Morning Mysore

For the past week almost I have been practicing morning Mysore with Russell Case and his wife Sally Evans. They are visiting, and have regular classes in Taipei. They are fantastic. If you get the chance to do a workshop or mysore or visit them, do it! :)

They work as a team, adjusting in what seems like every pose, and they are on the same wavelength, so from day to day, I'm not sure who gave the adjustment. Russell has managed to get me to do dropbacks by myself in the first four days of class.

It feels really good to practice Mysore style so early in the morning. Our mysore program was cancelled at my regular studio, so I'm going to have to switch, or get my butt out of bed and practice at home.

I'm teaching often. I gave up my permanent position at a studio in a small town north of Austin. It was a dance/yoga/massage/spanish tutoring/cpr training/etc/etc place, and I couldn't handle the owner's small-mindedness about yoga. The worst part was that she would talk about yoga as if she personally practiced it and would give advice/diagnose students.

Anyway, so now I'm subbing A LOT at Yoga Yoga here in town, and I'm loving it. It is nice to pick up classes when other parts of my life are slower, and resist the urge to sub when I don't have the time. I'm hoping to be on their regular schedule starting this summer, but we shall see if they have room. It also has a nice yogic community feel to it. People encourage chanting, instead of fearing it :)