1st time

wellsa, wellsa wellsa,

So, I taught my first class ever. And it was interesting. I still don't think I'm a yoga teacher. i am more of an "idea lady" I think this experience will bring my mystery non profit into the realm it needs to be- and speaking of that I just got me business cards today!!!! yay!

anyways. Couldn't sleep the night before my class at the United way, But it wasn't the usual nervous feelings I would experience before such an exciting new experience. It was pure adrenaline and pure excitement.

I was shocked that 15+ kids showed up with 5 moms. I wasn't really on board with teaching a mom & kid class but really? what can you do? It's not like I'm some professional. We did animal poses & sun salutations and I modified for the out of shape and for the most part 'overweight moms" who weren't warmed up enough to do the flow that the kids could do with ease. I got them to hang out in savasanah for a bit and still can't believe that I kept them on their mats for 40 minutes!!! Ages for kids ranged from 3-12- so it was a very general yoga experience. I liked it though. It was tough to discipline the 2 crazy little girls (sisters ironically) who were like (owen meaney) "WHY IS EVERYONE SO QUIET???" during savasanah and it wasn even weirder that their mom just ignored them as they climbed all over me and just wouldn't listen, but what can you do. I thought it was a great experience over all. And I am so thankful to have popped my yoga cherry.

I am thankful for Mary Kaye's input during teacher training because I had no expectations- went with the flow and was amazed by the focus and deliberate intention of some of the yogi's.

My two favorite parts were:

I asked one little boy if he was here for the yoga class and he said "ya! I do yoga all the time" and he jumped into a seated pose placed his fingers in a perfect mudra, closed his eyes and in one instance became still. I was so impressed I asked him if he wanted to teach the class but he declined.

The other great lesson was when we were all in pigeon pose (moms in modified) and Smokey the Bear (for real!) walked into the class to say hello i guess? I think it was a good lesson for me to go with the flow. And when dealing with kids- you really never know who might show up!

I survived. And I had fun!