First Class!

I'm so sorry it's taken me so long to post! I've been so busy and tired. I started back at the bar on Tuesday night and have been working there everyday on top of teaching and taking class and doing insane amounts of laundry and unpacking. It's still not done.

I have 2 classes under my belt already and it feels amazing! I taught Monday @ 12noon in Hamilton/Dundas and Wednesday @ 6am in Kitchener. I was supposed to teach in Hamilton last night @ 8 but there are so many new people there right now that it was decided that I should just take class as it may be overwhelming to be instructing so many new people. Alex was right. I still went down just to take class since I had never taken Alex's class before and I was so glad I wasn't teaching. 50% of the class was new. I can appreciate being able to simply watch how Alex handled the newbies. Something they always advised at teacher training was "don't hump the newbies, don't poke the crazies". I've never had Alex's class before and she's super dialogue driven and strong. I'm hoping it will inspire me for my following class and that I'll be able to remember some of the things she said in her class and paste them into my own dialogue.

Me in the Hamilton/Dundas studio chillin' with my BYKW peeps before i teach my first class. Lookin' pretty anxious and nervous.

"Good morning everyone. My name is Katrina. I am your yoga teacher"

FIRST CLASS!

So much support from my peers. I'm so blessed and grateful<3

I don't teach at all next week. Everyone's schedules are already filled for November, but December is promising. I'm looking for about 4 classes a week which I think is attainable. I still can't believe that I'm a teacher. It feels so unnatural to walk into the room and continue walking onto the podium instead of onto a mat. Its strange that I'm now teaching the people that taught me and I watched in class to mimic the movements and postures. Every class feels a little better and has more flow. My goal is to get my class down to 90 minutes. Both classes were 100min and 95minutes long. oops!

Here is a hilarious article Tess sent me. I love it because it is so true! It's called 10 Reasons to Date a Bikram Yogi. I sent it so Scott immediately haha. The countdown begins soon for Scott to go to teacher training. TT Spring 2011!!!!!!

XoXo Kat