Friday Night Class
It’s a bit tough for me to write about what my experience was co-teaching my first class with Amber to a group of our friends last Friday. I have been postponing writing about it for some reason. Maybe just procrastination. But I also have felt blocked. I think it’s hard to face the facts that teaching yoga is going to be really challenging.
It was an interesting class..we had 10 ladies attend. We spread our mats out in the backyard. Amber and I had worked together to compile a sequence. We started out on the floor in Savasana and did the Bee humming vibration that Patricia Sullivan taught. We then gathered in a circle and chanted 3 OM’s and continued with Lokaa Samasta Sukhino Bhavantu. We then went back down for a couple more Yin poses before the sun salutations. We incorporated some lunges in there. Followed by arm balances.
I found it hard to keep the pace moving quick enough. When you are explaining how to move into the pose, breath, and do adjustments it is a bit combobulating. And there was 2 of us there to teach and help. It seems hard to coordinate it all. Amber and I were rotating every pose. When one was teaching the other would adjust. Next time we are going to do it differently. I think we will focus on taking turns teaching the entire class. This will enable us to put our flavor on the class. To help our voice emerge. And most importantly to share the message. This new way of splitting the class is terrifying and yet really exciting. Terrifying that I will be up there all alone and am totally relied on the entire time to be the teacher. Exciting that I can be more creative with it.
It was a wonderful experience. One thing I notice is that when I get in front of the class..I feel a bit more self conscious. I need to try to focus on staying grounded and letting things ebb and flow. My toes are wet. I am ready to dive in.
