Under Cover of Darkness Spring Creeps In in Everyday Ramblings

These are old bricks from the mid 1800’s. Spring is most assuredly on its way here under one rainsquall after another. Last night we had a little break and it was just lovely to be out in the relatively mild fragrant air. Hopeful.

I had more students last night them ever before on a holiday. The majority of my students are retired and I now seem to be attracting a little bit more fit demographic, which is interesting. There is a new woman, who has to be in her in her late 60’s if not older, that has rockin’ arms. I am wondering if she was an athlete when she was younger because it looks like that muscle tone has been around for some time.

With these kinds of students I have some concern that they are getting full benefit out of the class but she came up to me afterwards and said she felt great. Yeah!

I taught new material for me last night in particular, the quadratus lumborum muscles (the QLs) deep in the back that connect from inside the hipbone to the lower spine. I teach the lower back all the time, because that is usually the area of most concern for folks but these muscles pair up with a group of smaller muscles that run up the spine to provide stability to the back.

And to…cock your hip in a “hey baby” fashion standing on the street corner. :)

I had a lot of fun researching it and providing level appropriate material for them.

The tables were all folded and leaned against the wall so we had plenty of space when I arrived as well so I am thrilled I didn’t need to say anything to anyone. I had concern about that all week too…how do I phrase this in a gentle but meaningful way???

Speaking of concern, I am reading this book called The Fear and Anxiety Solution by Dr. Friedmann Schaub. It is about how to work with the source of your emotions in your subconscious in a biological centered way to release inappropriate fear and anxiety that may hold one back from the full expression of being who one is.

I love teaching this material and if I was afraid of making an idiot of myself in front of my students I would not be able to do this. I make an idiot of myself in front of them all the time. They still love me. Amazing. They love in me my joy in the material.

But there are other things that I am afraid of (procrastinating on my taxes for instance) like inviting people over for a meal… that I would like to work on.

Kes is letting me practice on her as I provide a cat café environment where she gets lots of feline love and food and a sense of sanctuary. Her job when she visits is to play with the cats. Well, she did arrive with a super yummy lunch from one of our favorite delis on Saturday so it is a reciprocal arrangement…

The cats and me have come up with a new game. We play it in the long skinny bathroom so it is contained and it involves a small colored rubber ball and lots and lots of bank shots. It is something I can play with both of them at the same time and there is much running and bapping sort of like unruly feline tennis with no net.

We are still working on scoring but the goal is to play until we are tired.

Speaking of being tired, yesterday was a work holiday and I had this ambition that I was going to take everything but the furniture out of my bedroom/office and deep clean the floor. Ha! I ended up napping with the cats most of the day until it was time to teach.

Oh well.

Last updated February 16, 2016