The longer it takes it will last forever - Week 2

As week 2 comes to a close I have acclimated to the routine of teacher training. I am learning to accept that I don't know what's next, how late I'm staying up, if I'm listening to Bikram lecture or watching a Bollywood film. Week 2 has taught me to go with the flow. I have also learned that I can fall asleep just about anywhere and even a 5 minute cat nap can really help. I have fallen asleep on my yoga mat during Savasnah, in lecture sitting straight up, in lecture not sitting so straight, at the pool, and just about anywhere else I can find here at the Radison.

The highlight of the week was a lecture from Jim Kallett. He talked about Bikram's life and Bikram's childhood with his Guru Bishnu Ghosh. He talked a lot about teaching and how it's not about us as teachers but its all about the student. He reminded me why I came to teacher training and how excited I am to start teaching. Some highlights from his lecture:

• Energy consist of nutrition and relaxation
• Mental stress is the cause of every disease including infectious ones because it lowers the immune system
• You don't get rid of stress you just become stress proof
• Instead of putting a band-aid on the problem you have to find the cause
• The longer it takes it last forever 
• You don't huff and puff in yoga because you don't go into oxygen debt
• I am a noodle from Milano
• Hardest part of class is to listen
• When you love yourself you learn how to like yourself. When you like yourself you learn how to take care of yourself. When you love, like, and take care of yourself, you can take care of others
• Have compassion for people who are trying. Make them want to try.

His point of the longer something takes you to accomplish, it will last forever really resonated with me. He explained to us that when he started doing yoga he was 10,000 steps below and everyone else was 100 but because he had to work that much harder the benefits would last that much longer.

Overall, week 2 was pretty calm. I got a good taste of what sleep deprivation feels like. Going to class is my favorite part about being here.

Last year on my birthday I wished I would be able to go to teacher training. Whaaa Laaaa, this year I spent my birthday at Teacher Training. I had a great day on Saturday with Daniella. We went to Manhattan beach, lied out in the sun, went for a long walk, shopped, and ate a delicious cheeseburger, french fries and got real ice cream! Thanks Daniella for an awesome day. I loved the houses along the shore between Manhattan beach and Hermosa Beach. I want one some day. 

I'm really excited for this week. We start real posture clinics, no more half moon and we have anatomy lectures at night.

Hope you all have a great week!!!! Miss you all so much!!!!!!

Goodnight.