First -- Wisdom Warriors, aptly nicknamed "oh, the places you'll go" (whether you ever imagined you'd go there or not). Me? I found myself, supported by Desiree, trying to drop from a headstand into a variation of the pose pictured below. I didn't make it, but I tried. Trying is the value of this type of work.
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| Dwi Pada Viparita Dandasana |
The rest of the practice? Challenging, a lot of breakthroughs in the room, a lot of watching. Strong core work, carried over into inversions, arm balances, backbends -- just a few poses.
For all of it, I feel great this a.m. and felt great last night. No residual 'stuff'. Love it.
I drove home from Del Mar, grabbed a quick bite, changed into jeans, and got back in the car to drive to Temecula for a kirtan with Daniel Paul and Gina Sala. Wow! After the WW practice, I could have easily said 'I'm too tired'; I didn't and am I glad I didn't. Daniel Paul plays the tabla (small cylinder-shaped hand drums); and is a master at it -- having studied and played with most of the great kirtan groups in the world. Gina -- well, what a voice. And, her joyful personality came through in both her singing and her 'patter' (isn't that what they call chit-chat?) with the audience.
As with kirtans, there was chanting, and dancing. Best parts for me? Hearing their stories - his, an honoring of his teachers and friends, including Ravi Shankar (who passed on Tuesday), plus a bit of education about the tabla. Hers, a smattering of "Christmas Caroling with Friends" meets her Guruji's molecules in India. Such interesting histories!
So glad I made the effort to get there.
Hope you have a great Thursday; hard to believe it's just 12 days til Christmas!
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