Today I attended my regular power yoga class by a great anusara teacher. Like the rest of the anusara teachers, he instils much fun and connectivity into his class. In this class, his emphasis is on being perfect just the way you are. He sang a chant which says that if you take away perfect, you still wil have perfect. Hmmm… food for thought.
His class’s emphasis is always about alignment and melting/opening the heart in any pose. I like that. Somehow this act of melting the heart gives the body the connection or maybe a sign from heart to tell the body that “hey, get ready for some action now”, sorta like sinking and then following the elongation and opening of the heart. It made moving into any pose with awareness so much more in tune for me.
Today he finally did my long awaited pigeon prep after my workshop with Desiree. I have even prepared my big thick towel for every class which I went to this week! He he… final moment of truth!
Voila! No pain… yey! whoopee! Though the leg wasnt very bent but hey, I bent the knee with no pain ( with that huge thick towel under my knee… *smirk*) It will take time for this left leg of mine to catch up with my right leh though. But it’s ok! I can wait… hehe 
Oh ya, sadly my headstand still not there yet… hey what’s the matter with this girl….
Anyway aside from my mini joy on the yoga mat, it was a fun class as we did alot of partnering poses like helping each other with handstand and forearm balance. I like that. Really lets people in the class connect and encourage one another.
I also had a very pleasant surprise. There is girl in class whom is also a regular in the class. We always chatted and this class we had partnered up, helping and encouraging one another. After the class, she was soooo nice and sweet to have given me a clutch. She said she had this extra clutch which she bought from overseas and thought about me and decided to give it to me. I was like “oh me?” “oh but why?” “keep it for yourself or other friends” ( in my mind i was like why do i deserve a gift ). I realised that I am a person who does not like to receive gift. To me, it’s like if i receive something from a person, I am like “owing” that person a favor. But there and then, I stopped myself from such a thought that has prevented me for opening myself up more to people and getting connected (I take quite a long while to warm up to any one… but once you are a friend, you will KNOW how funny and quirky I can be… haha ). So I sincerely accepted her gift and thank her. With much appreciation. I receive this gift as an acknowledgement that we have connected as friends, yoga buddies. Which is a great thing to have.
And I am thus grateful for her friendship.
But of course, I have to give her a surprise too! Must give her something which she likes, with a thought of her. hehehe… must think now….
om~
what day…. friends are gifts one give to oneself
