Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Step One

Today is my first yoga anniversary. I have been officially practicing for one year now. And tonight class was excellent and, surprise surprise, rewarding. I didn't think much but let myself sink into the practice. So at a certain point, I found myself in Bakasana, on which I've been working for the past month, and had a really steady grip.And I don't know how but after a few breaths there, I found myself lightly landing on my head and building up into a nice headstand, Sirsasana.Very pleased cost I kept both postures for quite a while and they came quite naturally really. Let it be...

Since yoga has had a very positive impact on me and my lifestyle over the past year, I have been thinking a lot about pushing myself a little further into it. I decided to take the teacher training programme that starts in February. It has been in my head for some months now but I was hesitating. It fits perfectly between the end of summer school in January and the beginning of my second and last semester at uni. It is indeed a quite long commitment since this first training session consists of four modules for a total of 200 hours. I am going to take each module separately, progressing maybe in May if I manage (which will be held in Bali), most likely in September 2008 or during the winter months. I am not doing this for teaching purposes. My attitude is more of a curious yogi who wants to see whether he should invest in a "parallel career" and understands better this fascinating and life-changing practice. Obviously, it would be very fulfilling to complete it, but I'd better take one step at a time. So for now it's February with 50 hours, then we'll see. It's also quite pricey so I want to think of it as form of investment really.
This is just one of the few decisions I have made lately and that I am still working out. I have to plan things quite carefully now because budgeting for projects like this requires some thinking beforehand. I am looking forward to this undertaking and to all the others that I am currently figuring out. It helps me give a clearer direction in life and breeds motivation I guess. Well, at least I hope.

Namaste.

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