Full on Yoga and Chicken Nachos

I just read my roommate Tony the title of this blog post as we sit on the couch together with laptops open and he said, "sounds like a good day."

Yes, indeed.

Especially since I got home from yoga this evening to freshly made chicken tandoori and fixins for nachos. And margaritas! Delicious.

I slept until about 9:30 this morning and chilled out and washed some dishes before yoga training. The weather was absolutely beautiful on the bike ride to the studio and while we stayed inside all day I did take my mindful eating practice (aka lunch) outside in the sunshine.

In the last two days we have changed the learning process in teacher training. Instead of getting a written manual and reading it, doing the pose and then teaching it, we have started to do it without the written component. I noticed today that quite a few people did not take notes during this time. I did, but I wonder going forward if this will be helpful. I am not sure if the notes will make sense tomorrow.

Today we worked on fish pose, standing side bends and side plank. Without referring to a piece of paper forced me to finally teach the body and not the pose. Really see what's in front of you and lead the student through. The challenge was speaking quick enough so the student wasn't waiting in a difficult place. I found working with Natalie that she taught the pose which was a little frustrating. Especially since we were doing side plank. She kept instructing the pose while I was already in it. I now understand what it felt when I did similar. We had a lovely conversation about how to teach to those that know rather than those that may not. I paired later with Judy and we worked on fish pose. The first try for both of us was a little clunky, so I recommended that we each teach once and then we do it again. The second time was so much easier. It confirms my theory that I'm good teaching teachers. Or maybe I am just good encouraging just about anyone.

Hmmm, life coach, anyone?

I did have a little epiphany while talking to Eleni between training and Shy's class. I don't really enjoy talking in the discussions or group satya. However, I realized that I should go to all of the local yoga studios and apply to be a sub. If I need to keep myself open for acting jobs, it would be good to pick up classes when I can and say no when I cannot.

Since there's not much work on the horizon this week, I guess I could make the rounds sooner than later. Oh, and then there's that Funny Bone solo...