From a Yoga standpoint, my teaching has taken on a new dimension. I have now over 50 hours of teaching logged with the Yoga Alliance. For much of the Summer I was subbing regularly for other teachers. Subbing is always a challenge because many people come in for a specific teacher and you should try to lead a class in a similar style as the normal teacher. I have taught Yin, Hot, Regular, Flow and Kundalini inspired classes. The challenge of subbing helps me become a better teacher.
I am now teaching a regular weekly class. This will allow me to better develop my teaching style and format my class the way I would like it to be. I have only had one class so far and it was very small (only 5 people) but the teacher I took it over from had very few people coming so I am not too concerned about that. The prior teacher's class was very fast with lots of balances and I have decided to slow things down to focus more on getting the poses right and to reduce the number of balances. I will be adding in Kundalini as I love that style and the movement basis that many of the poses area.
I did my longest single day hike on the Laurel Highland Trail in South West Pennsylvania when I did a 15 mile hike on one of the sections of the trail. It was surprisingly easy to do. There was not too much up and down but it is still a long distance to walk. My own led hikes are getting longer and I lead a 12.4 mile hike along with some 10 mile hikes. I am always amazed with my energy level on hikes. I never really get tired and even do pretty well on long uphills. Hiking is such great exercise.
Namaste...
