TT: Adjustment, adjustments, adjustments

In the photo on the right I'm demonstrating Janu Sirasana A and Jada and Jason are discussing the benefits of the "top of the head" -method. I feel that just touching the top of the head is not a very useful adjustments alone, but it might worth with verbal cues, and definitely with another hand on the back.

Today would have been much easier, had we not come home from Laura's home-warming party at 3am last night. Life got a lot easier though after a large mug of organic Earl Gray, and we were full into adjustments and teaching. It was really nice to be able to swap partners a lot and adjust and get adjustments from lot of different people. Yesterday I partnered with Helena, and today with Annalies (who has a fabulous firm and purposeful touch), Rhoda, Pui-Lung and Meghan (who was very different to Annalies - her touch was very gentle but still very meaningful).

What I love most about adjusting is the effect touch has on people. We are not learning Mysore adjustments (should only be practiced between student and a teacher who know each other), but "two finger" adjustments that are almost just suggestions. But the difference they make - for example opening up shoulders in down-dog by just gently stroking the shoulders down is gotta be one of my favourites.

It was a good, albeit really exhausting day. Tomorrow we have anatomy which is going to be really interesting. Now I'm really off to bed.

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