TT: More poses

I'm getting behind on these journal entries because I'm really getting exhausted. It's fine as long as I'm in the training and I'm doing things - but as soon as I get home I just collapse and can't do anything about it anymore. Pretty much every single waking moment I'm thinking of nothing else but the teacher training: poses, classes, teaching... I'm even dreaming about it.

And having said that, I'm totally loving every second. I just don't understand how people more normally do a one month teacher training - that must just be extremely, well, intensive. Yesterday we were learning to teach new poses, some hip openers, backbends and twists. I was teaching with Al (who was very gracious and funny) and with Nicole (who is fast becoming a wonderful teacher). Most of these poses I love - high and low crescent lunges, threading the needle, swan (awake, sleeping, full), Gomukhasana, Salabasanas, Ardha Matsyendrasana, Dhanurasana, Ustrasana, Bharadvajasana and of course Savasana. But teaching-wise they are very verbal and don't have as nearly as many occasions for adjusting as some standing or sitting poses.

Pretty much the same rules apply to most adjustable poses anyway: keep the back straight, shoulders open and relaxed but arms active and neck straight... these are all pretty much maintained with bandhas, so if you get that right all else will follow.

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