faced with the challenge of coming home and finding out 1/2 of my Yoga classes were gone due to budget cuts has put my budget in a peril and makes me nervous, but by applying all the Amrit methods I learned, I am able to stay calm.
Practicing teaching the sequence in my classes three times a week, applying an intention to each class and using the teaching cues I learned have been very useful. I do hear that my classes are not 'hard' enough, whatever that means. And the games begin.
So is the 'not hard enough' comment a recent thing or on going?
ReplyDeleteI ask because some of my students felt that the Amrit Method softened my class up a bit UNTIL they actually started listening to the alignment cues. In other words, I found that those who believe my class to be too soft are often simply not putting their full effort into the pose.
~Tyran, the Yeti Yogi