The water element lives in us. We are after all about 70% water, just like our planet. Interesting side note, the great writer Bill Bryson says that our planet should be called "Water" instead of "Earth." I love that. So the way the water element lives in us is through our receptivity, our flexibility, our adaptability. So class was very fluid, flowy. There was an encouragement to soften and not fight with the poses but flow with them. And even as we hug in, we practiced hugging in as if we were creating our container for our water.

Theme: The Water Element in the Student: Receptivity, Fluidity, Adaptability

Highlights:

*Flowing with the breath in half sun salutes...

*Reminding the student that every time they move their groins back, their top of their thighs back, that's the water element in their pelvis.

*We did tons of different arm balances than the ones we did earlier in the week. We did: eka pada koundinyasana #2, parsva bakasana, and astavakrasana. 

*We also did yummy hip openers in between.

*Ended with a restorative heart opener, the one with two blocks, one between the blades and the other under the head. And then we transitioned to Savasana.

Some thing to work on:

It went so well that I taught an almost identical class today at another studio, at Still, today. And whenever I do that I feel that the second time I teach that class I go a bit deeper as a teacher. And the challenge is to realize that it is still a different class and to stay open to the energy of the class and let it go where it will, without staying attached to the way the first class went.