Finding

I took a class last weekend in Chicago, by suggestion of a friend, with yoga instrutor Kino Mcgegor. Initially I was interested becuase it was yoga for yoga instructors: tips for adjusting your students. I definately found it to be a great workout, then progessively learned that it was yoga in the full sense--engagement of the mind, body, and spirit. I left exhausted (sore) and refreshed.

It was very frustrating at first. I showed up late and sleep deprived after a week with a sick kid. I couldn't do poses that I had been able to do for over a year. My muscles kept cramping and black spots were swimming before my eyes. I was sweating like crazy and finally just hit a point where my body moved through something and I was suddenly allright.

At the end of the weekend Kino gave a talk about the yoga sutras. A number of conepts jumped out at me, pertaining to current situations in my life. One was the concept of no response (to ego/drama) and another was the concept that taking care of onesself is a radical transformation to a better world . ..more on this later . . .and more Ashtanga in my life