Yoga! Day 9!

I love all of our guest teachers/speakers! They all have so much to offer and I wish they could stay with us for an eternity! Today, Sam came for another asana lesson. He went over binds and jump backs/forwards. His teaching style is light, humorous, and contemporary. He reminds me so, so much of my brother. He's one of those people who you just want to be around. One piece of advice that he gave us tonight still resonates with me and I'd like to keep it! He told us to embrace our limitations and our possibilities so that we can transform our limitations INTO possibilities. This is beautiful. There is so much potential in all of us; physically, spiritually, mentally, emotionally. Sam really brought this aspect of yoga, this potential for greatness and liberation inherent in all of us, to our awareness.

Later on, Lauren (?) came in for adjustments. We practiced entering into another person's energy space touching and feeling out another person's body. You body has a lot of potential energy When you give adjustments, you want to transfer this energy into your hands so that it can be transferred to the person you are touching. Touch is so powerful. I have a new appreciation for my mom and massage therapy! I loved this part of the program. I think I have a good awareness of energy spaces and of how to go about touching another person in a way that makes them feel comfortable and reassured because of my experience coaching gymnastics.

At the end of the day we go to practice taking someone through the beginning YTTP sequence into warrior II. I think that if we can be with the person that we are correcting, if we can really observe them and if we are there for THEM, not for ourselves, then we can be great, GREAT teachers. If we can do this, if we can transfer all of the knowledge, energy, and love that we have acquired from and though life and yoga, then there is nothing to be afraid of, nothing to fear but fear itself.

I love gymnastics, but it is something that you can really only do while you're young and able. I love writing and reading and inspirational stuff, but I can only sit in a chair and absorb all of it for so long before I want to move and apply it. I love yoga because it embodies both of these disciplines. It engages your body, your mind, and your spirit and I can;t believe I waited this long to discover its benefits, to discover my breath, to draw awareness to all of these esoteric spaces in my life.

In love,
Leila