My Yoga Practice---First time self-practice at the studio

 Our wise Yoda was away that week. She gave me and my yoga buddy Lee spare keys to open the studio for self-practice. She told us she couldn't get covers while she was away, but open the space for self-practice and free to use. 

So, Lee was opening up for 2 sessions and I was opening for 4 sessions. I'd never been self-practiced in the studio and never been inside without teachers. So I was a bit nervous. This was what happened.

22/Aug/2015 Saturday

Our first self-practice session, 4 of us turned up. I thought it was good start.

I felt a bit awkward without Jacqui, feeling uncomfortable. More like, "I-don't-know-what-to-do".
When 9:30am came, Lee said: "Shall we start?" Then all of us slowly beginning to practice.

I started off with quick meditation, then did some Pranayama. After that, I slowly warm myself up to standing, balancing, core work etc...Finished with supported savasana.

We all were sweating. I sweat a lot, just like when I was in Jacqui's class. Good job I had my towel with me...

I was looking at my notebook time to time to check what I was going to go next, but ended up changing them anyway. I wanted to practice sequences I made up. It was good I did that, Sometimes I didn't feel right doing it, sometimes o.k. It depended on how I felt or not-quite-right....

Then I realised that morning, it was just like cheffing. When I was a chef, making up menus and recipes, I combined different flavours might work, experiment then made/cooked them up, tasted then made adjustments. They might need to add some more herbs, seasoning or even change ingredients completely! Either loved it or didn't liked it. 

Writing a class plan/or individual is for me much like that. Think about your clients, make something work for them, and require some imagination and creativity. I love anything creative. I'm not particularly good at it, but I know what I'm good at....

While we were in savasana, I felt same energy I feel sometimes in Jacqui's class in evenings. Almost as If spirit people/ energy was swaying through between us, dancing away and it was fantastic. When I opened my eyes on my sitting position/ sitting qi-gong I was doing, it was very quiet and peaceful. It was like we were between air/space. Fantastic.


That was good start. On Thu practice, I was on my own at the studio. I had fantastic self practice. I did just over 90mins, I mediated 20mins after that, I felt it was just natural progression to meditate. I just wanted to feel what I was feeling. Feeling of peace and between space. "nothing" no sound, no air, no nothing. It was very still. Hard to explain, it was like at the same time I became a particle in the space. 

Yoga does some funny thing, doesn't it...

It was the day only me turned up for self-practice...