Day #17 - Full Wash Cycle

Give me a class any day, yell at me, tell me what to do, tell me to do things I never do or don’t want to do.

I’ll do them! I am at your mercy. I trust you.

This is how I felt today when Abhijata gave us an asana class.

I felt like the rat willing to serve Ganesh in any way he commanded.

It was the full wash cycle. Not the half load, not the quick wash, the full wash cycle.

As these posts I’ve written about the inner teacher, the importance of practice, blah blah blah, I just want to contradict myself and say “give me a full wash cycle any day”

The power of this young women’s voice, how she commanded us, how she laughed and joked, how she gave alternatives, how she taught was fantastic.

I had one of those experiences where you can do every pose and it feels easy and you can all of a sudden do a pose you couldn’t do before and you that like as long as they keep commanding you can just keep doing.

So… we need a balance, we need these full wash cycle classes that wash you, rinse you and spin you as well as a home practice which is more often than not a half cycle, or quick cycle.

This is why I always say that classes are essential to a home practice and complementary to a home practice and you can’t have one without the other.

The challenge is bringing the full wash cycle home.

One way is to include more challenging poses in your practice. You might not be practicing like someone is cracking the whip, but the more challenging poses will bring intensity and depth to your practice.

They are often saying here in Pune not to limit your practice to your assessment syllabus, but to practice poses from the syllabus above you.