Let's crank it up a notch

In today's yoga class that I taught, I gave my students a little challenge. We focused on strength conditioning and stretching. John was sweating... which hasn't happened yet. There was lots of repetition, then holding the posture for several breaths. I enjoyed the class myself.

YYTT Hatha Yoga Graduation

Yay! Today was our Hatha Yoga Level 1 Graduation. It's been an inspirational 8 months of training. I am so glad I did it!

Back from NZ

It's good to be back in Austin again... New Zealand just started their winter, so the weather was gloomy most of the days and raining! You just can't beat the sunshine we get in Austin.

Yesterday was my first class back with Sanieh. It was an asymmetrical hip opening focus using Vrkasana. I was a bit sad leaving New Zealand (I love that place!) that the hip opening class left me even more emotional. It was a great practice nevertheless. We ended with a little bit of 'meditation' using eyes focusing upward, downward, left, and right. Great exercise for the eyes!

This morning, my coworker sent me this article on the super-grannie-yogini for inspiration!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1172810/The-yoga-supergran-bend-backwards-age-83.html

Good class - no preparation

Having not prepped on paper or in my mind at all of what I was going to teach today in my class, the class turned out to be great! Ignore the title of this post, it wasn't just good, the class was great. My students thanked me for the class and said they enjoyed it without me soliciting feedback.

After so many of the classes I have attended and noting to myself what I like to do in my classes, I think that these mental notes have sinked in and that my teaching has come out naturally. I was speaking to a teacher friend who shared that he/she would like to be an awesome teacher. For some reason, I do not have that same drive when it comes to yoga. I don't know why, I just want to be myself... I may not be the best teacher, but I'm going to give what I can.

After teaching my class today, I continued to practice my headstand (Sirsasana) and then compensate with Sarvangasana and cobra. I was able to sustain Sirsasana a little longer today.

Cheers,
Lily

I want my Om

Yesterday I went to a yoga class that had a substitute. Overall it was
a good class, but we didn't get to say Om. Instead the instructor
chanted an opening chant and Om. At the end the instructor chanted the
peace Om that Sadani taught us in teacher training.

I had suggested Wayo's class to my friend Yasmin. She texted me to let
me know how much she enjoyed it. That was really nice to hear!