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  • icart
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    March 3, 2011 at 1:03 am
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    in reply to: Drill sargent instructor #8397

    I am glad to hear that you have been sticking with it and are able to filter out the annoyances!

    icart
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    March 2, 2011 at 9:09 pm
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    in reply to: Drill sargent instructor #8395

    I think this radical change will be great for my practice. Aside from the dialog, almost everything is different (the humidity – I moved from Orlando to San Francisco, the floor – I went from carpet to a squishy floor, the discipline of the practitioners, the rigor of the instructors). I am definitely learning a lot about myself and my ability to focus. Because the humidity is different, I’m learning to practice without being as sweaty. Eagle pose is quite different when your arms aren’t dripping with sweat.

    Scoob-jen, did you have your time with the instructor? I’m curious about her feedback.

    icart
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    February 24, 2011 at 12:24 am
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    in reply to: Drill sargent instructor #8375

    Strangely, I’m going through the opposite experience. I practiced at a small studio for 5 years where the 2 instructors made it a point to learn your name and used it to provide corrections and encouragement. I always felt challenged.

    I’ve moved to another state and am in the first month in the new, much larger studio. It’s not the same, and I miss the rigor of my old studio. In the new studio, students bring their things into the room and put them near their mat (backpack, purse, you name it). There is a lot of off-task behavior, students going into and out of postures at their own rate, instructors who just recite the dialog without correcting students, etc. I’ve practiced for too long to let the behavior of others impact my practice, so I’m taking classes from various teachers figuring out which ones provide the experience I need.

    Something one of the instructors said at my old studio really made me understand her take on issuing corrections. She couldn’t possibly correct every off-task behavior or tell you the right way to perform the posture while saying the dialog. She issued her corrections to those students who she thought were ready to hear them. Why waste her breath telling the same person the same thing day in and day out if he/she never applied the correction? A fellow practitioner was feeling picked on as that instructor was giving her a lot of attention in a class. I told her that the instructor probably saw/felt that she was ready to hear the corrections. That totally changed how that practitioner was receiving the feedback.

    Corrections are in the ear of the practitioner? 🙂

    icart
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    July 14, 2009 at 9:26 pm
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    in reply to: Gulping vs Sipping Water #5191

    During class, I was thinking about this too. There are really only a few places in the series where I can actually gulp water (gulp for me is swallowing a couple times while water is flowing into my mouth). I only do this with straight H20. The trade off for me is that if I get a couple gulps of water in after we move to the floor, I don’t have to (or feel compelled) to take many little sips to get the equivalent amount of water.

    icart
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    July 7, 2009 at 9:59 pm
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    in reply to: Muscle Spasms #5159

    Funny how these things have a way of working themselves out. I practiced yoga the day after I posted this, and I must have moved past the disconfort/strain.

    🙂

    icart
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    June 30, 2009 at 6:26 pm
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    in reply to: feeling nauseous during the middle of class #5131

    I have occasional bouts of nausea, but I’ve made some guidelines for myself that work for me. I don’t eat 3 hours before class. I don’t break this rule. If my food schedule gets out of wack, I skip yoga. Why waste my time and money?! Also, I don’t drink any substantial amount of water an hour before class. Small sips to wet the whistle is fine. I also put off drinking between postures until the break before tree pose/toe stand. This gives me a chance to consume a good bit of water with time to let it settle before any sit ups or belly down postures.

    If you are properly hydrated, you shouldn’t NEED to drink between poses. You WANT to drink between postures because you feel like it will make you feel better. If your need to drink becomes critical, take a small sip.

    The temperature of your water may be an issue too. I love the sensation of drinking cold water, but the relief is fleeting. I find that my practice is less strained when I drink cool/room temp water.

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