I taught this morning at 10 AM, seven students, four of them new to my classes. I love having new people! I am still very new at teaching (about four months), so I find that my comfort level at really taking my seat as the teacher is growing. Whenever I can "get out of my own way" I teach a much better class. Getting out of my mental chatter about what I'm teaching and saying allows me to tap into the subtleties that are the real juice of what yoga is for me. And THAT is what I want to teach. Not put your arm here, leg there.

I practiced at AlleyCat this evening at 7 PM (90 min class). This particular teacher had spoken about the possibility of shaving her head for the new year, and yes, she did! I was amazed! I've always had long hair myself so I asked her if her head felt lighter. She replied no, not lighter, just more aerodynamic! I think if I were to consider that, it would be like cutting off a limb. I'm super attached to my hair. I don't know if that's a good thing or not. I do recognize the ego attachment aspect. I think this aspect of attachment comes from an internalized desire to be found attractive, as if not having hair would be unattractive. It's very interesting to consider the social cues we internalize about what is good/attractive/worthy.

By the way, she was rockin the shaved head! It's very empowering to see a woman shave her head.