got up at 6am this morning (after going to bed around 12:30 last night - the hotel was celebrating the mexican independence with a huge party in the lobby, including mariachi and the whole she-bang. was pretty cool, aside from the fact that my room is less than 25 yards away... and mexicans love to party), made and drank my protein drink, ate a banana and downed about 24oz of water. then laid back down until 7:30. wanted to make sure i had enough food and hydration to sustain me through this first of many long and strenuous days. i'd rather get myself into a good pattern now, rather than be one of those poor saps puking/passing out/cramping so bad they're sobbing. our first yoga class started at 8:30, but check-in starts a half hour before class, so we headed down there a little after 8. class this morning was really refreshing. we ended up in the center of the room - somehow we managed to be in row 5 without even knowing it - so we were under one of very few vents in the room. i felt adequately hydrated, so the heat in the room really didn't bother me too much. i only had to sit/lay down a couple of times, and for the most part i was really happy with my practice. rajashree led the class today, and i just love her. every time she speaks i want to break down and cry, i just feel such a draw towards her. she has a beautiful energy surrounding her.
after lunch we had our first dialogue clinic, and i was pretty anxious to do my half-moon. at first i didn't know if i wanted to go today or not, but after thinking about it i realized that i know that shit, and putting it off until tomorrow or thursday is doing no good for me, only creating more stress and anxiety worrying about it. unfortunately there were too many eager souls, fighting tooth and nail to get onstage and impress bikram - or just get it out of the way. for the most part everyone was pretty impressive - bikram, himself, said that we are the best group of teacher trainees thus far. i plan on being one of those at the front of the line tomorrow morning.
just got out of our second class for the day, and i had a pretty good class. there were a few times that i thought, "i can't do this, i have to lay down", but i really tried to push through it and at least get through the first set of those postures. the room seemed a bit hotter, which it probably was, since it had been heating up all day, and i certainly sweat my ass off. i'm going to have the best skin when i'm done with this :) bikram started being a bit harsh on some of the students - i'm really trying to not set him off, i don't want to be picked on the way he picks on people. even though i know its his way of handing out tough love. he's really not a dick, but he sure can come off that way. but i am very appreciative of him, and the fact that he is going to be here with us for so much of our time down here... even though i have to keep reminding myself to feel that way. tonight's class was over 2 hours! 2 hours and 15 minutes!! and at the end of it, he kept us in our final savasana for like 20 minutes and insisted that we listen to 2 of his songs from the cd - bikram love. i'm like, "are you for real?" btw the cd itself is hilarious, he's on the cover with holding a microphone with his "gun" pointed at you like, "heeeey". by that point i was getting frustrated and angry. ... gotta go, time for evening lecture...
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