After a Friday morning yoga class of intense back bends during Savasana, corpse pose,  I had a bad child hood memory surface, a memory almost 40 years old.  I had thought, at least hoped, to leave it in the past.  It was truly overwhelming. I fought back my emotions.  When I got alone, in my car, I let it rip.  What’s going on? I believe, in theory, that the body just like each cell has stored knowledge. I believe yoga to be emotionally cleansing. During corpse pose, the five minute cool down before the end of a class, I really try to mimic death, no movement except for the breath.  Each time, I want my old self to die and try to create a new better me.

At the yoga anniversary party, it was interesting to see people outside of yoga and how they behave.  A real yogi lives a yogi life both in the class and outside of it, Yama.

” Okay, everyone, jump or step your legs apart for UTTHITA TRIKONASANA, extended triangle posture.”  This is a pose that is done often in class.  Sometimes my mind goes blank as to what to do.   I am at a point where I am taking time to read to improve this pose.  During class, I have stopped asking questions because I view it as more as of an obstruction to the flow of the class; however, I will ask questions in the level one classes but not any of the advance unless I have pain or to avoid an injury.  I think its better to observe and imitate.

A great aid for yoga is the book, Yoga: THE PATH TO HOLISTIC HEALTH
. This is where I am getting the information and pictures.   I plan to read this section 108 times as in a mantra.  I haven’t tried this before so I will let you know how it goes, the mantra method of learning.