So, I was feeling kinda grumbly today, because work was annoying me and all. And then I went to assist the five-class beginner series, and that made it all better! Beginner series is awesome, because beginners are so much fun. They're so open to the practice, and it's great to watch them progress and really start to get it. Today was dharana/dhyana and twists, so we had a nice meditation at the start of class (during which Katie busted out some singing bowls on her iPod), and then deep twists, and a nice long savasana. Lovely class, lovely students.
Katie mentioned samyama (a term which sums up the final three limbs of yoga: concentration, meditation, and bliss) in class tonight, which made me remember that work seems a lot less soul-crushing when I think of it in terms of samyama. So, for example, instead of saying that I'm going to bang my head up against PyMol tomorrow and wonder why my westerns continue to look like crap, I'll just remind myself that I'm practicing samyama on the structure of the p300 HAT domain and on western blot technique. :)
I started reading "The Secret Power of Yoga" by Nischala Joy Devi today, and I think you should read it too. It's a translation/commentary on the Yoga Sutras from a woman's perspective. AWESOME.
Okay! That's all I've got for tonight! Om shanti!
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