Finished

I did it!!!! More later in the week...

wk8

I'm still yoga-ing, only one week left! Reciting the dialogue officially ended on Thursday. Yippee! I still have two breathing exercises to learn and need to brush up on everything else before Monday the 17th, my first class - so the pressure is still on.

Stop 'n Go wk 7

Monday I had a chronic fatigue flare-up. I missed the afternoon session and the evening yoga class, but pulled it together for the evening session. The staff was pretty nice about the whole thing. Wednesday I had another flare-up, which was worse. This time some of the staff were not supportive. The whole teacher training experience is about pushing through things and continuing to go on no matter what. In my experience when my body stops, and I try to push through that, I only get worse. So I decided to leave the training, and was supposed to meet with Bikram on Thursday. Leaving felt so good. I felt lighter and my smile instantly came back. Then some friends talked with me Wednesday evening, and talked me into continuing on. It is true, only two weeks left. I might as well push through the two weeks and get the certificate, epsecially since I've already made it through seven weeks of this! My friends will definitely be a welcome and needed support system! (Those few hours of not being in the training felt really good though...)

Speaking of being a certified yoga teacher, I am officially on the Kailua Bikram Yoga Studio schedule. A teacher is going to be off Island and asked if I would take over her classes. So my first official class will be on the 19th of November (I graduate on the 17th) Gulp!...and yet very exciting.

Yoga Yoyo - wk 6

This past week was very challenging. During most of my breaks I needed to take naps, thus I was not studying as much as I would have liked. A couple of the dialogue deliveries were interesting, but over all successful. Fortunately the week ended with me feeling good.

Riding the Waves at Yoga Camp wk 5

Another up and down week for me. As before the uplifting moments happened at the right times. Fortunately the week ended very positively. Friday day, I was in complete apathy mode, even closing my eyes in parts of the standing postures. Good thing I didn't fall over! By Friday evening I was back to my usual, well usual for Yoga Camp, self. I am continuing to do well with the dialogue and my muscles are still pretty flexible. The ham strings have started to tighten, but not badly. Some people can't get into some of the postures they once easily accomplished because they've tightened up so much. My quads and calves have definitely gotten bigger. One posture, eagle pose, I now have to make more of an effort to get my legs wrapped around each other.

'Free time' during these weeks has definitely not been my own. There is always something to do or prepare for. The coming week should prove interesting as I will be learning the dialogue to postures completely from square one. Up until now, I had worked on the dialogue previous to starting training, so it was just a matter of fine tuning.

I have lots of ideas for blogs, but they're not going to happen right now. Sleep, memorizing and eating are much more important!

I've Been Doing This for a Month!! - wk 4

Only time for a very quick post - this past week was a hard one. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday I seemed to be getting weaker and weaker. Then Thursday came. Brent, the studio owner where I regularly practice, was there first thing in the morning (he's usually there on Thursdays) with a card for me from the studio, plus Brent was teaching that morning, plus I was in the back of the room where it's not quite so hot and there's breathable air. I was over the hump! Mentally and physically I felt much, much better.

Dialogue regurgitation, well actually it's getting much, much more than just reciting, has been going very well.

This week's comment: after class sometime this past week a woman asked me if I was a dancer. I said no. She replied, "What a body!" LOL Those comments can keep coming!

I am doing well and am quite impressed with my mind, body and spirit. It's time to get back to the hotel and study some more, and more, and more!!!

Cards - wk 3

Julie has been sending me cards, over seven so far. They are so fun to get. In one she drew several yoga stick figures with "still smiling" next to each. One was "Dead, but still smiling." LOL! I've been doing a good job of smiling and try to smile at as many people as possible.