Qualified

So, I'm now officially a qualified yoga teacher. Feels nice, although I'm really dead tired today. We had an emotionally draining last day in training yesterday: it was hot and low in energy, and we did our final 10 minutes of teaching that was individually evaluated by either Jason or Kelly. Jason had lot of nice things to say about my teaching - really the only things that I need to improve on will come with time. He said my accent is not a problem, but that I needed to work on a warmer delivery - I think I'm still, after nine years, suffering from from the Finnish-English language barrier that means my way of speaking is more factual that a native speakers. So he suggested I work the compassion and warmth on a more physical level, with more presence and hands on work. All good advice.

We finished the day off with a relaxing garden party at Jada's house. Everyone gathered with too much food and drinks and weed and we just hung out until it was pitch black dark... but there was warmth, from bodies and minds. We kept talking about Jason and Kelly and Jesse who also came as being the teachers in the group, and kept reminding ourselves that from now on we should be talking about ourselves as teachers too.

The mind shift has already started. I've already started thinking myself as a teacher... and thinking what I want to become and what I want to learn.

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