Weekend 4
is under the belt.
Man its ironic how school keeps falling on BEAUTIFUL weekends. Am not thinking about golf. Really.
Anyway. I haven't been updating but I've taught three times so far, just for the first 15 minutes of my mentor's class (and YES I asked her and YES she is a toughie this one, no coddling, which is what I need and want. Deep down I'm a total people pleaser to the people I respect, and I desperately want her approval, so I find myself working hard for it.)
Anyway. This weekend was full of A&P, which threw me right back to my Seattle Massage School days, which was a trip as that was roughly a lifetime ago.
The class is becoming more cohesive as we form friendships, and its a lot of fun getting to know these women.
I'm scheduled to teach a one hour full on class on December 7.......but when Pam (the owner of the studio and the one who is the main teacher of the training program) found out that about 5 of us had classes scheduled (some girls as early as a week or two from now).... she was going to pull the plug. There is (for sure) a very different school of thought or type of yoga being taught between Pam, and my mentor. Lets just sat that while I so appreciate Pam's style, I could never authentically teach it. I simply could not lie there for a 10 or even 15 minute "centering" at the beginning of class. I'd either fall asleep or walk out frustrated. I know my intention, my intention is to practice yoga, and thats why I'm there. Sue is a sassy, probably 55 year old who had been teaching for just as long as Pam, but has an entirely different style. BOTH are wonderful, but one resonates with me and one simply does not.
So. I miss my husband and kiddos but in general its all going really well. The biggest obstacles are in my head. I was a nervous wreck before my first real teaching experience, and I find each time getting easier. I've been to a million yoga classes in my life. I know all the right words to say. I have (a budding) confidence. It's about learning what my style is, what I actually have to BRING to a class will be, and how I want to sequence that, and then becoming intimate with that that I have to learn. I can do that. It will take some time, but I can do that.
Pressing on.
Man its ironic how school keeps falling on BEAUTIFUL weekends. Am not thinking about golf. Really.
Anyway. I haven't been updating but I've taught three times so far, just for the first 15 minutes of my mentor's class (and YES I asked her and YES she is a toughie this one, no coddling, which is what I need and want. Deep down I'm a total people pleaser to the people I respect, and I desperately want her approval, so I find myself working hard for it.)
Anyway. This weekend was full of A&P, which threw me right back to my Seattle Massage School days, which was a trip as that was roughly a lifetime ago.
The class is becoming more cohesive as we form friendships, and its a lot of fun getting to know these women.
I'm scheduled to teach a one hour full on class on December 7.......but when Pam (the owner of the studio and the one who is the main teacher of the training program) found out that about 5 of us had classes scheduled (some girls as early as a week or two from now).... she was going to pull the plug. There is (for sure) a very different school of thought or type of yoga being taught between Pam, and my mentor. Lets just sat that while I so appreciate Pam's style, I could never authentically teach it. I simply could not lie there for a 10 or even 15 minute "centering" at the beginning of class. I'd either fall asleep or walk out frustrated. I know my intention, my intention is to practice yoga, and thats why I'm there. Sue is a sassy, probably 55 year old who had been teaching for just as long as Pam, but has an entirely different style. BOTH are wonderful, but one resonates with me and one simply does not.
So. I miss my husband and kiddos but in general its all going really well. The biggest obstacles are in my head. I was a nervous wreck before my first real teaching experience, and I find each time getting easier. I've been to a million yoga classes in my life. I know all the right words to say. I have (a budding) confidence. It's about learning what my style is, what I actually have to BRING to a class will be, and how I want to sequence that, and then becoming intimate with that that I have to learn. I can do that. It will take some time, but I can do that.
Pressing on.
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