100
Thursday, September 15, 2005
So this is post number 100. I don’t think I’ve ever written this many entries in any journal I’ve had. I guess sometimes it helps to share.
Practice this morning was good, asana sucked royally. I find it interesting that I separated the two as usually I don’t. My mind never stopped running the entire time but it did transform as I moved stiffly and awkwardly through my practice. When I started everything had a shadow over it. I was finding the negative in everything, but by the end there was a lightness in my being. Not super light but lighter than when I started.
I’ve noticed the longer I write the better my observation skills have become but sometimes that observer is looking over my shoulder, talking in my ear and I really wish he would just shut the hell up. A little silence, please!
There is a teacher training coming up at my studio that I’m considering. I have a lot to think about with it but currently I have to get ready for my Theatre students so I will have to expound upon it later.
posted by Chris at 8:59 AM Permalink
5 Comments:
mazel tov -- that's mighty impressive. i usually make it to about 25 entries in a book journal before conveniently forgetting about it. online journaling does seem to invoke a bigger sense of responsibility, doesn't it?
9/15/2005 11:00 AM
Yeah, I sort of feel like I'm sharing my thoughts in lieu of just recording them. And I like the interaction that sometimes happens from them. Granted I don't get the comment debates like some people (nor do I necessarily want them). Just the occasional ego slam from SMN ;), and some friendly supportive comments from a few others and I'm good.
9/15/2005 6:18 PM
I know. I feel like I've made friends with people I've never met because I know so much about them from their blogs. And my mom has the address, too but only stresses when I talk about something that is health hazardous... Too late for the tattoos and piercings.
9/18/2005 5:21 PM
jenna, the article clippings really crack me up!
the trick i've used is to do an obscene amount of research about whatever taboo or slightly rebellious act i am writing about, and then write a novel as my blog entry for the day, so that by the time my mom gets to the "oh yeah, and i decided to shave my head, tattoo my forehead, and pierce my ___ all on the same day," she's so worded out that the news doesn't seem as BIG as it would otherwise:-) or maybe that's just my wishful thinking!
9/19/2005 8:47 AM
Ya, I know....you would miss me! Diddo!
Well done on the entries. I went through a phase when the little observer outside of the body was with me WHILE I was practicing and it (he/she) was a tad annoying, like a pesty mozzie in the ear, but I think that is a part of body awareness, understanding the connections between the mind and the muscle and being able to utilize them AT WILL, discreetly etc, but at the same time allowing the body and mind to savor the prana and surrender.
While I do deconstruct my practice (post-practice) quite regularly, I try not to let the reduced information take over in the next practice....but often what I have to tell myself when I hit the mat is "GO".....
xSMN
BTW if you can swing it, I think the TT would be great for you, even if it is just to enrich your own practice as well as life off them mat. As you know already from your teaching in theatre...the contact with other people is indeed a wonderful learning experience, somtimes in ways that we do not necessarily anticipate. And the giving is incredible.
9/19/2005 7:14 PM
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