Today at Black Dog, I taught for three hours for the teacher training. That was loads of fun! We deconstructed warm-ups and sun salutes. We talked about Koshas, Chakras and the Om. Then later I observed the students as they taught. We ended with a 10 minute meditation. It is a great, mature group and I really feel that each time I teach, I am more confident.

Tonight's Yoga Mala was to benefit "Yoga Gives Back," an organization that helps with micro loans for women in Third World countries. Yoga Malas are 108 sun salutes, and obviously they are quite intense and difficult. I took part in it and also co-taught, alongside with Peter, Shari, Margaret, Rachel, and Tyler.  It was sweet group. All the teachers were very considerate and sweet. That said, if I was running the Yoga Mala, I would have planned it in a different way. I would have divided it in four parts of 27 sun salutes each and given breaks in between. It also would have been nice to have some different poses thrown in as well, since tons of sun salutes can be quite intense on the spine. My body is sore and tired!