After my last post, I was flattered to receive a request for a group of teacher training students to be 'required' to read my writings as part of their curriculum.  I knew people read my blog; never dreamt it cast such a wide net!

This request also compels me to write a bit more often; perhaps, not as often as I used to, but more frequently.

Teaching has been an 'adventure' lately.  As in:

• Students with varying levels of ability in almost all my classes, which creates a challenge.  It's not a challenge I don't feel up to; however, it does require some 'thinking on my feet'.  As in, if I am going to teach a pose like vasisthasana, and know that I have more experienced students in the room -- how do I offer everyone that wonderful feeling of opening in the pose.  I begin with the knee-down variation, see how things are going; next stage would be to have both knees away from the floor (those who aren't feeling up to the challenge, remain in knee-down); then, we may move to the wall, and try the pose with our top leg in vrksasana (tree pose form).  So, it's a progression; taking into account who is in the room, and give everyone experience of the pose.