Wandering Mind

I’m ready for the moon day.  Practicing with Pattabhi and family has been… enlightening if nothing else.  I’m actually having a great time, but I need to heal a little.  My practice has been heavy all week and between the shoulder and the knee bugging me (to phrase it mildly) the physical aspect of my practice has been not what I would hope.  But it does force me to question myself and my desire to try to impress people that, in all honesty, don’t care if I impress them or not.  So I’ve given up the idea of having a good looking practice and just allow myself to float in the energy of this room of wonderful people and try to give out as much good energy as I’m getting.  And really, the people here are the best part, as REW said, the yoga is just a perk.  I’m not the most socially adept person so I haven’t spoken with a lot of people but it’s fun to just share the energy in the room and practicing next to new people (trying not to get my nose broken when the feet of the person in front jumps back.)  I’ve newly met a couple of bloggers, seen a few more and one used to be blogger.  It’s funny to recognize and know things about people on a personal level without ever having met them.  I’m also surprised by the number of people that I recognize from last year.

On Sunday I met one of my students there and she had a ball.  She’s been doing Ashtanga with me for something like 6 months but already has a beautiful, strong practice and now has an itch for India… She also managed a hug and a kiss from Guruji and a hug from Sharath.  

I was in row 4 on Sunday and row 3 the last two days.  I think I may try moving up a row (or 2?) for the next couple of days.  I really like the energy of practicing that close to Pattabhi and who knows when I’ll actually make it over to Mysore, guess I should take advantage of it while I can.  So far it’s been a good week, I’m looking forward to sleeping in past 3:30 tomorrow but unfortunately I have to go back to work and will be commuting back and forth between New Paltz and New York for the remainder of the week.

And another perk of this week is getting to spend more time with the Blonde Lady as we usually only get to see each other on weekends (that changes in May!!!) but she lives out in Queens so I’ve been spending all my free time with her.  

Yeah, not so bad…