Tonight I tried my first home practice since returning home. I have had a hard time getting myself to do a practice of any kind, other than the wonderful workshops this weekend. I have thought about and intended to practice at a studio or at home. But I end up finding something else to do. I wonder why?
I have had a few chats about this and it seemed like the answer was that I am still trying to compute my training, I’m still soaking it all in. Which very well could be the case. But last night I had a great conversation with an amazing person and they thought that it is because I want to have the same connection with the teacher and students that I had during training. That is why the workshops we successful for me. They are more relationship building than a regular class. I’m not sure if this is why I have not made it to class or have been able to do a consistent home practice. But I don’t need to know why. I am aware of this and can now live with it. I can make choices with it in mind.
My practice was nice. I listened to a podcast of my teacher. It was of the series we covered during training so it was very familiar. As it is the sequence I am supposed to teach over the next four months. I physically felt off. Maybe it was because I have not been moving. But probably because I did it on the back patio and it was a bit chilly. I felt tight and never really loosened up…until now actually. I feel good. It’s been 30mins and I’m under a warm blanket.
I have not practiced much outside so tonight was a new experience. Two awesome things happened. The first, which might not be that awesome, was that I had two bunnies join me. They stayed surprisingly close the whole time until they knew the second amazing thing was going to happen. Rain. It sprinkled for about 20 seconds during pigeon pose. After I lifted my head up, bunnies were no longer to be found. It stayed dry until savasana. When it started to rain again. It was amazingly nice to finish my practice with the rain. Just me on my back, relaxing into the ground. Rain falling on me washing everything away. It was probably my favorite savasanas I have ever had.
joshua schofield 