Teaching Recap: January 2018

This month, as others have already said, felt longer than its thirty-one days. Many of my fellow teachers were traveling this month, so I picked up quite a few classes as a substitute. That, coupled with the uptick in class attendance that happens in January (all those New Year resolutions), means I cued a lot of people through a lot of vinyasas. By the numbers:

• 46 classes
• 480 students
• 53+ hours
• 5 locations

I always make myself available after class for questions or feedback. Here are my favorite comments from this month, some charming and some hilarious:

• “I feel like I can take on the universe!”
• “I feel like I could take a nap.”
• “I struggled with the standing balances, but I think that’s part of turning 80. Getting older is wonderful!”
• “I thought we were going into Bird of Paradise, and when I realized what was actually happening [Ardha Chandrasana with the bottom leg fully bound], I was like, ‘Oh, god! It’s worse, it’s worse!'”
• Whispered during Savasana while I was providing a shoulder adjustment: “You can just stay there. You’re wonderful.”

And finally, I heard one yogini say the following to her partner as they were bundling up to leave the studio:

• “You’re blocking my qi. And my coat.”