Tonight I have officially called it my blog night off for the week. I have managed to contain my sore throat (not getting worse, but not better either) and promised myself to do absolutely nothing that required too much effort this evening and get to bed!
I love writing, so it’s really not that much effort, and because I love it I review what I write many times over trying to get it right. As some of you know I’m ESL (English as a second language) and went to french schools most of my life. In grade 9, I was learning: The apple is red. Not Shakespeare. So I write how I speak but usually if I re-read a billion times, I keep finding a new “writing” structure for one of my sentences almost every time I re-read. But there won’t be any of that this evening -ok there probably will be but not a dozen times over.
So I have one story to share. We are really starting to get into practicing how to teach. We get paired with someone, or a few people, and lead part of the series. I’m glad they have us start to practice teaching now because I will require lot’s of it before being able to lead an hour and a half class as a teacher rather than an entertainer.
During practice, I actually started leading the series by asking the students to interlock their fingers under their chin. For those familiar with Moksha, they know the series does not start that way, for those familiar with Bikram, you know the series does start that way. Really, I’m in Moksha not Bikram? I also asked the womyn I was paired with to lie down in vipassana (a silent meditiation retreat) rather than savasana (relaxing lying posture on your back).
Here are some “tips (of the day)” from our teaching instructor:
– Don’t drip your sweat on students.
– Don’t circle a student.
– When adjusting don’t touch someone’s tata’s
– Don’t touch yourself when trying to show them what to do.
– Don’t stand behind them to adjust them while they are in forward bend -she literally demonstrated this =)
I promise to only re-read twice before posting. Good night. Txs for stopping by.
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Hope your throat is better today! I’ve often stopped a sore throat with a salt water gargle before bed – or whenever you need to. I’ve also found that baking soda can really help too – just add a pinch to a class of water and drink it three times a day – never right after eating though. Baking soda has many positive effects on the body. Also, try adding lemon juice (fresh only) to the 2 glasses of water you drink first thing in the morning (leave out the baking soda) I’ve read of several people who do this and have reduced their inflammation and other conditions.