Long Busy Summer.

It has been 3 months since I last posted.   I had some half written entries that I decided not to post and before I knew it,  time has slipped by.    

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...