Running from the Wall

It's hard for me to believe, but we've just completed week 5 of teacher training. The time is flying by! Last Monday, after Saturday's cadaver lab and Sunday's alignment/adjustment workshop, I was physically and mentally drained. I came home on Sunday night exhausted, and woke up Monday morning not extremely excited about trudging off to my morning yoga class. When I did get to the studio, the instructor asked how teacher training was going and when I explained my exhaustion, she asked, "oh, so have you hit the wall?" The wall. The "all-yoga-all-the-time" wall. I guess I didn't really think about this, but I know that some of the other teachers in training have been talking about having difficulty making it to the studio and keeping up with the homework. There is so much information that is thrown at you, but up to now, I feel that it has been pretty manageable - on one hand because I love it so much, and on the other, because I know that I only have 8 weeks to dedicate to my training before they dub me a certified trainer.

It seemed as if "the hair of the dog" (taking yet another yoga class that Monday morning) seemed to do the trick for me and I was back on track. To add to my recovery time, our Wednesday night class was cancelled due to the snow storm. This allowed me to get some additional practice time in (thank you, Tom!) and let everything from the last week really sink in.

This past weekend, we finished going through the remainder of the C1 class series and had some additional instruction in Sanskrit. A few of my fellow teachers-in-training and I met a little earlier on Sunday so that we could practice-teach on one another. Our final is on the 18th where we will teach an entire class, so everyone is starting to get a little nervous.

I am looking forward to allowing everything to crystallize for me in the next couple of weeks. I feel comfortable teaching the class so far, and I'm actually looking forward to the final. Weird. That feeling might change as we get closer, but like any public speaking task, you must put in the practice time in order to be confident about the delivery.

The other night, I woke up to find myself talking through supine twist and actually doing the pose! So, to say that I am doing yoga in my sleep is a literal statement. Crazy. Thanks to everyone for your support and putting up with all of my yoga-ness. Namaste!