Yoga for people who don't chant...
Well I blew that in module 1 of my course ha ha - nothing quite like challenging your boundaries in more ways than one, all in the space of 24 hours...and there I was trying to read a phonetic script of Sanskrit doing 'call and respond' in a class full of 25-ish other aspiring yogis.
And do you know...it didn't feel quite as traumatic as expected.. I think, I know, 100% because of the way Judi introduced it. She's clearly not a big chanting devotee and I think said 'does it when she has to' and was very clear that there was plenty of non-religious interpretation that can be applied to the concept, making it part of how we learn on our course over the next 12 months. I am very process, fact and control driven...understanding philosophical concepts has always been a stretch for me. Now however I'm in a space I need to stretch!
This compounded with my lack of experience in Ashtanga (thankfully there is quite a lot of overlap with Bikram), a fierce head cold, and trying to remember the names of everyone (fail), and a night in an AirBnB at 'The Barras', made for an interesting 2 days!
So I've embraced the 'OM', found some shoulder intensity in my down-dog, had some giggles, felt the fear, been astounded by nauli and been excited by the amount I still have to learn over the next 12 months.
Bring it ommmmmmmmm......
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