First time

Oh yeah, I've finally taught my first "proper" yoga class! I met Michael at the studio beforehand (I of course forgot the keys he gave me so I had to knock my way in) and he showed me the ropes... to be honest I've seen it so many times before albeit from the other side there wasn't really anything new about it. Luckily no one wanted to pay with a card, but even that looked quite simple.

Before I opened the doors I just had to take a photo of the class sheet - look, it has "instructor" on it and then my name next to it! First person to come in was Vincent and he was totally "OMG I can't believe you're teaching" and the next person who came in he just immediately blurted out that it was my first time as a teacher... not the effect I was looking for, but hey, she didn't seem to mind. All in all eight people came, which is actually quite a sizable yin class.

I forgot two things right in the beginning - I forgot to introduce myself (so I did it in the end) and I forgot to ask anyone had any injuries... one lady had come to me before the class to tell me she had a foot injury, but the others looked healthy enough (I hope)... I'll do that tomorrow! Otherwise the class went pretty much like I had planned it. Yin is such a lovely quiet practice and I wanted to give people their space - lot of people just turn inward almost immediately. Such a peaceful place to be, watching peaceful people.

So. No one died, no one got injured, no one got angry - and I even got some praise! Vincent told me that I did a good job - and he's not the kind of guy to mend his words so I believe him... also the lady with the injured leg said how good it had felt and since I had told everyone that Jason was going to be back next week she wanted to know if I taught any other classes she could attend! I have to say that did warm my heart... All in all, really nice experience, albeit not perfect... but hey, life isn't. Again tomorrow!

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