Day 9 -or- The Day I Taught Someone Something

Last night was a beginner's series class, usually taught by Mollie but we had a sub because Mollie's getting married. Congrats Mollie!

Class was good and I learned a few things from our sub Karlie. Karlie teaches a different style of yoga and so having learned most fundamentals from Mollie thus far, I was a little thrown off. But Karlie is a talker and shared a lot insight and talked about the Sutras, which I really like. Love knowing the "whys" of yoga.

After I walked into class and set up my mat and props, a nice guy rolled out his mat next to me and asked if he could ask for my help. He explained that he missed the first two classes of the series and this was his first yoga class ever. So I explained the props to him and talked to him a little about what we learned in the first class. Luckily, I also had an extra set of the handouts from classes 1 and 2 so I gave them to him.

He was right next to me and so during practice I was very aware that he might be looking to me for how to do poses. I put a lot of unnecessary pressure on myself. I fell twice. I somehow cut my toe and had to leave class for a band aid. It wasn't until Savasana I realized that the Universe had honored me with an opportunity to help out someone else also on their own special yoga journey. When Karlie prompted us to show ourselves gratitude for coming to practice and opening our minds to yoga, I also thanked the Universe for allowing me to share my little knowledge with the lovely man next to me and promised to not let it weigh me down the next time.

I know very little about the entire practice of yoga. As I learned last night, people can practice yoga all of their life and never do an Asana (pose.) Yoga means "to unite" in most translations and is a combination of physical, mental, and verbal disciplines. Knowing this about yoga simply reminds me, once again, that I will always be a student of yoga. There is so much to know about this practice, my lifetime could never be long enough. Last night was an opportunity to transfer my passion and my experience to another, and this blog serves that same purpose.

I may have not said thank you enough for allowing me to share with you this journey. You don't have to be here reading this, but you are and I am grateful for you.

Namaste.