Dance and Sea Bugs

After a restless night, I've made it to Tuesday, and now, it is almost over.

This morning in the studio, it was right down to business, with a short, to-the-point warm up, a three-time-run of my solo section from "Words Apart," and a three-time-run of "I'm A Woman." Done, and done. I like it when it rolls like that.

A quick stop home to pick up a few things, and I was off to HPU to teach the day's classes. I was disappointed to find that not everyone made it to their open studio time (which I scheduled during last weeks classes, so they would not have to find time outside of their regular class time) to finish their composition projects. I was also disappointed to find that after only one week of not running the large group phrase for their final showing, many of the students had forgotten material we've been reviewing since early to mid-term. So, I worked the students hard today, and had them run material ad nauseam...they were sweaty and tired by the end, but I'm sure they will be better on Thursday!

I teach one of my private yoga clients this afternoon. She has had a very stressful few days, so we decide to do a restorative practice, to help her release her muscles and breathe without tension. I don't often get to teach a restorative-only class, and was glad to have to opportunity today. My client responded well to the sequence I gave her, a series of alternating prone and supine postures to balance the nervous system and relax the body. Afterward, she said the she didn't realize just how tense she was today.

This evening, I try to write a bit of poetry but am only marginally successful. I get a few good lines done, but find it difficult to wrap my head around a continuation. I decide to leave the endeavor for now. At this very moment, I am watching "Deadliest Catch" on the Discovery Channel. Crab fishing really does look like one of the most dangerous jobs in the world! As I watch a huge wave knock the crew members off of their feet and into hard, sharp parts of the boat, very close to the edge of the boat, I remember why I have such a fear of water. It is too powerful. All for large sea bugs. Who ever decided that crab looked appetizing in the first place?

~Cara