Namaste Here I am in Massachusetts. This move has been a long time coming. When I first arrived I felt like I had been spun around and I was still a little dizzy. Life here is a bit weird. For example I experienced my first hurricane. Sometimes It’s hard to find a gas station but Duncan Donut shops are on just about every corner. I need to use gps to get just about anywhere and the highways are such fun like little labyrinths most things are not a straight shot. I am in the woods on the border of Kingston and Plymouth I can literally step over the line just outside the door .I haven’t found a doctor yet or a lot of the stores that I am accustomed to. But I have a great place to practice yoga it’s the dock at lake Darby it’s a new dock and the setting is great with the water all around and the trees the blue sky “When it isn’t raining” we are at the boy scout camp and it’s now post season so I am all alone except when Heather practices with me. ’it’s great’ Sometimes I find myself just in the moment of the yoga just outside reality everything just flows effortless. I look forward to joining a class in town soon and learning more. I hope to find a class to teach the near future. Namaste Cheri.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
The last class
My first blog was titled the Start. Now I don’t know what to call this entry, because I don’t feel like it is the end. Maybe I should call it the sequel or a new beginning, I’ll work on a name. This morning was the last class that I will teach with my group in Idaho Falls. I am so sad to see this chapter come to an end. But in the words of ReoSpeedwagon its time to turn some pages. Not sure what those pages will say but it is up to me to fill them with whatever experiences I choose. What can I say about my first yoga class I have enjoyed so much and I am grateful for the friends that showed up to class and supported me on my journey. I have learned a lot along the way. How to have a balanced class using the class planning sheet, teaching the bodhi flow to the class. I ask the class for feedback and suggestions. I have learned how to teach the poses so that they can follow along. Speak so they can hear and to take time to look at the students and see where they are if they need a little bit more direction or encouragement for in putting the effort into the practice. My practice and the time I spend getting ready for class has been some essential learning time. And they were all ok to have me adjust a pose and they all enjoyed the adjustment in savasana pose. We use chanting as part of the class we ended today with “ONG NAMO GURU DEV NAMO”. I also learned to love my class the people are fun I look forward to Tuesday and Friday mornings. I hope the future holds a lot more classes and more people to learn with
The emotional Journey of my yoga experience.
I am getting my packet ready to send off for the teacher training certification with bodhi yoga. Yea yea!
Looking back over the last few months at all I have learned and still hope to learn. When I signed up to take the class I was feeling trepidation. Can I really do this? Am I too old can I learn to teach others? Is this a good path for me now? Are a few of the questions I had as I pondered the decision to take the bodhi yoga teacher training class?
Well I jumped in there and it’s been one of the best decisions of my life. If anyone is thinking of starting yoga I think it’s one of the best parts of my life. Syl Carson is a wonderful teacher. She has to be great to put up with me, if you know me you know what I mean. This journey has given me knowledge and confidence that I didn’t have before. I started teaching yoga and I found that I could teach! Of course there is room for improvement. I really look forward to Tuesday and Friday morning classes. I think my new motto is “I don’t know everything but what I know is valuable.” thank you Syl. I have had encouragement from the people in my class and I was uneasy at first but now I find I really enjoy teaching and interacting with the people in my class. I am now moving and I will miss this group very much. It’s a great complement when they come and participate in class and later ask me if someone they know can attend the class. I have learned a lot teaching these few months. I don’t know what my life holds for me in Massachusetts but I know yoga will be a part of it. Another thing that I am enjoying is that I have lost about 10lbs as of late and my muscles are becoming much stronger that is fun.
Maybe these emotions are not exactly what Syl had in mind for emotions of yoga none the less here they are.
Sunday, July 3, 2011
The emotions of yoga
One thing that I was extremely surprised about is chanting in yoga class I had never been exposed to chanting in any form. When I was introduced to chanting I felt joy. I feel joy from inside of my spirit. Chanting helps me resonate to a high frequency or move my energy from inside me to beyond myself like the ripples on a smooth body of water, they just keep moving outward getting larger and larger. It took me some time to learn the chants, but now I can’t stop singing chants. I received a wonderful CD. of Syl Carson chanting and explaining what the meaning of the each chant is. Syl does a wonderful job of singing and bringing the harmony and reverent joy to each of the chants on the CD. she produced. I have used this CD. in my class. the students loved it. I can’t help singing the chants around the house. I had no idea a few months ago that singing chants would become a wonderful addition to my life. Singing chants focuses my mind and I express gratitude through the singing of the chants.
Bodhi Yoga.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Yoga
A day to day life style . How is the yoga class I facilitate? In my opinion is going great! I had one class member today say( when you first invited me to yoga class I didn’t think I would like it.)of course she really likes doing the bodhi flow and all the poses and pushing the edges of her practice. She says she can feel it in muscles she hasn’t used in a long time and that’s a good thing.
We were discussing cell memory, how after you warm up you can go farther into the pose, to where you left off last time and build on that. The core class is about five people but now they are inviting friends. I’m excited about that the more the merrier.
Sunday, June 19, 2011
using yaga as a healing modality.
Using yoga as a healing modality.
As a practitioner of Simply Healed formerly (Calyco Healing)I spend a lot of time moving and releasing negative energy. I do this for myself and others. Clearing my mind and calming my body, and getting in touch with my spirit. Transforming negative beliefs that hold you back, and deepening connections to my spiritual source. These are some of the benefits of energy healing. I can find the same benefits in yoga if I look for them.
Yoga is also a modality of great healing. One way to heal with yoga is paying attention to the emotions from the beginning of a practice all the way to the end. At the beginning of a practice I ask myself what is needed that day. Maybe it’s a high energy day and I need a lot of rajasic movement maybe it’s slow stretching and holding the stretch for a long time.
Breathing is a wonderful way to calm the mind and spirit. vinyasa and asana practice are great ways to transform negative beliefs that hold you back. When you practice a pose and discover that you can! That is breaks the false beliefs we impose on ourselves. Some comments I have heard in class are, I didn’t know I could do that .I am surprised how good that pose feels. I’m feeling so much better now that I do yoga.
I find that savasana pose is essential to any yoga practice. When I first started 15 min of savasana seemed like a long time and now it’s not long enough. When I start I scan my body and send healing energy to wherever I am feeling stiff or sore or a little tight. Savasana is a good time to reconnect with my spirit. Some times savasana can be an emotional release. Once for no apparent reason I spent the whole time weeping, my eyes were just crying I’m still not completely sure why. But crying is sometimes the response to an emotional release.
In my opinion, yoga always stirs up some emotion and yoga can open us to release the unwanted emotion or work through it. We can also find reservoirs of positive flowing emotions that feed our body and spirit.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
something about hands on adjusting
Something about hands on adjusting. That is the assignment. I need to post one more blog to finish session three of the bodhi yoga teacher training requirements.
Why is this so hard for me? I think, because I have to come out of my comfort zone and place my views Into a public forum. One good thing is I don’t have many followers on my blog.
I have use hands on adjustments for about 2 months as part of my yoga classes. I instruct on Tuesday and Friday morning. Everyone says that savasana pose adjustments are great. I can’t get around to everyone every class but I try to do as much as I can. I am glad that my friends are willing to be my ( pigs of guinea). I Have a 5 year old nephew who just loves to lie down and I adjust him in savasana pose, he really likes his neck rubbed.
So class usually goes like this, warm up including ujjayi breathing then we practice the bodhi flow a vinasana practice and then asana practice. I usually pick a theme for the day such as abbs. Standing poses, twists or forward folds. well you get the idea. During the asana practice I will adjust people’s poses. Everyone likes to have the adjustments sometimes it makes it easier to do the pose. This sometimes creates more length in the pose or a more open pose. All of the students that come to my class I know quite well so doing a hands on adjustment is very comfortable. Then we finish with twists and savasana. Our om is coming along nicely sometimes it is great and sometimes it is a bit off its a work in progress. yoga is a work in progress on a lot of levels. It’s not about the pose as much as is it is about observing how your mind, breathing and energy are affected by the pose . This can give us insights into ourselves. Namaste cheri
Bodhi Yoga.
Bodhi Yoga.
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