Wednesday, August 29

Normally, I would go to my PowerFlex class on Wednesdays, but I had wanted to take Chuck’s class at Sattva for the longest time, and my body is very sore from Tuesday’s kickboxing class. I kept convincing myself the entire time that I’ll learn something new from Chuck’s class and it’s OK to switch things up a bit once in a while. With me being so muscularly sore, lifting weights will probably be “pain with no gain”. With the rate of my current level of understanding and penetration of my Yoga practice, I sweat bullets in the class, and I’m almost guaranteed to feel some sort of muscular pain the following day even without the use of weights. Plus, at this stage of my RYT program, I have to think of my approach to teaching, what better than to learn from a new teacher now?

Chuck’s class was very small, compared to Micha’s regular Thurs/Fri classes. Actually, I don’t mind a small class and in fact when I eventually teach, I’d prefer a small class as well. This will ensure that I can monitor the safety and awareness of each student in the class, especially when I’m just an amateur teacher.

I have to say that Chuck is a silent but serene teacher, and a very good “adjuster”. He definitely helped me get deeper into my poses and was very observant of what I was able to do. For example, the ever-challenging Crow Pose, which I was able to do for a spilt second in the class and Chuck actually saw me do it!! After the class, he told me what he saw and asked for my opinion of the class. I really liked it a lot and I think I’ll be back for more, so I am going to have to forgo my Wed PowerFlex class, along with Mon’s PowerFlex because I really like Micha’s class on Monday as well… decisions, decisions?!!?!

So when I got home, I tried getting into Crow’s Pose again. It felt like I must had been dreaming when I was able to do so in that split second, so I must try again to see if it was real. I’d like to say that I am not attached to a pose, but unfortunately, I am… but in a good way I think, I am analyzing the feeling and the mechanics of getting into the pose still at the moment, so I am obsessed. I know that I am afraid of simply getting into the pose because I have fear, fear of breaking my nose as I fall on the ground, and perhaps all sorts of fear in life. It’s funny how our approach to the asanas is reflective of our personalities in reality off the mat. So anyhow, I was able to do it again! Yippee…!! Except that this time, I think I understand why they said that you’ll work the core big time in this pose, because this time, I actually felt the burn in my upper abs for the again, spilt-second of being in this pose. WOW… that was like, intense and different at the same time! OK, I think it’s time for me to move on and revisit this pose again at a later date

Meals
B: Coffee, oatmeal
L: Organic mushroom soup, Organic spinach pie
S: Organic CLIF fruit bar
D: Organic linguine with mushroom and artichoke marinara sauce