I want to start today blog by just taking a second to give thanks and gratitude. I had resubmit my medical history forms to one of the yoga instructors; somehow my original was lost in email somewhere so I had to retell my life medical/ injury story. In doing so I realised where I am today and all the things my body has been through/ recovered from and moved forward past from very early in my life. I have to say I am not only lucky to be alive, I am in awe of my body's strength and grace. I am grateful to this vessel I have often been to hard on.
As for my life in Maimi with yoga teacher training, days go by to quickly here. I spent the morning working on book questions. I am doing the same now but it is already 10:30pm. Went to the market after classes with Ellen and got a bunch of other tasty organic loveliness. Tried vegan carbs last week with rice noodles and nut thins and all that stuff and I think this week I am going to phase that out. I haven't had any carbs or sugars in so long my body is not happy with me and my mind is turning to mush lol
Today we focused a lot on alignment and learning how to correctly adjust people. We learned the closing sequence too. Today it the 3rd day in my life I have come into forearm stand and today I was able to hold it on my own (close to the wall of course) for 1.5 seconds lol More boat pose to make my core strong and I will get into those poses easier and easier.
Side crow is happening and normal crow which rocks. Peacock is still an issue - I tell ya it's the boobs they get in the way! Yet another reason why a breast reduction is a fantastic idea.
Today we address how to open a class. I need to go over that along with my sequence over and over and over again until I do not make any mistakes. Never thought that it would be a challenge for me. As a photographer, I walk onto any shoot set and I own it. I need to carry that ownership into yoga too. I know I know the material but I am not living it like how I do when I pick up my camera. I need to make my practise fluid. Thankfully my roommate is willing to work with me to get it perfect this weekend after classes. On the weekend our course is longer. We practise from 9am to 12 and then lectures and practise from 12 - 4. Longer days greater reward right :)
Feeling like I need to get to bed tonight before 11:30pm and since I can't seem to reach Lane it might be the perfect night to do so.
Fred told us this story about control the other day and it has left me with a lot to think about as do a lot of things in this journey here. It is about when you are taken out of an environment where you have self control and therefore control over the out come of thing and instead placed into a world where your power is altered and control is not in your hands how do you handle it.
The story goes the back to the time of Japanese warrior culture: a child studies from childhood to be a warrior. Every day, day in and day out they study for 30 year this is their life. Then comes the time for the student to raised to the title of master. It is an exam all their training can never prepare them for. The student enters a room and is asked to sit on a table with four other masters standing around the student. The student is then asked to drink sake wine and more sake wine and more sake wine until the student it so drunk all there ability to be in control is take away. It is only at this time can the masters can see if the student is able to be a master. The idea is the student with show his true personality when all control is taken away from him. If he is a nasty drunk then he will me a nasty warrior, if he is ill behaved then so will be his leadership style if ever he is taken out of his comfort zone. These traits cannot be accepted in the world of master warriors. Only those who are able to still conduct themselves in a manner that compliments the journey of what they have worked their whole lives even when in a situation they have no control over will take to title of master.
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