I just went to my yoga class. Left feeling overwhelmed by the enormity of the task that I have ahead of me in becoming a yoga teacher. how can I teach if I can't do these poses? how? I know that it is all about going as far as you can go, and that is fine if you are a student, but I am feeling increasingly aware of how not near the 'final' pose I am and how I am definately not an 'advanced' practicioner. and it makes me feel kind of sad. I know that this is a Klesa, an affliction of pride and self and so on. I know its about me letting go of the end result because this striving and falling short of the end result is all against the yamas I have been learning about. It just feels like a disconnect and that even thinking about it or feeling down about it feels like a two pronged double not right. And I just feel like a big fat glass of red wine.
I also know the only answer is more practise. I feel like one of the crap dancers on dancing on ice. Like how am I ever going to pirouette or whatever when I can't even skate a straight line.
Showing posts with label yoga teacher training. Show all posts
Showing posts with label yoga teacher training. Show all posts
Monday, 20 June 2011
Tuesday, 5 April 2011
yoga teacher training
Just been to my first meeting of the Vajrasati Yoga Teacher Training. I am slightly um, scared! Its like standing in front of Mount Everest as a novice climber and being aware that this is the mountain I am going to climb. It is requiring a BIG commitment of time. I am going to really have to work at scheduling it into my life. I am only 'allowed' to miss 2 sessions per term. I am already missing the first session due to the Do What You Love retreat! And hmm, I have so many holidays already planned in my head....I have explained that I will try and juggle everything so that this term looks OK and that I will get better as I have fewer plans set for Autumn and Winter. There is a buddy system and we are expected to meet up regularly and there is 2.5 hours homework a week and 3 hours actual tutoring and then we are kind of expected to be doing 8 hours of practice a week too. Though at the same time we are not to stress about this.... HA. Its kind of huge. There are only 5 of us doing the course. And so far everyone seems really really cool. I think we are going to get on really well. I hope I can manage to carve out the time for myself on this one. Its a biggy!!
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