Wandering Mind

It feels like it’s coming together. I had my first meeting with the real estate agent yesterday and that went really well. Thanks to Mel and Beth we got the house all cleaned up and ready to be seen and appraised. They even ventured into the hell that WAS my basement and actually made it presentable.

Class was good yesterday. Maybe a little to hot for some but I felt like the heat could be useful. Energy was a little odd but I couldn’t tell if it was mine or theirs, it felt like it may have been mine but sometimes I reflect the energy of the students. I think I need to work on evening out my pacing in a few poses, too. My practice the last two days has been less than stellar. I tried both days to get in and practice before class but ran out of time both days and this morning I was really dragging. It was really hot last night so I may have been a bit dehydrated and I was really stiff. I think yoga has killed my ability to drink. I had two or three drinks on Friday night and two glasses of wine last night which is more than I’ve had in the last month. I think that may have had a small hand in my less than energetic practice this morning. I don’t know how I feel about that…

My class this morning was great. One of the major complaints people have about practicing in the heat is that they can’t breathe so I worked poses today that tend to constrict the breath and had them play with Uddiyana Bandha and a few other things to allow them to breath more easily in the constricting poses. We focused on opening ourselves to allow breath when at first it doesn’t feel easy. I also asked them to focus on the feelings they had when the breath was blocked or constricted and how it makes them feel. Hopefully they’ll be able to translate it to their lives so if the feel anxious or confined they might allow themselves to breath. The poses we focused on for breath impediment were Marichyasana C, Urdhva Dhanurasana (we also did some back bending with blocks), Halasana, and Karnapidasana. Couple other things we touched on were Sirsasana and trying to put the “float” in floating forward. I think it really clicked for a couple of them. It’s such a great class; I’m really going to miss teaching it when I go.

Big party weekend. Lissa’s party was Friday night and it was a lot of fun and very laid back. I’m not a big partier so it was perfect for me. Good friends (who I’m realizing I will miss horribly), good conversation, good food, good drinks and a fire. What more could I ask for? I realized, too, that some of these people I feel so close to I have never really seen away from the yoga studio. I think now I should have spent more time with them. They are really amazing people. Last night was the party at the studio. It was a lot of fun too. It’s always good to know that people care(d) about you and you affected them in a good way.

Got the bike out today, too. I needed to return a couple of movies and I didn’t feel like wasting all the gas with the guzzler so I hopped on the bike. Just figured it would be a short trip and back… Felt so good to riding I hopped on river road and cruised up and down the Niagara River. It’s a lot cooler going 60mph by a river than sitting still. Who needs air-conditioning when you’ve got a motorcycle. I haven’t ridden it much because they’re actually kind of hot in stop and go traffic because you get all the heat from the pavement. I forgot that it’s a bit cooler at 60! I can’t wait to get it out on the roads around NP!