Class #9: New Studio, Less Water--What Makes the Magic?

Last night was my best class yet. Unequivocally--from the way I felt during to the way I felt after (angelically strong, effortless, light, content, giddy, young, healthy, calm) to the way I practiced the poses (content, good effort--not efforting too much but giving just enough) to actually doing the poses the best I have so far--it was amazing. By Camel--which I did both of, a thing that has only happened twice--I was goofily smiling at the ceiling in Savasana.

And I totally didn't think it would happen that way. It was Friday, it was the end of a long week, I had decided to go that morning because I didn't want to go two days without practicing (which is odd, because normally, I am quite okay with no physical exertion). And, I hadn't been able to eat that much. Or drink a lot of water--I only had about a liter and half before I left. And I got caught in terrible, pile-up traffic, the kind where you don't even get to make it to the ramp for the first 15 minutes, and so even though I left my apartment with 45 minutes to spare for what should have been a 10 minute drive, I had 5 minutes to spare when I finally got to the studio.

And, it was a new studio, and they made me fill out the paperwork before class, and gave me a teeny bit of shit about paying for water after class (accept and let go, accept and let go). And, I was the last person in the room, in the furthest corner by the wall...

And, like I said, it was wonderful, right from the start. I don't know what magic happened--if it was the relaxed, easy, former surfer instructor who really seemed to like his job and really treated the dialogue as if it were actually a dialogue with the people in the room, rather than canned speech, or the smaller studio, or just ME, but once again:

I am IN for this.

The new place let me buy the 10-class challenge pass for $20, because it was my first class there, and I am IN for that too. I'm off to the 4:30 today, and now, I really have no predictions. Just a greater appreciation for magic.