Warm and nice

Weather is improving, and so is my mood. Yesterday I was cold and tired and miserable, today I'm feeling more energized, warm and generally happier... probably partly all due to my body and mind both getting used to the environment and change.

It occurs to me that this is the first time in my life I've ever done something like this. I've never been on a holiday on my own, and this might even been the longest time me and Dragon have ever been apart - and it was exactly ten years ago last Saturday that I moved to England to be with him. Yet it doesn't feel strange, maybe that's not a surprise to the dear reader, but I'm surprised at myself.

Yoga is good, although in the lectures there's still very little new to me. I've been to two of Paul's workshops by now, and I've seen short version of Bernie's anatomy/yin and yoga history lectures. But some things are good to go over again and again, and one thing I really appreciate is to see all the teachers and their different bodies. So far the group has been fairly cautions and I don't see quite the same kind of connections forming than in my previous teacher training - but people are nice, and I love the ladies in the back row with deep belly laughs.

Food is good! Three meals a day are provided, and I'm always in the front of the line... food is made by volunteers who live at the center, some short term, some long term. We help out by doing the dishes, we have a rotation where three people at a time do some part of washing and drying and with three meals a day and 15 people it works out having to do some task about every other day. In addition to that I managed to appoint myself as the gong sounder, five minutes before the lectures start I'll strike the gong twice so that people know they should be heading for the pavilion if they haven't already. They wanted someone punctual, and... well, punctually is both one of my bad and good points.