Things are getting a little intense around here this week. Monday we broke out into groups of 20, and we're now doing daily posture clinics every afternoon from 12-4 in small rooms. 4 hours of listening to each other deliver memorized dialogue and getting feedback from a panel of experienced teachers. Now that we're in our smaller groups we're moving at a rate of having to memorize and recite one posture per day. The pressure is officially on.
Everyone is working in earnest trying to stay one step ahead. It's not uncommon to see people walking around the hotel talking to themselves (practicing the dialogue). We're at the point where every free moment now is being dedicated to memorization.
Getting feedback on the delivery of the dialogue
The dialogue is the heart and soul of Bikram yoga and it's the cornerstone of the teacher training program. As a teacher, it's your anchor when you're on the podium in the hot room. As a student, it's your mantra for meditation. It brings your body and mind in a state of union by giving your mind something to focus its attention on. It's really important for me to learn it properly and deliver it to the best of my ability so I can take the feedback and make it even better.
In my next blog post I'll tell you all about the anatomy classes we started this week. Right now I need to get back to learning Eagle posture. I've got 20 minutes before I need to sign in for anatomy.
Hope you're all having a good week. Thanks for reading :)
2 comments:
Thanks for sharing these...never realized how tough this training was. xx
It's tough, M, but so fun :)
Hope I get to see you one of these weekends.
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