30-Day Journey, Day 8

Today is Family Day - a holiday. I did not really feel like practicing today because it is a holiday and also because was feeling kind of lazy - ok, not just kind of lazy, but actually feeling LAZY. But since I am committed to this 30-day journey, I made sure that I set time aside before teaching a class this evening to practice.

It was a quick 1/2 hour self practice and I went through some of the asana and pranayama techniques that I learned from the weekend workshop with Michael Stone. I must admit during my practice, I kept checking the clock to see if the 1/2 hour was up yet. During my practice, a funny thing happened, I realized that things you learn from workshops sure gets lost quickly. It's funny, because I was reminded of another little nugget of wisdom from Michael from the beginning of his lecture on Friday night. He asked us, "Why do we practice?" - the answer is "We practice to remember".

I am thankful that I made the time to practice some of the postures and techniques today, because I do want to remember the teachings from the weekend. I am also thankful that I have been given this opportunity to immerse myself into a daily practice for 30-days in order to remember the teachings from other classes I have taken in the past, to remember the teachings during teacher training only a few months ago, and most of all to remember that in order to be honest when I am teaching others, I need to practice what I teach.