After Thursday’s class, my body was reacting in muscle aches again. I thought I will never feel that again especially back then when I was very ‘guai’ ( chinese for good ) and go for yogadaily without fail.
Age catching up with me? I don’t know. But I rested two days ( excuses… excuses… ahem <:P)
Today I almost missed the noon practice when I arrived at the studio without booking. It seemed that today everyone is going class... luckily myself and another girl managed to squeeze into class by taking over the teacher's mat.
Ha ha ha...
For some strange reason, I made an effort to notice what I was thinking during practice.
So what do you think of when you are practicing?
At the beginning, I was thinking that I am lucky and thankful that I managed to squeeze into this class. I realize that I listen to the yoga teacher's instruction and follow them. Sometimes, when the yoga teacher is commenting or helping others, I still take in what the yoga teacher says and then check to make sure I am not doing the wrong thing or double ensure that I am doing the right.
But sometimes my mind wander to other things like what am I going to eat later… gosh, I look fat in this top ( especially when facing the mirror ) … how can this happen to my friend, feeling and thinking about things that I felt unjust or upset… yada yada… things from your life outside of the studio start to invade momentarily.
This train of thought usually loses track once the yoga class start and especially when tougher poses kick in and you have to concentrate not only on your bandhas, your breaths as well as engaging your physical body to form the pose. This is why yoga can be such a great escape from your life.
OM~
January 28th, 2008 at 4:31 am
I used to think of the pose itself a lot. But since I started teaching, I start to take note of the teacher’s instruction, and the way the teacher did adjustment on the students. During Shavasana, I’ll be thinking, why/how this teacher made me feel so good/bad in the class.
January 30th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
It’s interesting to note how one’s thought changes as we grow in our practice and in our life!
During Shavasana, I’ll just think of relaxing myself, focusing on each part of the body. And perhaps a stray thought about “I should have…” or “How come…” do occasionally wander in…
Where do you teach, Janice?
January 31st, 2008 at 3:47 am
It usually takes me 5 or 10 minutes to let go of all the busy thoughts of the day. Then I mostly think of my breath and making the most of each pose. By the end of class I am thinking of nothing. That is great!