Once a week, I lead a 30 minute session at work I call "lunchtime yoga." I've been at this for about 5 months now, and can feel myself coalescing around an approach, with more clarity in my intention and more success in carrying through with it. T
his is not a physically demanding practice, it's about something else entirely. It is about flow, and effortlessness in action, and leading people out of the hectic and often stressful work environment into a zone of calm awareness.
I've adapted things I've learned from sources as diverse as Erich Schiffmann and Leslie Kaminoff, and many other teachers. I've begun to internalize many of the actions and sequences, so I can draw on them more out of instinct than intellect, which significantly enhances my ability to lead the class smoothly and keep it in a continuous flow.
The value of the flow is how it keeps peoples' attention focused for longer periods of time. I can sense that as a teacher, and I can see the impact on the participants when we finish a session and, in just 30 minutes, have succeeded in fully replacing the scattered, disrupted mind of work with a calm, attentive mind.
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