Ahhh how delicious it was to come into the packed Mysore room at Pure Yoga, see the familiar faces, get a hug or two, let my patches show (which produce an acupuncture-like effect) to the world. Also pretty humbling to go only to navasana. But I did not care, I mean, for me, I was GOING to Navasana!
It was great to be in the energy of the room, and I was pretty winded by the time the boat pose came around.
Marichasana D binded fine on the first side which had me believe it would be the same on the other. Not so. Seems I am inhabiting a different body these days and the bind was not possible, at all. We shall see what happens today.
Had a couple of minutes to catch up with John (Campbell) who now has an official newsletter. He will be in Thailand for two weeks. The first week he co-teaches with Paul Dallaghan at the beautiful Samahita Retreat, in Thaland, on January 2 to 7, with focus on starting the year right. Very tempting. The second week John merges Buddhism and Ashtanga.
Yoga Thailand, now called Smahita Retreat, is where I took my teacher training in early 2009 and I have been longing to return, the yoga was wonderful, the rooms amazing and the food delicious.
This time of the year is when the internal temperature puts a compass straight into warmer lands. I don't quite do winters so well, especially where I live, an area that becomes an ice cube.
It was great to be in the energy of the room, and I was pretty winded by the time the boat pose came around.
Marichasana D binded fine on the first side which had me believe it would be the same on the other. Not so. Seems I am inhabiting a different body these days and the bind was not possible, at all. We shall see what happens today.
Had a couple of minutes to catch up with John (Campbell) who now has an official newsletter. He will be in Thailand for two weeks. The first week he co-teaches with Paul Dallaghan at the beautiful Samahita Retreat, in Thaland, on January 2 to 7, with focus on starting the year right. Very tempting. The second week John merges Buddhism and Ashtanga.
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| John Campbell featured in Time Magazine last Spring |
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| The Shala at Yoga Thailand, a few feet away from the ocean |
Must have been just wonderful for you to be back there practicing with people....a grown up again : ) so happy for your Claudia
ReplyDeleteI've been itching to go back to Yoga Thailand too! I did the 200-hr teacher training back in June this year--had a wonderful experience!
ReplyDeleteSo tempting.. I would really love to go, but Samahita Retreat fees are quite high. I thought about staying at crappy guest houses and doing yoga there (instead of staying at their nice resort), but I don't know the island well enough to know if there are cheap accommodations there.
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