Something that confuses people who know us, but makes total sense to me, is that our family occasionally attends the nearby Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. (There's a long, complicated explanation for this that I ended up writing an entire book about.) The short of it is that we attend a few times a month during the … Continue reading Day Four: We’ve won the lottery, my friends.
As I last wrote, I walked into the second training weekend feeling not like myself. But then again, isn't this how I walked into the first weekend? Keeping track of my crazy seems to be one of the purposes of this blog. If I'm "not feeling like myself" as much I seem to be, I … Continue reading Day Three: Riding the Waves
Natalie's second guided meditation towards the end of the second day is the one that really got me. For some context, I will say I was trying to pay better attention to the Upanishads lesson of the day than I had the day before. One of the things I picked up on was a similarity … Continue reading Day Two: Crazy Meditation Insight #2
I finished day two, ending the weekend after 16 hours of learning about yoga, talking about yoga, and doing yoga. I can't remember the last time I went through so much intense physical training...maybe a high school sports clinic? I drank so much water, moved so much, learned so much, breathed so much. The first … Continue reading Day Two: Crazy Meditation Insight #1
Wow. I finished day one of yoga teacher training. During the day, my mind traveled through several places. I began the morning both nervous (about starting something new and meeting new people...will they like me?) and slightly...unmotivated/apathetic--deflated--which I blame on the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation drama happening in the news. I also feel like a slug. … Continue reading Day One: Start Where You Are
On Sept 16th, I emailed Natalie, one of two instructors doing the training, and confirmed that I was in. The next weekend session (I had missed the first) would be Sept. 29-30. I needed to meet with Natalie to get caught up on what I'd missed in August. We met at a coffee shop one … Continue reading Preparing for the first day…
Breath. Posture. Cue. 