You find silence in some odd places. On Monday I went to a silent Bikram yoga class. The teacher only told the pose and when to begin, then she’d say 5 seconds, and then release. She played cool music the whole time. It was a very unique experience from what I am used to. At first, the music distracted me, especially in the first few balance poses, and I kept falling out of poses I usually hold the whole time. Once we were four poses into it though, I really began to enjoy the music and really appreciated not having the driving dialogue. It was a very relaxing class and I think if we had one in my home studio, I probably would like it at night, once a week. I do think the rest of the week I need the dialogue, because each day is different and I still, after 23 weeks, continually learn new things and go further into the poses due to some little thing the instructor says in the dialogue.
It was nice being back in my home studio today, after being away for 2 weeks. It was good to see my fellow yogis and they kept my spot “warm” for me. I really appreciate our pink and white cape cod studio with it’s big windows, after being in huge, dark studios with no windows. It felt good to be home.
And so, as another day goes by, silence once again enhances my life, and….I have written.
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