It’s steamy…
Being a night owl (a recovered insomniac*), I like to practice in the evening – late evening when all the “doing” and running around, rushing about comes to a halt and I can press the “pause’ button knowing I don’t have to re-start for awhile.
I tend to feel the need to conserve my energy at all other times but post dinner late evening (hear the booming voice of Maty, “you create MORE energy when you direct ALL energy!” – that’s the AM concept), I am better able to gauge how much energy I can tap into when there’s nothing left to do. Actually, late nights, I am SO tired, there are times, during rounds of repeated vinyasa, I feel like just collapsing from my Chaturanga right onto the mat and checking out rubbing my eyes…lol. All demands cease, every commitment is almost over with, and such class does not break up the day nor consume the precious morning hours – I dedicate the time right before turning in – to purge all thoughts to just “be”…relieved from the chores, the duties… all life’s little dramas… to usher in detoxifying and purifying evening to let go of the day… I treat the class almost like that …an opportunity to cleanse and purify from the day’s built up tension and stress. I love the sense of closure and completion for the day, a late evening practice allows.
Wonder why there aren’t more late night yoga classes? (okay, admittedly, we are TIRED… even exhausted. Maybe even the instructors are all too tired…) Is it the fear of the darkness? Why fear darkness …Do bad people come out at night? ??? Is there a really good TV or cable program that time I don’t know about? Used to go to 8:30 pm classes which worked so well for me but … there is none around here. So odd. 8:30 class is perfect – you get out 10:00pm and go home and wind down. It’s perfect – at least it is, for me at the moment. Thank you Teacher K for such ideal schedule. It’s a well designed vinyasa flow and judging from the packed studio room, I am not the only one who thinks practice around 8-9pm is ideal. Sadly, it’s only once a week…The only public class I can take at this time…but hope for more as I so enjoy being a student to keep myself motivated. How else can I challenge myself to the eventual intensives … I hope to do in series …and still remain giving to family and friends… striking a balance somehow.
Still reminiscing…
Wah ! with basket of rose petals – an offering accepted with gratitude.
This quote crossed my mind – again…
“I’m not so weird to me.”
― Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
* circadian rhythm restored through yoga. One of many benefits:)
