My last week & My first teaching class

What a journey it was, I have to start with my last week of training. They said it was going to be the easiest week, they had many surprises for us, maybe they were just saying that to us, to just keep us going or was it a mind game? Whatever it was, I was sure glad it was my last week. My body hurt more than ever but what kept me going was knowing that Richard/hubby was going to be arriving on Wednesday night.

I can not tell you the joy I had running up to him, I was shaking so badly and my heart was racing so fast, I needed his hug so badly. I felt bad for my yogi's, I knew that they wanted someone around for them too, they were so excited for me they even cried out of joy for me, that is how close we were with each other. Richard did all 4 classes that were left and to my surprised he stayed strong and never layed down. My teachers told me he was really pushing hard in class, that his postures were kicking some butt and they were right. He stayed connected with my through yoga, he completed total of 45 days while I was gone and lost probably 15lbs or more, not sure but he looks really good and I am very proud of him.

Many teachers told me that this experience would be life changing, but for me it reassured what I already knew, I have a wonderful husband who loves me with all his heart & wonderful daughters, my life and my world around is pretty darn good. I definitely appreciate my life more now than ever, I will try not to take things for granted, and things are just things but your life is more than anything anyone can give you, that is why this Yoga is what I do and practice.

Graduation was unbelievably surreal, I could not get over the fact that I finished this 9 week course, I made it!!!! Yes I did, it was tough but well worth the benefits, maybe I will miss it someday but I am sure glad to be home with my family, my support system. The good byes were hard, I may never see most of the people I met and hung out for 9 weeks but I am sure glad I got to meet them, I will always keep them dear to my heart. Someday I will travel the world and I will get to see many of them.


So what about my roommate, well most of you know I got married a year after high school and have never had a roommate other than my hubby. I actually was very lucky to get the best roommate ever, we did everything together. We both worked really hard to get our dialogue in, practiced as much as we could, never left the hotel till the very end, which we needed. Colleen pushed me to even take a couple of the Sunday classes, that were meant for people who forgot to sign in or missed lecture but if you were a die hard yogi, you were able to take the class too, and that she managed to get me to do. I love and adore this woman and as she likes to say my sister from another mister.. hmmm I think that is the New Yorker in her.

My first week home, yeah!! Feels so good to sleep in my own bed, yes I did have those dreams thinking I was still at the Fairmont Hotel and I also had those dreams where I am doing Wind Removing and I wake up with my legs up, weird I know.

I taught my first class last night, wow what a HIGH, it was so awesome being in front of all the students and teaching them what I have been hearing and practicing for 9 weeks. I was actually surprised that I was able to share a little bit of myself during Camel & the last Savasana, now I know what they mean to teach from the heart, what a rewarding feeling. Many thanks to my home studio, they have been so supportive from the day I walked into that studio, medicated with anti-depressants to not taking anything anymore, they supported me through my training and now my teaching. I can't thank them enough.

The last week in Acapulco

Well here it is the last week, the one I have been waiting for. Today I am super happy to know that I will be home very soon, yes I will probably miss this training but today I am just happy knowing that I will be home soon. 9 weeks is a long time to be away from your family, especially when you have been married for 19 years and never been away from your family more than a week.

So what happened last week, wow it was a very crazy week. We finished with our dialogue 2 weeks early and Bikram was back in action, kicking our butts at yoga with some late nights. He kept teasing us how he may give us a triple on Tuesday or Wednesday, he said we were strong and ready for it. So the days came and left and there we were Thursday and after our 5pm class they told us not to leave the room, then they started to bring his orange towel in and that's when we knew it was the day. With no preparation ahead, most of us had drank all of our water. He started with the pranayama breathing and when it came to the 2nd set we just said NO way, lets move on and we did. I tried very hard to stay positive and I did for all of the standing series, I was very proud of myself, my legs were shaking through most of it but I managed, by the time the floor series came, thats when I said OK, gotta go get me some water. For the first time, I knew it was ok to walk out and all I could say to myself is, ITS OK.. you have nothing to prove to anyone, just take care of yourself and I did. I can only imagine what it looked like to be in his shoes and see all the bodies running out of the room or dropping like flies, it was a mad house. Once class was over, then they annouce that lecture was still on, we were up till 2:30am that day, it was a very hard hard hard day for all of us.

The next day, I woke up feeling like a truck ran over me. Morning yoga was taught by an amazing visiting teacher from New York (Troy) he really tried to get us moving but we were all very sore or tired from the lack of sleep. I can tell you that I cried the whole standing series, I broke down so hard but I stayed in class and just tried to stay calm. I don't know what to expect this week and I don't even want to guess. Well its lecture time..gotta get ready

2 weeks left and Bikram returns

I can't believe that we have 2 weeks left, I am so excited to be coming home soon and be with my family again. I have missed them so much. My hubby Richard will be out here a few days before graduation and I am so excited to have him be here and share the experience with him. He also has a love for Bikram Yoga, I can't wait for him to practice yoga with all 300 of us in the Torture Chamber, it will be an amazing experience.

As I layed in bed the other day I realized that in 2 weeks I will be a certified Bikram teacher and that is a crazy feeling, I actually got teared up. I know that the real training and learning starts when I get home. The training has be intense, emotional but worth every penny of it, to be able to teach the yoga that changed my life is an amazing gift that no one can take away, I am honored to be able to teach it.

So 2 weeks left, Bikram is back in town again and I am sure he is gonna kick our butts in class. This time I think we are all ready, 7 weeks of 2times a day yoga, I think we are ready. Back to the late nights & lectures with Bikram. I am sure I will get cranky but I will just keep reminding myself 2 weeks left and less than that I will see my hubby.