Bikram Yoga, Class 15

Class 15, Wednesday evening, 830pm class

I bit the bullet and took the class with Teacher K, whom I'll merely dismiss and focus on my own practice. How's that for maturity?  

Super hot class!  I at first put my mat in the front row, then after sitting in the uncomfortably hot room for a few minutes, moved my mat to the middle row, knowing that I won't be staying in the class the whole time.  There will be sitting involved.  

Hot class, I tried to not be distracted by my criticism of her teaching. Really it does not bother me, but I have two friends who are just starting the practice, and so my critiques are how new students will be discouraged by Teacher K's nonsensical instructions.  So in a way, it was a distracting class.  On a positive note, I let it glide off my back, no harm done to me.  

My Practice: 

- better at the triangle, could hold it this time

- better at standing separate leg head to knee, where I can actually touch my forehead to my knee without having to bend the knee.  Yay for me.  

- during one pose, I think the awkward pose, Teacher K starts playing her games, talking and talking and deliberately keeping us in the pose, and I just stepped out of it.  She disrespects the students, she doesn't deserve respect as a teacher.  This is already hard work, why play games?  This is a beginner's class!

- realization about the Du vs Ren meridians (or in plain yoga terms, forward bends and back bends) 
- my trouble with the Ren meridian poses (forward bends) might not just be from a weakness of the Ren, but perhaps an exuberance of the Du.  Less independence, my girl, just try and bond, will you?  So, in the future, I will try to focus on Bonding vs Independence. Just the thought makes me want to cry.