Lasy Day of Mysore Class

My last mysore class at the conference was joyfully uneventful. I had finally gotten into a groove and was able to go through my practice withour much internal dialog distracting me from my work.

I got a great adjustment for Marichyasna C from Eddie Modestini - he told me to sit up and put my weight on the bent leg foot. Wow! What a difference that made. maybe one day I will be able to bind, now that I know how to find some ease in the non-binding version of the pose.

The highlight of the class was at the end when all of the teachers joined together on stage to chant the closing prayer. From left to right the teachers in the picture are: Richard Freeman, Maty Ezraty, Eddie Modestini, Nicki Doane, Tim Miller, David Swenson and Chuck Miller.

By the end of the three days I had taken a class from each of the teachers. I am not sure if I can name a favorite because thay all had different qualities. I loved Chuck Miller's wisdom and soothing energy and the way he looked me in the eye when we spoke. David Swenson was both wise and funny at the same time and made his class loads of fun. Richard is sort of like a combination of Chuck and David in that he has this quiet, soothing Chuck-like aura, but sprinkles his teaching with unexpected humor the way David does. Eddie and Nicki seemed to really want to help me find my poses and they have a funny married couples' dialog between them when they teach together.

I am a little sad that the Ashtanga intensive is over, but looking forward to the rest of the conference. Thursday is the Business Intensive, so hopefully I'll learn how to make a living doing Yoga - it is definitely more fun than managing software projects.