So I have been oh so absent from the discourse of late, actually more than just of late…for some time really. But there are several reasons why, most of which are rather dull and boring, mundane. But I do have some exciting….okay EXCITING things to share….
I finished my teacher training!!!! As of the first of October I am an official “big” teacher at the yoga school. The training started in May of 2004, so that adds up to 2 ½ years. I will be able to apply for YA500 certification as this course is registered with those dudes. It is a relief to have this all behind me. It was a terrific training program. The program has changed abit for the next batch of trainees, so anyone who might be interested could drop me a comment I will be happy to direct you to the information.
We are planning to shift back to Waiheke Island before Christmas….this is awesome. I cannot wait. We are going to move back into our house and spend much of the summer sprucing it up. This also means I get to quit my uni job……well about 6 months before the funding would dry up anyway. I am nearly finished with the damn review I have been working on…so that will go off soon. And then I guess I will probably just be wrapping things up…
Our house was broken into during the school holidays…..the punks made off with my lap top and 2 digie camers….so I have now lost so many photos of the kids it is not funny, in fact I can hardly think about it. Just two days before I had been organizing the hard drive so that I could download everything to the network and then revamp my OS….needless to say I did not get so far as backing everything up…
I have convinced C and the boys to go to Tauranga in November so that I can do a workshop with Peter Sanson and also make a trip to Gisborne for his workshop there following xmas. Sharath is also coming to my school in December for a week long workshop….so there are a few yoga perks happening soon.
Just this morning I managed to stay bound in supta urdhva pada vajrasana on the second side, something that I have not been able to figure out for many months. I told myself that today was the day I was going to really work it until I could just do it…and it only took 2 goes….hmmm. I guess I must have been ready for it because I have certainly said that before and have not had such luck. This was the last thing I was hoping to be able to do before I started to consider moving on from intermediate….now do not get me wrong…. I have plenty of things to work on in primary and intermediate, but what I am thinking is that I now have some sort of green light within myself to begin working forward again. The one huge challenge in intermediate that I am still far from unravelling is the lift from karandavasana. The thing is I am sort of on my own now, although I do of course have the workshops coming up to help address all this. I have noticed that my breath has been a bit funny lately, so I am in no great rush….and on top of that I had a week off from asana because we were away and travelling heaps over the second week of the school holidays. I feel quite weak, needless to say…. It is amazing how quickly things go….
The boys are great. Conrad starts school next month…yikes! He will only go for about 3 weeks before the summer break, but just enough to give him a boost in confidence for next year. He is very excited. And I think Hux is as well…he will be able to look after him a bit.
and so it goes...